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Workforce Analysis & Forecasting

A practical professional development programme focused on workforce analysis & forecasting, designed to strengthen people capability and organisational performance.

Type
Specialist
Level
Advanced
Duration
5 days
Delivery
In person, Live online, In-house
Languages
English, Arabic

Workforce Analysis & Forecasting develops the analytical capability required to understand workforce trends and produce evidence-based forecasts for future staffing and capability requirements.

Participants learn to analyse workforce composition, movement, turnover, demographics and capacity and to develop forecasts using assumptions, trends and scenarios.

The programme focuses on making workforce data useful for planning and decision-making rather than treating reporting as an end in itself.

Objectives

  • Develop practical workforce-analysis capability.

  • Understand key workforce data and indicators.

  • Analyse workforce trends and movement.

  • Apply forecasting methods to future workforce requirements.

  • Communicate workforce insights to support management decisions.

Learning outcomes

  • Analyse workforce composition and movement.

  • Calculate and interpret key workforce indicators.

  • Identify trends, risks and anomalies in workforce data.

  • Develop basic workforce forecasts using different assumptions.

  • Present workforce insights clearly to decision-makers.

Who it is for

  • Workforce analysts.

  • HR analytics professionals.

  • Workforce-planning specialists.

  • HR managers and business partners.

  • Professionals responsible for people data and reporting.

Programme modules

1. Workforce Data Foundations
  • Workforce data sources

  • Data definitions

  • Data quality

  • Workforce segmentation

2. Workforce Composition
  • Headcount and FTE

  • Demographics

  • Role and grade profiles

  • Workforce distribution

3. Workforce Movement
  • Turnover

  • Recruitment

  • Internal movement

  • Absence and retention

4. Trend and Risk Analysis
  • Historical trends

  • Critical workforce risks

  • Concentration and vulnerability

  • Interpreting anomalies

5. Workforce Forecasting
  • Forecast assumptions

  • Trend-based forecasting

  • Scenario forecasting

  • Sensitivity analysis

6. Workforce Reporting and Insight
  • Dashboards

  • Visualisation

  • Management insights

  • Communicating uncertainty

Methodology

The programme uses practical workforce datasets, analytical exercises, forecasting scenarios and reporting examples. Participants practise converting workforce data into useful management insight.

Assessment

Assessment includes workforce-analysis exercises and a final forecasting task requiring participants to present evidence, assumptions and workforce implications.

Certificate

Certificate of Completion

For your organisation

This programme can be delivered for a single organisation, team or institution, and adapted to your context, participants and objectives.

Organisational delivery is scoped and priced individually, and is not booked from this page.

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