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Future Workforce Analyst

Greater Manchester
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Job ID 1072432 Job Category HR and People Hours per Week 37.5 Closing Date 21-10-2026 Salary £33,440-£49,200
Please note this is an OD vacancy and only impacted colleagues who are at risk or placed in a pool will be considered for this role. If you are at risk or in a pool, you will be asked to confirm this in the application process.  
Applications from candidates who are not at risk or in a pool will be declined at this stage. The role may be re-advertised in future as a standard vacancy open to all internal candidates. 
Role title:  Future Workforce Analyst
Function: Talent & Skills
Number of reports: N/A
Work level: WL6a
Role Summary: 
This role ensures the accuracy, relevance and continuous improvement of Co-op’s skills frameworks in order to ensure it is robust and reflects the shape and structure of the business, now and in the future. The role acts as a central co-ordination point between business areas, governance forums and related programmes of work. 
Key Responsibilities:
  • To manage queries and challenges about skills mapping and skills assigned to roles, through the tracking and triaging of feedback from colleagues and leaders
  • To make informed recommendations about skills mapping based on feedback trends, data patterns and stakeholder insight 
  • To maintain clear records of issues, actions and outcomes from governance forums and meetings 
  • To ensure processes are in place such that all new positions have a skills profile that is signed off and created in the Oracle system 
  • To maintain the skills library and reporting requirements
  • To complete regular reviews of non-catalogued skills
  • To create comprehensive data packs for any governance forums or meetings as needed, including insights, trends, risks and recommendations
  • To present insights and facilitate discussion to enable informed decision making by others 
  • To work in partnership with related teams and programmes of work, such as workforce planning, to ensure alignment of outputs 
  • To communicate decisions, changes and taxonomy updates to relevant stakeholders 
  • To conduct research into emerging skills, industry trends and external frameworks that ensure Co-op’s frameworks align with market expectations and a changing world of work 
  • To produce concise proposals, using insights and data, for governance forums when recommending changes to the skills taxonomy 
Knowledge, Skills, Experience:
  • Experience of managing governance processes would be beneficial for this role 
  • Experience of turning data into insight is critical for this role 
  • Experience of working with HCM systems, ideally Oracle, would be highly beneficial 
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