Senior Resource Advisor / Workforce Planning Manager

Cipd Hr30; Milton Keynes; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A professional services company in Milton Keynes is seeking a Senior Resource Advisor / Workforce Planning Manager. This role focuses on resource management, ensuring the right personnel are deployed for projects. Responsibilities include managing resource demands and reporting on workforce utilisation. Ideal candidates should have experience in the professional services industry and possess strong strategic thinking and relationship-building skills. The position offers a competitive salary and a hybrid work model.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Resourcing Advisor, preferably in professional services.
• Strong relationship-building and influencing skills.
• Strategic thinking in resource deployment and talent management.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and deliver resource management services.
• Drive utilisation and advise on resourcing solutions.
• Build strong relationships and negotiate resource allocation.

Skills

Resource deployment

Relationship building

Strategic thinking

Job description

- **Senior Resource Advisor / Workforce Planning Manager**# Senior Resource Advisor / Workforce Planning Manager£0.00Milton Keynes, England£45000.0 - £55000.0 per annum + £45,000-£55,000Full TimeCIPD Member10 January 2026PermanentTalent & Development / Performance ManagementProfessional ServicesManagerAn exciting opportunity for a Permanent Senior Resourcing Advisor / Workforce Planning Advisor. This is not a Talent Acquisition role. You will be part of a critical function, the Resource Management function, ensuring the right people, with the right skills, are available at the right time and location. In this role, you will coordinate and deliver resource management services, driving operational excellence and supporting the organisation's business and talent strategy.Key Responsibilities:* Resource Deployment & Utilisation* Work closely with Partners, Directors, and Managers to understand project requirements.* Drive utilisation and advise on resourcing solutions and best practices.* Manage conflicting resource demands to achieve profitable outcomes.* Planning & Administration* Maintain work planners and provide administrative support for resourcing processes.* Report and forecast workforce utilisation; make strategic deployment decisions.* Talent & Career Development* Align staff career development needs with engagement opportunities.* Support onboarding of contingent workers and secondment programmes.* Stakeholder Management* Build strong relationships, influence, and negotiate resource allocation.* Liaise effectively across multiple levels and teams.* Analysis & Process Improvement* Analyse utilisation reports and support conversations on benchmarks.* Identify and implement process improvements.* 3 days per week in the office, 2 days in Milton Keynes, 1 day in Peterborough and 2 days home-based.What You’ll Bring:You must have experience as a Resourcing Advisor who has ideally worked within the professional services industry, Law Firm, Accountancy Organisation, Management Consultancy.* Strong relationship-building and influencing skills.* Strategic thinking in resource deployment and talent management.**What you need to do now** If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.Hays EA is a trading division of Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited and acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at