Aqa
ResourceLead
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“Resource Lead at Aqa. Skills: resource demand, capacity planning, data insight, scenario modelling. Build and maintain resource demand and capacity view. Turn complex data into decision-ready insight”
What You'll Achieve.
Make confident delivery possible; ensure the right resource is in place; deliver agreed outcomes with confidence; enabling informed prioritisation, sequencing and investment decisions; improves delivery confidence; supports senior leaders to make timely, evidence-based decisions
Industry & Context.
analytical thinking; sound judgement; analytical skills; translate data into clear insights
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Proven ability to model and forecast resource demand and capacity across complex delivery environments or portfolios., analytical skills, with the ability to translate data into clear insights, options and recommendations for senior and executive stakeholders., Experience influencing, challenging and collaborating across multiple teams and disciplines without direct authority., communication skills, including the ability to present complex information clearly to senior, non-technical and mixed audiences., Sound judgement and confidence operating in environments with ambiguity, competing priorities and evolving information., Alignment with AQA values and behaviours.
Nice to Have
Experience working within large, multi‑year portfolios, transformation or Reform programmes., Experience in education, assessment, or other regulated or complex delivery environments., Familiarity with portfolio, resource or workforce planning approaches and tools (e. g. capacity modelling, scenario planning, PPM or financial planning systems)., Understanding of AQA’s operating model and delivery landscape.
What You'll Do.
Build and maintain resource demand and capacity view
Turn complex data into decision-ready insight
Model different resourcing scenarios
Provide challenge where plans align to capacity
Work with HR and Finance on resourcing
Identify and communicate resource risks
Improve how we forecast resource data
Support planning and governance forums
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
working across teams; working closely with teams across operations, assessment design, product, HR and finance; influencing and building alignment without direct authority; Communicating clearly with senior and non-technical stakeholders
Communication Scope
Communicating clearly with senior and non-technical stakeholders; present complex information clearly
Process & Methodology
programme management, portfolio management
Full Job Description
**At AQA, we’re committed to advancing education and we’re committed to our people. As the largest provider of academic qualifications in the UK, we mark over 10 million exam papers each year and it’s our people who make this happen.** **Resource Lead** **Permanent** **Manchester:****£56,500 - £66,000** **Guildford: ****£60,000 - £68,000** **Hybrid working (min 2 days in office each week)** **Make confident delivery possible** When the right people are in place at the right time, delivery works. When they’re not, everything slows down. As our Resource Lead, you’ll help leaders make confident decisions by giving them a clear view of capacity, capability and trade‑offs across a complex transformation programme. You’ll turn data into meaningful insight, really exploring the “so what” element to help answer the key question: what can we deliver, when, and with the people we have? If you enjoy influencing decisions, working across teams, and shaping how large programmes are delivered, this is a role where you can have real impact. You’ll sit at the centre of a large multi-directorate programme, working closely with teams across operations, assessment design, product, HR and finance. Your focus will be to ensure the right resource is in place at the right time to support delivery across the General Qualifications Reform portfolio. **What you’ll be doing** * Build and maintain a clear view of resource demand and capacity across the portfolio * Turn complex data into clear, decision-ready insight for senior leaders - we use Planner Premium and Power BI * Model different resourcing scenarios to support prioritisation and planning * Provide constructive challenge where plans do not align to available capacity * Work with HR and Finance to shape resourcing approaches and solutions * Identify and communicate resource risks and their impact on delivery * Improve how we forecast, track and use resource data * Support planning and governance forums with forward-looking insight **W
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