Resource Manager, Resource, Demand and Capacity


Company:	Government Recruitment Service
Salary:	£44,241 to £44,241 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Leeds
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	28 Aug 2026
Closing date:	13 Sept 2026

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Summary

Are you passionate about matching the right people to the right priorities at the right time?

Can you balance resource demand, capacity and organisational priorities to deliver successful outcomes?

Do you enjoy using digital software and tools to interpret data and insight to solve complex workforce and resource planning challenges?

If so, we’d love to hear from you!

This is an exciting time to join the Digital, Information and Security Directorate within the Department for Transport as we restructure our directorate to ensure we are ready for future challenges, building a more sustainable, skilled and in-house capability.

Plan resources. Balance demand. Deliver outcomes.

Use your expertise in resource management and workforce planning to ensure the Department for Transport has the right skills, capacity and capability in place to deliver its digital priorities.

Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:

Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here

25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays a privilege day for the King’s birthday

Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.

Read more in the Benefits section below!

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As a Resource Manager, you'll play a key role in ensuring people, skills and capacity are aligned to strategic priorities. You'll help shape workforce planning and resource allocation across a complex portfolio of digital and technology initiatives.

Working within the Portfolio Management Hub, you'll lead resource planning activities, helping to identify current and future capability needs while balancing demand across projects, programmes and service lines. You'll work closely with stakeholders to understand resource requirements, identify skills gaps and ensure resources are deployed effectively to support successful delivery.

Using digital software tools to interpret data and insight, you'll monitor workforce capacity, support forecasting and provide reporting that informs decision-making at all levels. You'll also contribute to governance processes, support business case development and help optimise the allocation of resources to maximise value and organisational outcomes.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys workforce planning, stakeholder engagement and problem-solving, and wants to make a meaningful impact on the delivery of digital services and transformation across the Department for Transport.

Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to:

Leading the development and implementation of resource and capability activities across one or several projects, programmes, portfolios and service lines.
Managing specific activities at a local or departmental level and brings in external or expert resources as needed.
Building and maintaining key stakeholder relationships to secure and deploy resources.
Ensuring timely and accurate reporting on resource and capability activities to support departmental resourcing efforts, and update in the Resource Allocation Committee on resource data and metrics.
Leading the identification of required resource levels, skills, competencies, and skill gaps for both new and existing staff.

For further information on the role, please read the role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.

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