Interested in building your skills and practice in strategic workforce planning & development?
Design a strategic workforce plan to suit your project & join a global community by registering for the Workforce Architects Program!
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After many years’ experience solving workforce problems and linking this insight into education, Workforce BluePrint has designed and delivers a professional program in strategic workforce planning and development that extends your capabilities.
The Strategic Workforce Architects Program is suitable for people working in training institutions, business and industry representatives, consultants, economic and regional development practitioners, human resource, organisation development, vocational education and training leaders and practitioners.
A trip to the USA in 2016 saw the launch of the Global Workforce Architects Program during SXSW and connections developed in San Francisco, Austin, New York and Las Vegas. This program has evolved over time to utilise AI and Strategic Foresight.
Taking a systematised approach to strategic workforce planning and delivered digitally, participants receive video and downloadable resources with live online coaching sessions to build a workforce plan over a timeframe that suits you.
Answers to your Questions
What is a Strategic Workforce Architect?
Workforce Architects assist enterprises, organisations, industry sectors, regions and countries in undertaking straetgic workforce planning and development. They may play an internal consultancy role or work with clients, customers and partners externally.
Who are Workforce Architects?
People who want to develop or update a strategic workforce plan within their own enterprise/organisation such as Business Owners/Managers, Human Resource, Training and Organisational Development practitioners. Intermediaries who may be advising and supporting enterprises/organisations to undertake workforce development and planning such as TVET or Vocational Education and Training (VET) Practitioners, Industry Skill Organisation advisors, Small-Medium Enterprise and Regional Development Australia advisors. Facilitators of Economic, Industry and Regional Development who want to produce an evidence based workforce plan for a council/shire, industry association/sector, infrastructure project, region or country.
What will I learn?
Learning outcomes from this program include:
- Developing skills and practice in strategic workforce planning and development including scenario planning and strategic foresight
- Utilising human resource information to formulate a strategic workforce plan
- Building consultancy capabilities with an understanding of workforce, careers, jobs and skills shifts into the future
- Undertaking training needs analysis and skills profiling
- Implementing workforce development and success strategies to work towards a preferred future workforce scenario
- Managing diverse and flexible workforces, organisation development and people performance
- Providing leadership and extending creative thinking skills
- Joining a global community who are focused on solving workforce problems and applying vocational education and training as one solution, alongside many more workforce development strategies
What is the accreditation for Workforce Architects?
Accreditation as a Workforce Architect is achieved by completing the program and providing evidence of the outcomes and application of your learning i.e. a well developed strategic workforce plan.
What are you investing in?
The Workforce Architects Program provides video content delivered via email, downloads and resources, coaching and mentoring support. You will learn a systematised approach to workforce planning and development with access to the Workforce Plan Template if you wish so you can produce a workforce plan.
The program begins with an online skills self-assessment which will help to identify your strengths and gaps to focus on and your learning will be supported by a downloadable Guide to strategic Workforce Planning and Development, access to a Facebook group and coaching sessions to fit in with your schedule.
When you have completed your first robust workforce plan, you’ll be able to gain the relevant Workforce Architects microcredentials and you will be invited to join the Global Workforce Architects community where you’ll find connections, opportunities and resources.
What if your workplace doesn’t support you to undertake this program?
You may see this as a challenge and the program works equally well for people working on a strategic workforce plan for their own organisations or another. This could be just the opportunity to show initiative, develop valuable skills, show what you can do and gain insight into a variety of organisations, industry sectors and regions.
As the content is delivered flexibly, you can access the materials and resources whenever it suits you. You may be happy to undertake the project without the support of your workplace, as you see it as an investment in your own future and, hopefully, a benefit you can bring to your organisation in time.
How can building a workforce plan, without an organisation as a focus, be achievable?
If you can’t use your own organisation to build a workforce plan consider who else could you do this for – think laterally and perhaps there is an organisation you are aware of which would value and benefit from this project. This might be a charity, not for profit organisation, a member based association or startup that you could approach.
Completing a strategic workforce plan is not absolutely necessary for the program, more for the recognition as a Workforce Architect, with microcredential outcomes an option.
Can a Workforce Architects Program be run for us?
If an association, organisation, industry, region or country wishes to have a Workforce Architects™ program designed specifically, and you have a number of people interested, then yes certainly a quote can be provided via wendy@workforceblueprint.com.au.
How do I register?
Express your interest by sending an email with your resume, bio and/or LinkedIn profile to wendy@workforceblueprint.com.au. Scholarships are available to people based in ASEAN countries and the APAC region with an invitation out soon to apply.
