Workforce Planning, Talent Acquisition, and Inclusion & Diversity (ACHRM)

Program Overview

Organisations in the GCC are planning their workforces in a period of rapid change, with new sectors, localisation targets and rising expectations for inclusive workplaces. This course links three disciplines into one people-supply system: strategic workforce planning using demand and supply modelling and scenarios; talent acquisition strategies that close priority gaps; and inclusion and diversity practices covering women's participation, people with disabilities, and generational and national diversity. Participants learn to quantify workforce gaps, design sourcing and pipeline programmes, and set inclusion measures that are practical within local regulatory and cultural contexts.

Learning Outcomes

• ✓Build a workforce demand forecast based on business drivers, productivity assumptions and planned initiatives.
• ✓Model internal supply using attrition, retirement, promotion and mobility rates to quantify gaps.
• ✓Develop scenario-based workforce plans and choose between build, buy, borrow and automate options.
• ✓Design a talent acquisition strategy with pipelines for critical and localised roles.
• ✓Assess inclusion in recruitment and progression processes and define measurable inclusion indicators.
• ✓Present an integrated workforce plan with costs, risks and implementation priorities.

Target Audience

• Workforce planning and HR strategy specialists
• Talent acquisition managers and recruitment leads
• Inclusion, diversity and localisation officers
• HR and finance business partners involved in headcount planning

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