The Group Manager – HR and Organisational Development presented a report which sought Cabinet approval for the draft Strategic Workforce Plan 2023- 2028.

The Draft Strategic Workforce Plan 2023-2028 is at Appendix 1 and included:

• Alignment to our Corporate Plan and other key strategic priorities,
• Our workforce profile,
• Our future workforce themes and priority actions

He advised that the plan had been developed and considered by the Corporate Overview & Scrutiny Committee, with the committee’s recommendations being incorporated which included clarity on the turnover rate of staff, the ongoing need to record vacancies across each directorate, and the future monitoring of the plan. Further details were at section 3 of the report.

Cabinet Member for Finance, Resources & Legal welcomed the report and thanked all those involved in producing the Plan. He stated that the Councils biggest asset was it’s workforce and therefore a Workforce Plan was essential. He added that it was important to have the right people with the right skills, in the right jobs and to ensure that we facilitate the development of those people which the Plan will help us do.

The Cabinet Member for Community Safety and Wellbeing asked how the Plan addressed diversity in the workforce and does our workforce reflect that of the community we live in.

The Group Manager – HR and Organisational Development explained that page 348 of the Plan holds some of our workforce data which shows our position in relation to that of the county borough.

2.2% of the county are ethnic minority and our workforce are at 1.6%. some of the reasons for this are that not all of our employees live within the county borough boundaries.

He added that staff are asked to keep personal information up to date through Trent Self Service to ensure that statistics are obtained through that means, as they are not required to provide this in a job application it can be difficult to obtain these figures otherwise.

The Deputy Leader made reference to a number of ways we work but were not referenced in the Plan itself, she asked that this be included on its next revision.

RESOLVED: that Cabinet:-

1)    Noted the work undertaken to develop the Strategic Workforce Plan, in particular the engagement outlined at paragraph 3.5

2)    Approved the Strategic Workforce Plan attached at Appendix 1 and notes the ongoing work needed to develop delivery plans.