Management consulting
Strategic advisory and transformation support that helps government and enterprise clients navigate complexity, align strategy and improve performance.
Workforce planning
Workforce planning helps organisations align their people strategy with business goals by ensuring they have the right people, with the right skills, in the right roles at the right time. As workforce demands shift due to changing priorities, economic conditions and evolving service delivery models, strategic workforce planning provides a structured way to anticipate needs, close capability gaps, and optimise resourcing.
Future-ready workforces, built with purpose
At RPS, we understand the complex challenges that senior leaders face with hybrid workforces and modernisation requirements. We help organisations across the public and private sectors understand their current workforce profile and define what’s needed to meet future challenges. Whether responding to reform, growth, disruption or transformation, our approach is designed to balance long-term strategy with near-term action.
Our team works with executives and HR leaders to forecast workforce needs, identify critical roles and capability gaps, and plan sustainable solutions for talent acquisition, development and retention. Workforce planning can be applied at any phase of the delivery lifecycle, whether anticipating needs before major change, supporting workforce transitions during active delivery, or reviewing capability post-implementation. Our process enables better decisions about structure, resourcing and investment to meet strategic objectives.
Strategic workforce solutions
We support our clients with:
- Workforce supply and demand analysis
- Capability gap identification and role prioritisation
- Strategic workforce scenario modelling
- Talent acquisition and workforce planning
- Skills development strategies
- Leadership succession and future talent pathway development
Insight-driven for sustainable outcomes
We take a structured, data-informed approach to shaping workforce plans that are practical, scalable and tailored to each organisation's context. Our methods draw on leading best practices, strategic insight and hands-on delivery experience across a range of sectors.
Typically, our work involves mapping the current workforce and assessing skills and capability across key areas. We work with clients to model future workforce needs in alignment with their strategic objectives, and to design tailored responses that support long-term transformation.
This can include everything from developing uplift strategies and planning for organisational change, to reviewing role structures and supporting implementation with performance tracking and measurement. Our engagements are highly collaborative, ensuring integration with broader strategic planning and change readiness.
We work closely with HR teams, business units and leadership groups to ensure that workforce planning is embedded, actionable and set up for long-term success.
Enabling transformation through people
At RPS, we understand that people are at the centre of every transformation. Our workforce planning services are embedded within broader organisational strategy and change programs, enabling clients to build responsive, high-performing teams.
We work across government, infrastructure, energy, property, water and more — bringing proven advisory experience, sector knowledge and practical delivery to help you shape a workforce that’s ready for what’s next.
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