Senior Workforce Planner

Overview

Join Air New Zealand as a Senior Workforce Planner and play a crucial role in shaping workforce decisions that keep New Zealand's airline running efficiently. This position offers the chance to influence workforce strategy within a complex operational framework, ensuring optimal staffing in the right places at the right times.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and refine workforce planning models that promote safe, efficient, and financially viable operations.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement workforce initiatives promptly with minimal operational impact.
• Leverage workforce metrics and analyses to offer credible advice that guides business decisions and enhances planning results.
• Conduct thorough cost-benefit evaluations of workforce programs to uncover improvements in productivity, efficiency, and value.
• Deliver clear and actionable insights enabling leadership to make well-informed decisions based on evidence.
• Mentor and develop workforce planners to enhance expertise and planning standards within the Resource Planning Chapter.
• Drive continuous improvement projects simplifying workflows, reducing complexity, and achieving tangible business benefits.

Success Measures

• Creating workforce plans that effectively balance operational needs, customer satisfaction, and commercial demands.
• Shaping strategic workforce decisions by providing trusted analysis and fostering influential relationships.
• Elevating workforce planning proficiency through coaching, teamwork, and ongoing process enhancements.

Qualifications and Experience

• Significant experience in workforce management, specifically workforce planning and resolving complex scheduling challenges.
• Comprehensive understanding of workforce management including rostering, resource allocation, and training optimization.
• Familiarity with Air resource groups such as Pilots and Cabin Crew, or Ground resources like Airport staff and Maintenance teams.
• Strong analytical skills capable of converting intricate data into practical, actionable recommendations.
• Strategic mindset confident in questioning assumptions and influencing leadership decisions.
• Sound knowledge of compliance issues including regulatory requirements, union agreements, and workforce optimization technologies.
• Proven ability in coaching and transferring technical knowledge to build team capability.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills to influence leaders through reliable, data-driven guidance.

Benefits

• Access to generous staff travel benefits with options to extend privileges to family and friends.
• FlexiLeave allowing purchase of up to four additional weeks of leave annually.
• Continuous learning and professional development to support career advancement.

Additional Information

Air New Zealand is dedicated to diversity, equity, and inclusion, striving to create a workplace where everyone can be their authentic selves and thrive. The company values diverse perspectives and encourages applications from candidates with disabilities, health needs, or neurodiverse backgrounds. Reasonable accommodations are available during recruitment to ensure equitable participation. Contact the recruiter for assistance if required.

Application deadline: 19th August 2026.

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