SYP - Duties and Resourcing Team Duty Planners

Role: Duties and Resourcing Team Duty Planners                               

Department: Operational Support Unit – Duties & Resourcing   

Location: Operations Complex, Sheffield  

Salary:   £18,123 - £19,719             

Hours:   Part-Time & Full-Time hours available    

Contract Type: Permanent         

Opportunities have arisen to join a dynamic team within the Operational Support Unit as a Duties and Resourcing Team Duty Planner. This role is based at the Operations Complex in Sheffield. The role requires you to cover 8am x 4pm, Monday to Friday with occasional 7am starts and occasional weekend working.

Role Purpose:

Use and maintain the Current Duties Management systems on a daily basis to support deployment of resources in line with Force, District and Departmental priorities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Use GRS software and Microsoft packages to identify, amend, compile and report on duties data including weekly, monthly and annual rosters for police officers/staff to meet the operational needs of the Force (Taking into account holidays, sickness, rest days, Police Regulations and minimum staffing etc).
• Plan and publish advanced duties for police officer/staff.
• Circulate/publish duties information to staff, inform staff of changes to rosters, sometimes at short notice within policy/Police Regulations.
• Maintain the force duties data and hierarchy in order to reflect any restructuring and changes, amending names, codes, locations, shifts/reliefs and rotas as appropriate.
• Identify and report system configuration errors, liaise with HR Systems Administrators in order to initiate remedial action.
• Maintain records associated with force requirements such as annual leave, sickness, training etc.
• Prepare rosters for operations and special events as required by the Force.
• Identify risks to the force that may affect ability to provide business as usual now and in the future. Ensure escalation to management at the earliest opportunity.
• Perform other duties as reasonably correspond to the general character of the post and are commensurate with its level of responsibility.

Skills and experience:

Essential:

• Proven ability in windows based computer packages and manual record keeping.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills in order to speak with people of all levels, especially when allocating overtime.
• Experience of achieving targets and working towards service level agreements and deadlines.
• Demonstrate attention to detail with a consistent and methodical approach to tasks.
• Mathematical approach to extracting data.

Desirable:

• Knowledge of Conditions of Service and Police Regulations.
• Experience of the use of GRS or other Duties Management System.

For further information relating to the role and tasks of this position, please refer to the attached role profile.

Benefits:

We offer generous entitlements and supportive polices to enable a better work-life balance, some of which are listed below:

• Generous annual leave allowance
• Flexible and agile working
• Generous ‘family’ leave
• Access to a range of occupational health facilities
• Generous pension scheme
• Employee assistance service ( accessible 24/7)

Further information:

Applicants must meet the minimum requirement checkable history criteria, which must be taken into account for individuals applying to work with South Yorkshire Police in any capacity.  A minimum checkable history of 3 years has been identified for this role and successfully undergoing recruitment vetting procedure is a pre-requisite of employment with South Yorkshire Police.

Closing dates are not normally extended, other than in exceptional circumstances and agreement is made with the HR Manager, Recruitment and the Line Manager for the role.

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Contact point for applicants:

For further information about the role, please contact Ps Barbara Woodward/Alison Wright on 07787882354/0114 2964505.  Please do not contact these numbers for an application form.

Apply for the role:

To apply for the role, please click the ‘Apply’ button.

South Yorkshire Police welcome applications from under-represented communities.  For further information on diversity and inclusion within South Yorkshire Police, please visit the diversity and inclusion page: https://www.southyorkshire.police.uk/sign-up/for-a-job-with-syp/diversity-in-the-force/

Closing Date:

Wednesday 23rd January 2019

Attachments:

• Competency Values Framework (CVF)