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Greater Manchester Combined Authority
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Pendlebury, Greater Manchester
Workforce Planning Officer
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Job Type: Full-time |
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Salary: £26,999 per annum |
Overview
Workforce Planning Officer Full-time, Permanent 36.25 hours per week £26,999-£30,507 per annum Location: Fire Service Headquarters/Training Development Centre/Other sites as required Your role: - Workforce planning is a Centre of Expertise within GMFRS. The workforce planning team help to organise the existing workforce and fill gaps caused by natural workforce changes, like promotion and retirement. • Operational workforce planning - we forecast into the next financial year to help our leaders understand what people will be needed to accomplish our strategy. • Strategic workforce planning - we forecast over two to five years to help our leaders understand what capabilities will be needed, when they will be needed, and how we can get people there. • Analytics - providing data, forecasting and analytical products to provide insight to our customers. • Partnering - we support Area Management Teams with Local Resource Planning processes to ensure the operational workforce in aligned to the ridership requirements. About you: - As the Workforce Planning Officer, you will lead the Workforce Planning Team and provide support within the Operational Business Support Team. The purpose of the role is to provide data analysis support to the business including the reporting and visualisation of project data and information for business users to make strategic and operational decisions and improvements as well as managing the Workforce Planning Coordinator. The role holder will have to make daily decisions regarding the information they collate and present. The data will be used for key corporate decisions and published reports, so accuracy of data collation is paramount in this role. They will have to manage the competing demands placed upon them by colleagues across the organisation, prioritising and managing expectations. It’s your chance to work in a varied, fast-paced environment but more importantly, you’ll be supporting a crucial area that’s shaping frontline services for Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service. Perhaps you’ve worked as a Data Manager or supported Analytics before. Whatever your background, you must be capable of providing a positive can-do attitude. We’ll expect you to build strong working relationships with a range of colleagues, including senior managers across GMFRS and the wider GMCA. About us: - As an employer, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) is made up of a number of key Greater Manchester strategic functions and service providers including; Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS); Waste and Recourses; Environment; Work and Skills; Research; Public Sector Reform; Police, Crime and Criminal Justice; Homelessness; the Greater Manchester Ageing Hub and the Commissioning Hub. We value the diversity of our employees, and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects our diverse communities across Greater Manchester. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals, irrespective of people's age, disability, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances. We have guidance in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability. The GMCA is an Equal Opportunities Employer and we positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. To find out more about working for us please click here: https://www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/ Our offer In return for your hard work, we offer our employees a competitive package as part of our offer, which includes: Flexible working conditions with the ability to accrue 2 flexi days every 4 weeks (up to grade 11) Family friendly policies including parental leave (maternity, shared parental, adoption, maternity support) Ability to buy additional annual leave Generous Annual leave scheme - 25 days Bank Holidays per annum upon starting, after 5 years service increase to 30 days BH and after 10 years service increase to 32 days BH. Local Government Pension Scheme Employer investment in training and development, and professional sponsorship including CPD Corporate travel loans Cycle scheme Discount scheme (MiRewards) on local and national high street brands Health and wellbeing offer - Occupational Health and Employee Assistance programme Modern city centre offices (role specific) Sports and welfare club Commitment to diversity and inclusivity with 4 active staff networks for; LGBTA, BAME, Disability and Womens For more information about the recruitment process click here - this should include contact details for arranging visits to schools, shortlisting and interview dates, letters from the headteacher, website and any other information the school/authority/employer wants to provide potential applicants. Mandatory Information: - Privacy Notice Employees on the redeployment register will be given priority for any vacancies in the first instance. If employees are identified as a match from the register then the vacancy may be withdrawn or put on hold pending an outcome. The GMCA is an Equal Opportunities Employer and we positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.