Vacancy Information
Division / Department - Operations Command
Grade - Grade 8
Status - Full Time
Contract Type - Permanent
Salary Grade Range - £22,047 - £23,946
Working Hours - 37.0 Hours per Week
The starting salary for this role will usually be at the bottom of the salary range and will be pro-rata if the working hours are less than full time.
The Role
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time permanent position as a Force Duties & Resourcing Planner, based at HQ Lewes, working for Operations Command.
This is a busy and challenging role, and requires someone who is flexible with the ability to multi-task. Working as part of a dedicated team, you will be responsible for ensuring resource demands are met for both day-to-day policing activity, and those of significant events and operations across Sussex & Surrey.
Key Responsibilities
Duties and Resourcing Planners are responsible for ensuring both police officers and police staff are where they need to be to meet the policing demands across the Surrey and Sussex Force areas. Working as a member of the Duties and Resourcing Team, you will play a key role in ensuring that resources are provided, not only for day-to-day policing activity, but also for both pre-planned and spontaneous operations. The post holder will also be expected to manage personnel abstractions and attendances, and provide advice and guidance to internal customers on a range of duties and resourcing enquiries, including those relating to legislation and policy.
Skills & Experience
To be successful applicants will need to possess and demonstrate the skills and abilities set out in the job description for the role including:-
• A knowledge of operational aspects of the Police Service
• An awareness of Police Regulations, Police Staff Terms and Conditions and the European working directives.
• Excellent planning and organising skills
• Excellent customer service skills
• Strong communications skill
• Good level of literacy and numeracy
We are looking for an individual with good IT skills, who have excellent planning, organisational and problem-solving skills. Experience of using a computerised resourcing system would be an advantage.
You must be able to work accurately to meet deadlines whilst complying with Force policy and procedures.
Contact Details
For further information please contact either Esther Manklow on 01273 475432 ext 544125, or Bob Brown on 01273 475432 ext 544598.
A paper sift process will take place with successful candidates being invited to attend an interview on Thursday 6th June 2019.
Closing date for all applications is 14th May 2019.
Previous applicants within the last 6 months need not apply.
Additional Information
Following submission of your application you will receive a confirmation email with a copy of your application attached. Occasionally emails from this address can fall into spam/junk folders so please ensure this is checked regularly. You may wish to consider adding noreply@surreysussexpolice.as.recruitmail.com to your address/contact list to ensure you receive all communications.
This post is being advertised in parallel with Force redeployment processes. Any redeployees who are identified will be given preference. This may result in the post being withdrawn at any point during the recruitment process.
If you are an internal candidate looking to apply for this role, please ensure that you discuss your application with your line manager before submitting an application. If you are conditionally offered the role your attendance record and any reasonable adjustments already in place will be discussed with yourself and your current line manager.
Please note that not all jobs are available for internal candidates across both Forces, the current agreed recruitment principles are;
- vacancies in collaborated units are available to all officers and staff across both Forces
- vacancies in non-collaborated units are only available to officers and staff within the Force with the vacancy unless it is advertised externally. If the vacancy is advertised externally and an officer or member of staff from the other Force is success it will result in a transfer of employment.
Surrey Police and Sussex Police Special Constables, Volunteers and Agency Staff (excluding self employed workers) covered under the Agency Worker Regulations (AWR) are eligible to apply for internal advertised posts.
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Diversity Statement
We are only as good as our people. It's really important to us that our officers and staff can be themselves in the workplace and we believe that as an organisation we'll benefit from the variety of thinking, approach and skills that diversity can bring; all of which helps us to deliver a better policing service.
We have worked really hard to create a safe, open and inclusive culture. We have a range of staff networking groups to provide specific support and advice and we are proud to be members of Stonewall and Disability Confident, and to be aligned with the Armed Forces Covenant and the HeForShe movement.
We value the differences that people bring from all backgrounds and communities so, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, disability, social status or religious beliefs, we would love to hear from you.