Equal Opportunities
At Transport for Wales we value diversity. It makes us stronger, helps us understand our customers better, make better decisions and be more innovative. Everyone’s different and has their own perspective so we’re building a diverse team that mirrors the communities we serve. Through this we’re determined to be one of Wales' leading inclusive employers. We’re creating an inclusive transport network that everyone in Wales can be proud of.
Who we are
At Transport for Wales, we’re on a mission to transform transport in Wales and make it fit for the future, whether that’s rail, bus, walking or cycling. We want to inspire a nation to change the way it travels, so that we all travel more sustainably and help to combat the climate emergency we’re all facing.
We’re an open and inclusive place to work, where everyone is welcome and our people are supported to reach their full potential. We want to create an environment where our people can grow and succeed. This is key to enabling us to deliver on the promises we’ve made to the people of Wales to build a sustainable transport network that meets their needs.
Role responsibilities
As Operational Resource Planning Analyst you will be responsible for developing and maintaining the Operational Resource plans for Drivers, Conductors, Stations and Fleet colleagues - supporting operational managers to plan their resource/workforce capacity to meet their forecast workload demand.
Responsibilities will include but not be limited to:
1. You will act as the Business Partner to Senior Managers, providing forecasting data and insights to support workforce decision making across the functions at both strategic and operational levels.
2. You will own the process for proactive planning and governance working closely with internal and external stakeholders at all levels including your Finance and Operations colleagues, where you will support the operational decision making and financial control requirements, assisting with the development of budgets, budget reviews and forecasting.
3. To help achieve success across the functions, you will produce a period-by-period review of the resources in each operational function, informing the recruitment activity in each, identifying the emerging risks and with a cross-functional governance group - lead the development of strategies to mitigate those risks and improve current processes/systems.
Who we’re looking for
4. Given the nature of the role, it is essential you have excellent verbal and written communication skills with an ability to organise, prioritise and manage your time and workload to achieve maximum levels of efficiency.
5. It is essential you have knowledge and experience of utilising your analytical skills to present complicated operational concepts in simple terms across various MS Office Packages.
6. Previous resource planning and operational modelling experience is desirable, as is Project Management Experience.
7. It will be beneficial to your application if you are able to provide good examples of previous Senior Stakeholder Management experience in addition to maintaining Financial Control Measures/Risk Management.
8. Experience of using Excel to an intermediate-to-advanced level is desirable.
Welsh Language Skills
The ability to speak/write Welsh would make a great addition to your application, but it is not essential for this role.
Transport for Wales supports and promotes the use of the Welsh Language by employees and will encourage them to develop, improve and maintain their Welsh Language skills. We fully support our people who want to improve their Welsh language skills, and personal development for Welsh Language skills are offered in a variety of ways such as online learning, classroom courses and funding attendance at local community courses.