General information
Job Posting Title Rota Specialist Date Friday, December 19, 2025 City Bootle Country United Kingdom Working time Full-time Closing Date 01-Jan-2026
Description & Requirements
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Maximus is a global organisation that specialises in providing health and employment services to millions of people every year. Here in the UK we employ around 5,000 people across the country to deliver services that have a profound impact on people’s lives. From assessments and health services to employability programmes and specialist support, we do work that matters with people who care.
The Rota Specialist’s role is to ensure the efficient and effective planning of available Healthcare Professional resource across the Business Service Centre and local Assessment Centres to meet contractual service levels.
This is a home based role but candidates MUST live in the United Kingdom with the relevant Right to Work to be considered for this role. If you do not live in the UK, unfortunately your application will be rejected.
Salary £25,000
Role duties:
1. Plan and produce robust resource schedule for all Healthcare Professionals within the Business Service Centre and local Assessment Centres to ensure delivery of targets for all areas of work
2. Maximise utilisation of estate to meet demand and achieve targets
3. Deliver both short and long term plans, working closely with Regional Planning Manager, Resource Manager and Assessment Centre Managers to build accurate forecasting models
4. Ensure the plan is produced on a 12 week, 4 week and thereafter weekly session
5. Responsible for Healthcare Professional electronic diary system to minimise impact on service and forecast
6. Analyse available head of work to allocate Healthcare Professional resource to meet demand and achieve target and identify future skill gaps for escalation to management team
7. Analyse planned resource versus forecast to identify areas for improvement
8. Collate information required for weekly local planning meeting with management team
9. Other ad hoc duties as required.
Who we are looking for:
10. Excellent excel and MS Outlook skills
11. Ability to deliver high quality work with attention to detail
12. Keen organisational skills, especially in relation to electronic record keeping
13. Ability to deliver work to tight deadlines, prioritise tasks and flexibility during peaks in demand, in order to meet deadlines
14. Able to work well independently as well as part of a team, building positive working relationships with both medical and administrative colleagues
15. Excellent analytical skills, identifying trends and problem solving using a variety of sources
16. Excellent communication and collaboration skills
17. Strong interpersonally, able to persuade and negotiate to meet business goals.