Overview
Operational Resource Planning Analyst - Cardiff Head Office, South Wales
Salary: up to £43,000 per annum, depending on skills and experience. Basis: Full time. Equal Opportunities: At Transport for Wales we value diverse perspectives and are building an inclusive team that mirrors the communities we serve.
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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
Qualifications and experience
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. 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.
* Previous resource planning and operational modelling experience is desirable, as is Project Management Experience.
* 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.
* Experience of using Excel to an intermediate-to-advanced level is desirable.
Welsh language
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 Welsh by employees and will encourage them to develop, improve and maintain their Welsh skills. Personal development for Welsh skills is offered in a variety of ways such as online learning, classroom courses and funding attendance at local community courses.
Next steps
Does this role sound like the opportunity you are looking for? Do you want to find out more?
Please note, we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications. You must hold the permanent right to work in the UK. We are not currently able to provide sponsorship.
We are an equal opportunities employer and are happy to discuss reasonable adjustments you may need in the recruitment process or as part of the role if you are successful.
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