Duties and Resourcing Team Duty Planner

As a Duty Planner you will use and maintain the current duties management systems, on a daily basis, to support deployment of resources in line with Force, District and Departmental priorities.,

• Use GRS software and Microsoft packages to identify, amend, compile and report on duties data including weekly, monthly, and annual rosters for police officers/staff to meet the operational needs of the Force (Taking into account holidays, sickness, rest days, Police Regulations, and minimum staffing etc).
• Plan and publish advanced duties for police officer/staff.
• Circulate/publish duties information to staff, inform staff of changes to rosters, sometimes at short notice within policy/Police Regulations.
• Maintain the force duties data and hierarchy in order to reflect any restructuring and changes, amending names, codes, locations, shifts/reliefs, and rotas as appropriate.
• Identify and report system configuration errors, liaise with HR Systems Administrators in order to initiate remedial action.
• Maintain records associated with force requirements such as annual leave, sickness, training etc.
• Prepare rosters for operations and special events as required by the Force.
• Identify risks to the force that may affect ability to provide business as usual now and in the future. Ensure escalation to management at the earliest opportunity.
• Perform other duties as reasonably correspond to the general character of the post and are commensurate with its level of responsibility.
  
  Proven ability in windows-based computer packages and manual record keeping.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills in order to speak with people of all levels, especially when allocating overtime.
• Experience of achieving targets and working towards service level agreements and deadlines.
• Demonstrate attention to detail with a consistent & methodical approach to tasks.
• Mathematical approach to extracting data., Applicants must meet the minimum requirement checkable history criteria, which must be taken into account for individuals applying to work with South Yorkshire Police in any capacity. A minimum checkable history of 3 years is required for this role and successfully undergoing recruitment vetting procedure is a pre-requisite of employment with South Yorkshire Police.
  
  South Yorkshire Police is committed to developing working practices which assist staff to balance their personal and professional lives, whilst meeting the needs of the organisation. This in turn enables SYP to provide an outstanding service to the community.
There are 3 different categories as part of this which are: Fixed, Field and Hybrid. This role has been evaluated as a Fixed role. Fixed: This is a traditional arrangement, applicable when the work is mostly required to be undertaken at a fixed single place of work (on police premises) for most of the time. The work can only or is more effectively delivered from a police premises or other agreed organisational/partner premises.

We offer generous entitlements and supportive policies to enable a better work-life balance, some of which are listed below:
• A highly competitive salary and access to a generous pension scheme
• Generous annual leave allowance
• A wide range of family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave.
• Flexible working arrangements including flexitime and hybrid working.
• A transparent and collaborative team culture underpinned by our core values of Fairness, Integrity & Trust
• Comprehensive range of development and leadership courses to develop your career with South Yorkshire Police
• Employee Assistant Programme (accessible 24/7) offering confidential support and advice.
• Flexible lifestyle benefits such as: Blue Light Card, Company Shop, Cycle to work scheme.
• Committed to embedding sustainability: South Yorkshire Police Sustainability Strategy 2020-2025 (yhrn.police)
• Membership to the Sports and Social Club
• Access to a wide range of staff support groups and networks