Officers Rota and Assistant Workforce Planner

GMFRS

Manchester

Full Year Part Time

Temporary

Expires 17/08/2025

About the Role

Hours: 18 hours per week plus on-call allowances (Incident Command Function)

Contract: 12 months fixed term

Location: Hybrid / Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service Headquarters, Swinton

Closing date: Sunday 17th August 2025 at midnight

Your role:

You will be responsible for planning and maintaining the Flexi Duty rota for officers, including allocating skills, managing annual leave, and planning training requirements, while ensuring the daily ridership needs of the organization are met. Additionally, you will support the Workforce Planning Officer to ensure the organization has a deployable workforce with the right skills, and to forecast and plan for movements, leavers, and new starters. Effective communication and liaison with senior leaders and teams across the organization are essential to deliver the Fire Action Plan.

About you:

You should be able to work collaboratively within a small team and across the wider organization to meet targets. Strong verbal and written communication skills, including report writing, presentation skills, and influencing abilities at various levels, are required. Building strong stakeholder relationships is crucial, as a significant part of the role involves stakeholder management.

The ideal candidate will have an analytical mindset, excellent attention to detail, and be highly motivated, reliable, and organized. You should be capable of managing multiple deadlines and taking appropriate action when necessary. Strong evaluation and problem-solving skills, with the ability to draw conclusions from data and self-analysis, are also important.

About us:

The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) comprises key strategic functions and service providers, including GMFRS, Waste and Resources, Environment, Work and Skills, Research, Public Sector Reform, Police, Crime and Criminal Justice, Homelessness, the Greater Manchester Ageing Hub, and the Commissioning Hub.

We value diversity and aim to recruit a workforce that reflects our communities. We encourage applications from all qualified individuals, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation. We are committed to fair and inclusive recruitment practices, including reasonable adjustments for disabilities.

We offer a competitive package and embrace AI to enhance operations and innovate services. We value human talent and encourage applicants to complete their applications personally, reading all instructions carefully. AI may be used as a reasonable adjustment during application processes, and if so, applicants should provide a brief explanation.

Employees on the redeployment register will be prioritized for vacancies. This role is part of GMCA’s hybrid working scheme, supporting flexible work arrangements to promote health and wellbeing. Work location will be primarily based on business needs, with arrangements tailored in consultation with your manager.