Resource Planning Manager

Salary: £41,267.45 per annum

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: Manchester Peninsula

Type of Working Arrangement: Blended approach of home and office-working is available

Hours: 37 hours per week

British Transport Police (BTP) is the national police force for the rail network throughout Great Britain. We are the ‘Guardians of the Railway,’ putting passenger safety at the heart of what we do. Our values are simply:
We Care, We Do the Right Thing, We Strive to Be Better Every Day, We Are One BTP, and We Are Proud to Protect. Join us and help create an environment where we can all be our best every day.

Are you looking for your next exciting career move? British Transport Police have an excellent opportunity for a Resource Planning Manager to join the Force Planning Unit. As a Resource Planning Manager with BTP, you will lead the operational activities of the Force Resource Planning Unit (FRPU), ensuring resources are deployed effectively and efficiently to support frontline policing, major events, operational incidents and key force objectives.

• Providing operational leadership to the Force Resource Planning Unit and managing the performance and development of Resource Planning Officers.
• Overseeing resource allocation for policing operations, football matches, major events and critical incidents, ensuring operational demand is met effectively.
• Working collaboratively with divisions and stakeholders to maximise available resources, maintain operational resilience and support frontline policing activity.
• Acting in support of the Force Resource Lead to provide specialist resource management advice and fulfil Bronze Resources responsibilities for planned and unplanned events.

What you'll bring to the team:

• Educated to A-Level standard or (or equivalent) with experience working in an operational or resource planning environment.
• Proven track record of managing teams in a large, multi-disciplined operational organisation.
• Experience in performance management, coaching and mentoring customer-facing teams.
• Strong Stakeholder management, communication and influencing skills.
• Ability to analyse data, provide operational advice and lead responses to time-critical incidents.

• Experience leading a team working flexibly across multiple locations.
• Experience managing and implementing change.

The FRPU will be operational between 08:00-16:00, Monday to Friday and postholders will be required to work within these parameters. However, hours can be flexible within 07:00-17:00 each day.

• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing to 30 days after 5 years.
• Family-friendly policies, including up to 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave.
• Bespoke benefits platform and Blue Light Card access.
• Salary sacrifice options for cycles, home technology, gym membership, and electric vehicles.
• Interest-free annual rail season ticket loan after 6 months.
• Access to the Transport Benevolent Fund for health, welfare, and financial support.
• Development opportunities, including fully funded apprenticeships.
• Excellent Pension scheme:
  We offer the BTP GPP Police Staff Pension Scheme, administered by Royal London. This group personal pension plan is available to all police staff and is a defined contribution scheme. It provides the flexibility to vary your pension contributions from 4.4% to 12% of your salary. For more information, visit the Royal London dedicated pension page or email us at P
  
  Note:
  
  If you are an existing member of Police Staff in the RPS, your pension will not be affected.

Further information about this vacancy can be found in the attached job description.

Successful applicants will be required to pass Recruitment…