Operational Resource Planning Analyst | Dadansoddwr Cynlluniau Adnoddau Gweithredol

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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.

Who we’re looking for

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with an ability to organise, prioritise and manage your time and workload to achieve maximum levels of efficiency.
• Experience in utilising 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.
• Good examples of previous Senior Stakeholder Management experience in addition to maintaining Financial Control Measures/Risk Management are beneficial.
• Experience of using Excel to an intermediate-to-advanced level is desirable.

Welsh Language Skills

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 the Welsh Language by employees and will encourage them to develop, improve and maintain their Welsh Language skills. We fully support our people who want to improve their Welsh language skills, and personal development for Welsh Language skills are 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? See attached Job Description for further details.

TFW is a Disability Confident employer. We are happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments you may need in the recruitment process or as part of the role if you are successful.

This advert will close at midnight on the day of the application closing date stated above. We do encourage you to submit your application as early as possible.

Please note, we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications.

If you have submitted an application for this role within the last 6 months and were unsuccessful, please do not re-apply as regrettably, your application will not be considered.

Note that you must hold the permanent right to work in the UK. We are not currently able to provide sponsorship.

Job details

• Location: Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
• Seniority level: Not Applicable
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Training, Analyst, and Administrative
• Industries: Rail Transportation