Operational Planning Manager
Job Title: Operational Planning Manager
Salary: The starting salary is £47,060, which includes allowances totalling £2,928.
The salary is broken down as £44,132 basic salary, which will increase annually until you reach the top of the scale £52,652. Plus, a location allowance of £1,928 and a non-pensionable allowance of £1,000.
Location: Kilburn
This is an exciting opportunity within the Workforce Planning and Deployment Team of the Metropolitan Police, supporting the direction for the Corporate Workforce Planning and Insight team, through delivery of forecasts & models for all c.50, 000 people into 70+ business units and operational OCUs.
Working for the Met doesn’t have to mean patrolling the streets. Just as important as our uniformed officers is our 14,000-strong team of professional and support staff working behind the scenes. It’s these skilled people who provide the organisational capability to police London in line with our values.
Duties and Responsibilities –
Responsible for the effective delivery of the annual workforce deployment plan, supporting the corporate posting processes and in-year operational and succession planning.
- Responsible for the maintenance and updating of the in-year workforce plan, at an OCU level, ensuring the data used is accurate and timely to enable critical business resourcing decisions.
- Understand and support Workforce Planning leads in the monthly update of the Design Priority Framework and Occupancy Model and aligning the model to the corporate strategy.
- Implement processes to ensure continued learning and a proactive approach to raising risks and issues, with recommended resolutions, that impact the Workforce Deployment plan and function.
- Managing and providing responses to second level queries and escalating more complex queries to relevant senior colleagues and stakeholders.
- Proactively highlight areas of concern, risk or challenge with workforce deployment governance, processes, and panels, providing mitigation in order to drive efficiencies by promoting self-service across the business.
- Lead, manage and develop a team of LRPM Support Officers to ensure that they have the necessary skills and knowledge to deliver high-quality services and ensuring close connections and collaboration across all levels of the WPD function
- Encourage user centricity and a service led culture ensuring the team have the support needed to develop solutions that meet the needs of the business
Benefits –
You’ll also enjoy the kind of great benefits that you’d expect from one of London's largest employers.
These include:
- Annual leave entitlement of 28 days plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days after 5 years of service
- Civil service pension arrangements
- Interest free season ticket loans
- Membership of Met sports and social clubs
- Flexible working conditions and many more.
London is one of the most exciting and diverse cities in the world – and policing it is no easy task. It takes a huge number of people from all sorts of different backgrounds with a wide range of skills and experience. Do you have what it takes to be one of them? Find out if a career with the Met is what you’re looking for and what kind of challenges; experience and rewards you could have in store.
How to apply
To begin your career at the Met, please click the "apply now" button below. The application process requires a comprehensive CV, a Personal Statement, and an online application form. In your Personal Statement, you should explain your interest in the position and illustrate how your skills and experiences make you a suitable candidate. Please note that you should not submit two copies of your CV, and ensure that your documents are saved in either PDF or Word format, clearly labelled as CV and/or Personal Statement.
Completed applications must be submitted by 23:55 on 4th September 2025.
Once received, your application will be reviewed against eligibility criteria, following this, your application will be reviewed by the hiring manager. The application review for this vacancy will commence beginning of March 2025.
Following application review, successful candidates will be invited to interview. Interview dates will commence end of March 2025.