FCC Analyst
Salary: Band 9, £41,133 -£47,712
Location: Ponteland Police Station
Hours/Contract: 37 hours per week, 12 month fixed term contract
Working for #TeamNP
Our purpose at Team NP is simple: to keep people safe and to fight crime. But it takes more than officers alone to do the job – and that’s where our 2,000-strong team of police staff and 200 volunteers come in.
As one of the largest police forces in England we have a huge variety of departments and specialisms offering you endless opportunities. From mentoring and coaching schemes and online soft skills courses to leadership development programmes; we’ll give you the support, training and time to carve out the career you always wanted.
As one of the top 50 UK inclusive employers and a disability confident employer, we promote a culture of respect in the workplace so everyone can feel seen, heard and valued.
Whether you’re a member of staff or a volunteer, you can also expect first-rate support to manage your health and wellbeing. With year-round events, a 24/7 welfare support hotline and a leading approach to neurodiversity, our initiatives enable you to be at your best.
Above all else, here at Team NP, we can offer you a career that is so much more than just a job, it’s a chance to be part of something that really matters.
Learn about our full benefits package
The role
Here at Northumbria Police, we think our region is amazing! It takes a great deal of people from different backgrounds, with diverse skills and experience to serve our force area effectively, think you have what it takes to help us make a difference? This could be the perfect time for you to join us in our Force Coordination and Operations Department as an FCC Analyst.
As an FCC Analyst you will develop and manage a forecasting strategy by thoroughly understanding organisational demand patterns and trends. Offer analytical capabilities to examine demand data, predicting future needs and requirements for bank holidays and other events.
You will lead continuous reviews of force-wide shift patterns in response to changing demand trends, providing options for new patterns to ensure the ability to meet demand.
You will analyse resourcing information and provide detailed reports, including officer skills data, to support effective planning for key events.
What you’ll do
- Lead the planning and management of force demand analysis by integrating intelligence, consultation, best practices, and emerging technologies to enhance the force's ability to meet demand.
- Develop and implement forecasting models to improve accuracy, review outputs, and make recommendations for future opportunities.
- Produce short, medium, and long-term forecasts that reflect emerging demand and resourcing trends, enabling a proactive approach to meeting and reducing demand.
- Generate short-term forecasts that account for last-minute changes in operational demand (e.g., protests), facilitating a reactive approach to meet demand.
- Analyse current and historical data to develop predicted future demand scenarios, supporting recommended adjustments to resourcing and skills profiles as needed.
- Provide insights into the planning assumptions made in organisational design.
Sound interesting? For further information, and to support your application, please view the job description
What you’ll bring
- 5x GCSE’s A-C including Maths and English, or equivalent qualifications.
- A degree in a relevant subject/vocational qualification or equivalent experience.
- ICT experience and proficient in the use of computer programmes to present data in particular. Microsoft excel Wide range of IT and administrative skills including competence in Microsoft Office applications.
- Experience of building productive and progressive relationships with others.
- Experience of planning and organising across multi-functional areas in an ever-changing environment.
- Ability to manage and prioritise own and team workload with minimal supervision and work to meet deadlines.
We know it's important for you to feel that you're not only part of a great team, but part of a community. We welcome applications from suitably qualified people from all sections of the community, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.
Harnessing these differences creates a productive environment in which everyone feels valued, and their talents are fully utilised. Appointments are based on merit alone.
Interested to learn more? For further information about the role please contact Richard Gentry, Superintendent Force Coordination by email at Richard.gentry@northumbria.police.uk
What we offer
- 26 days’ leave (increasing to 30 days for 5 years+ service) plus 8 bank holidays
- NHS Fleet Solutions Car Lease Scheme
- Enhanced maternity, shared parental and adoption leave
- Flexi time - allowing you to fit your working hours around your individual needs
- Flexible working (we are happy to discuss options such as compressed hours)
- Agile working – option to work from home, your team zone, and spaces across the force
- Fantastic market-leading public sector pension scheme with up to 16% employer contribution
- Corporate travel schemes – local rail, bus services and metro discounts
- Access to private healthcare and eye test vouchers
- Discounts on shopping and eating out thanks to the Blue Light Card and Blue Light Tickets
- We’ve invested in extensive paid sick leave, trained mental health first aiders on-site, an employee advice service for the times you need that additional support.
- Access to gyms in some stations
- Sports & Social Club – join our thriving sports scene at Team NP and enjoy further exclusive discounts on days out and travel
- Cycle to work scheme
- Opportunity to volunteer in local community
Just so you know
Our application form will help us understand how your work, education and life experience has prepared you for the role of an FCC Analyst with #TeamNP. To help support your application research what makes us tick here at Northumbria, the role you’re applying for and the values and behaviours that contribute.
The recruitment process will consist of the initial application form followed by a face to face interview. Just so you know, you can save your application and come back to it any time prior to the closing date on the advert.
We are proud members of the Business Disability Forum, with whom we collaborate with to improve the lives of disabled employees. We are also a Disability Confident Employer, therefore if you demonstrate that you meet the minimum criteria for this role as stated in the advert, we will progress your application and offer you an interview.
If you tell us that you have a disability, we can make adjustments to support you through the recruitment process (for example we can arrange extra time for tests or provide a sign language interpreter) You can get in touch with us via careers@northumbria.police.uk for any support regarding the application process. Please provide us with plenty of notice so we can ensure your visit goes smoothly.
If your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a Management Vetting (MV) form, therefore you must be a resident of the UK for a minimum period of 5 years to ensure vetting checks can be successfully performed. A job offer will be dependent upon vetting clearance, medical information, and references.
Terms of appointment
This is a fixed term / secondment role subject to a six-month probationary period.
If you are successful in your application, you will have a six-month probation period with us where you will be unable to apply for any other post advertised internally or externally.
Please note if you are interested in applying for this secondment opportunity, please discuss this with your Line Manager and gain agreement prior to applying.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.