6358 Duty Planning Officer

Gloucestershire Constabulary are looking to recruit a Duty Planning Officer to join our Duty Planning team, based in Bamfurlong, Cheltenham. Due to the location a Driving License and access to transport is advisable.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Duty Planning Unit, we have recently introduced an external platform to manage the Constabularies Duty Management and are looking to recruit the following post:

1 x Fixed Term Contract (22 months), 37 Hours per Week

The candidate will need to be motivated and committed to meet the demands of a challenging role, you will require excellent communication skills and be able to demonstrate resilience and initiative within a busy team in order to meet day to day demands of the organisation.

The successful candidate will have multiple responsibilities and in particular be able to:

Deliver effective resource plans for operational policing to meet the complex needs of a variety of business areas.
Maintain staffing levels for day to day policing activities, and for planned/spontaneous operations.
Demonstrate strong communication skills to engage with departmental colleagues and supervisors.
Accurately record data in appropriate Force IT systems to enable the production of effective resource plans.
Act as a first point of contact for resource management enquiries.
Support the maintenance of the organisational skill base.
Produce reports and analysis to assist managers with future resourcing decisions.

Should you require any further information regarding this role, please contact Tony Moore at Anthony.Moore@gloucestershire.police.uk or 01452 907130.

Notice for internal candidates: this role is advertised as a fixed-term contract. In the event that you successfully interview for this role, you will accept the role on either a secondment or fixed-term contract basis.

You will only be offered a secondment subject to your current Line Manager’s approval - please note that there is no guarantee that management will agree to the secondment and there is no obligation for them to do so. It is advisable to liaise with management to see if a secondment would be supported before submitting an application.

In the event that you are offered the role as a fixed-term contract, you should be aware that you have no right to return to your previous role and will leave the force when your contract ends. In the event that you have accrued two years’ continuous service when your contract ends, you may be eligible to be added to the redeployment register, however it is not guaranteed that we will be able to offer you a suitable alternative. When accepting the role on a fixed-term basis, you take the personal risk that your employment with the force may end at the end of the contract. More information regarding the redeployment register can be found here.

Please refer to the Role Profile document when completing the Statement in support of your application section of the form. In this section, you are required to provide evidence with specific examples for each of the Essential criteria included under the Experience and Qualifications section of the Role Profile. For each of the criteria, please write a paragraph detailing how your experience, qualifications, skills and abilities meet the minimum criteria for the role. Applicants who do not provide this required evidence will unfortunately not be invited to interview.

Candidates applying for Gloucestershire Constabulary should be aware that the use of online 'Artificial Intelligence' (AI) systems such as ChatGPT to generate application answers is NOT permitted, any candidate found to have submitted an application form using online 'AI' software to generate answers will be removed from the recruitment process with immediate effect. This may result in future applications with the Constabulary also being rejected, based on integrity.

Need help with your application?

If you need any support while completing your application, whether it’s understanding the questions, gathering the right information, or just having someone to talk it through with, then our Better Together Team is here to help. We’d be happy to support you at any stage of the process.

For support with your application, please contact Better Together at BetterTogetherTeam@Gloucestershire.police.uk

At Gloucestershire Constabulary we recognise the benefits of increasing diversity across our force and the value of building a representative workforce. That is why it is important that people from ethnically diverse backgrounds and under-represented groups, including those with a disability, apply and help us deliver excellence in policing throughout Gloucestershire. We are a proud Disability Confident Employer and are committed to providing equal opportunities. You may wish to register with our Talent Bank- the link can be found here: https://gloucestershireconstabulary.tal.net/vx/appcentre-External/brand-3/candidate/so/pm/8/pl/12/opp/457-Register-your-interest-with-Better-Together/en-GB