Job Title: Resourcing Administrator Supervisor - HUB – MO6 - 01
Salary: The starting salary is £45,207, which includes allowances totalling £7,697.
The salary is broken down as £37,510 basic salary, which will increase annually until you reach the top of the scale £40,141. Plus, a 12.5% shift disturbance allowance, a location allowance of £2,009 and a non-pensionable allowance of £1,000.
Location: Lambeth
Contract: 2 years Fixed Term
The role of MO6 Public Order and Resources Command is to lead the MPS in putting the right people with the right skills in the right place at the right time. We assist BCUs with duty planning and resource central aid on their behalf via the area resourcing hubs. We meet the requirements of the Event Command Teams whilst making sure each BCU has the staff it needs to operate effectively.
The Role
As a Resourcing Administrator Supervisor you will be responsible in delivering resourcing and duty planning support to ensure that the right officers with the right skills are allocated to public order, ceremonial, and central aid requirements, enabling the safe and effective delivery of policing across London. Acting as the first point of escalation for complex resourcing issues, you ensure the continuity of service and timely resolution of queries from Basic Command Units (BCUs) and Event Command Teams, whilst building effective working relationships across MO6, BCUs, and specialist units to balance operational demand with local resilience.
Additional Information
This is a 2 year Fixed Term Contract position.
Hours per week 36. Shifts are on an 8-hour shift pattern covering hours from 0700 -2100 Mon –Fri. There is also a need for weekend cover which is currently 2 x 10-hour shifts, 0800-1800 Sat/Sun once every 6 weeks on average.
This role is eligible for a 12.5% Shift Disturbance Allowance.
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.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Coordinate aid warnings and allocations by identifying officers with appropriate skills and experience, ensuring operational needs are met while maintaining local resilience.
- Manage and resolve resourcing queries from Basic Command Units, escalating complex issues to the Resourcing Sergeant as required, to maintain service continuity.
- Liaise with local Senior Leadership Teams (SLTs) to negotiate abstractions and resourcing solutions that represent best value for the organisation.
- Maintain collaborative relationships with local Operational Support (OS) teams to ensure smooth delivery of aid and event resourcing.
- Work with Operational Planning and the Real-Time Resources Desk to support responses to spontaneous public order or emergency demands.
- Oversee aid distribution decisions and coordinate specialist officer attachments (e.g. Police Search Advisors – POLSA), ensuring fair and effective deployment.
- Administer the Public Order Carrier and minibus fleet coordination process to maximise vehicle availability for operations.
- Handle sensitive personal information with discretion, ensuring compliance with data protection standards.
- Apply judgement in day-to-day resourcing decisions and determine which issues require escalation, ensuring decisions balance fairness, efficiency, and operational necessity.
- Deliver services electronically and by telephone with consistently high standards of written and verbal communication.
- Contribute as part of a team with shared workloads to ensure deadlines and operational requirements are met.
- Management of team of Resourcing Administrators
Benefits
You will 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.
Closing date: To streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
How to apply
To begin your career at the Met, please click the "apply button “. 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 20th May 2026.
Once received, your application will be reviewed against eligibility criteria, following this, your application will be reviewed by the hiring manager.
Following application review, successful candidates will be invited to interview.
