South Yorkshire Police
Duties and Resourcing Team Duty Planner
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Role: Duties and Resourcing Team Duty Planner
Department: Operational Support Unit
Location: Operations Complex, Sheffield
Salary: £25,242 - £27,204
Hours: 37
Contract Type: Permanent
We are looking for a Duties and Resourcing Team Duty Planner to join a motivated and dynamic team managing resourcing levels throughout the force.
As a Duty Planner you will use and maintain the current duties management systems, on a daily basis, to support deployment of resources in line with Force, District and Departmental priorities.
Key responsibilities:
- Use GRS software and Microsoft packages to identify, amend, compile and report on duties data including weekly, monthly, and annual rosters for police officers/staff to meet the operational needs of the Force (Taking into account holidays, sickness, rest days, Police Regulations, and minimum staffing etc).
- Plan and publish advanced duties for police officer/staff.
- Circulate/publish duties information to staff, inform staff of changes to rosters, sometimes at short notice within policy/Police Regulations.
- Maintain the force duties data and hierarchy in order to reflect any restructuring and changes, amending names, codes, locations, shifts/reliefs, and rotas as appropriate.
- Identify and report system configuration errors, liaise with HR Systems Administrators in order to initiate remedial action.
- Maintain records associated with force requirements such as annual leave, sickness, training etc.
- Prepare rosters for operations and special events as required by the Force.
- Identify risks to the force that may affect ability to provide business as usual now and in the future. Ensure escalation to management at the earliest opportunity.
- Perform other duties as reasonably correspond to the general character of the post and are commensurate with its level of responsibility.
Skills and experience:
- Proven ability in windows-based computer packages and manual record keeping.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Strong interpersonal skills in order to speak with people of all levels, especially when allocating overtime.
- Experience of achieving targets and working towards service level agreements and deadlines.
- Demonstrate attention to detail with a consistent & methodical approach to tasks.
- Mathematical approach to extracting data.
Skills and experience as documented in the role profile need to be evidenced in your application to be considered for interview.
For more detailed information relating to the role, skills, and experience for this role, please click here [https://www.southyorkshire.police.uk/SysSiteAssets/media/downloads/south-yorkshire/careers/talent-acquisition-team-documents/role-profiles/duties--resourcing-team-duty-planner--rp.docx?_t_id=uEBmHikZgoLbSYh4nQQa9g%3d%3d&_t_uuid=R2vzF4RuQ4WVt8sov_i2SA&_t_q=role+profiles&_t_tags=siteid%3a9a7e26e6-9ba2-42bf-80ec-103507e5aec9%2clanguage%3aen%2candquerymatch&_t_hit.id=Cds_Soh_Web_Models_Media_GenericMedia/_9f0ab68c-b00c-4274-b92f-b445385e673d_en-GB&_t_hit.pos=3] to view the role profile.
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What we offer:
- A highly competitive salary and access to a generous pension scheme
- Generous annual leave allowance
- A wide range of family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave.
- Flexible working arrangements including flexitime and hybrid working.
- A transparent and collaborative team culture underpinned by our core values of Fairness, Integrity & Trust
- Comprehensive range of development and leadership courses to develop your career with South Yorkshire Police
- Employee Assistant Programme (accessible 24/7) offering confidential support and advice.
- Flexible lifestyle benefits such as: Blue Light Card, Company Shop, Cycle to work scheme.
- Committed to embedding sustainability: South Yorkshire Police Sustainability Strategy 2020-2025 (yhrn.police)
- Membership to the Sports and Social Club
- Access to a wide range of staff support groups and networks
Eligibility:
Applicants must meet the minimum requirement checkable history criteria, which must be taken into account for individuals applying to work with South Yorkshire Police in any capacity. A minimum checkable history of 3 years is required for this role and successfully undergoing recruitment vetting procedure is a pre-requisite of employment with South Yorkshire Police.
Appearance & Standards:
South Yorkshire Police is committed to striking a proportionate balance between self-expression and the need to maintain role sensitive professional standards in dress and appearance. Officers, staff, and volunteers of South Yorkshire Police are permitted to have tattoos visible whilst on duty provided the tattoo is not considered to be unacceptable or otherwise inappropriate. Tattoos will be reviewed as part of the recruitment and selection process.
South Yorkshire Police’s overarching aim is to deliver an excellent police service to support safer communities. The public’s assessment of our excellence is influenced by the level of trust and confidence in us, as an organisation and as individuals. In comparison to the general public, police officers and police staff are held to a higher standards of behaviour and accountability. In applying to join the police, applicants are accepting of these higher standards and understand the implications on their right to privacy.
South Yorkshire Police’s Key Values:
At South Yorkshire Police we have 3 key values which run through everything we do Fairness, Integrity & Trust, the attached document details the key behaviours we expect all employees to adhere to.
Smarter ways of Working:
South Yorkshire Police is committed to developing working practices which assist staff to balance their personal and professional lives, whilst meeting the needs of the organisation. This in turn enables SYP to provide an outstanding service to the community.
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There are 3 different categories as part of this which are: Fixed, Field and Hybrid.
This role has been evaluated as a Fixed role.
Fixed: This is a traditional arrangement, applicable when the work is mostly required to be undertaken at a fixed single place of work (on police premises) for most of the time. The work can only or is more effectively delivered from a police premises or other agreed organisational/partner premises.
Contact details:
For further information about the role, please contact: Mark Bradey/James Stewart on 07919300360
Closing Date: 26th August 2026
Closing dates are not normally extended, other than in exceptional circumstances and agreement is made between the Recruitment Manager and the Line Manager for the role.
Candidate Information:
Please note that, should you be successful at the interview stage and before appointment, the relevant pre-employment checks are required. These include references, medical clearance, vetting clearance and sickness absence criteria check.
Diversity & Inclusion:
Applications are particularly welcome from female and ethnic minority candidates.
It is really important to us that the department represents the community we serve, in order for us to provide the best service, utilising a range of backgrounds, experience and skills. We support and value all officers and staff and the unique experiences they bring to the role. We strongly encourage and welcome applications from these valuable underrepresented groups.
If you are from an underrepresented group and want to find out more about the support we can offer, please contact our dedicated team on positiveaction@southyorks.pnn.police.uk
In addition, we will look to support anyone who requires Part Time/Job share working hours.
Documents to Review:
For the Police Staff Recruitment Vetting Handbook - Please Click here [https://www.southyorkshire.police.uk/SysSiteAssets/media/downloads/south-yorkshire/careers/talent-acquisition-team-documents/advert-content/force-vetting-guide---police-staff.pdf?_t_id=SyD1OZPKjmmSqhIbCwEkog%3d%3d&_t_uuid=rCAQcMj_RwWNvC0ZLFmsBg&_t_q=police+staff&_t_tags=language%3aen%2csiteid%3a9a7e26e6-9ba2-42bf-80ec-103507e5aec9%2candquerymatch&_t_hit.id=Cds_Soh_Web_Models_Media_GenericMedia/_af8e1af7-143e-4f8b-9e92-e84ce1a6485a_en-GB&_t_hit.pos=2]
For Application Guidance and Tips - Please Click Here [https://www.southyorkshire.police.uk/SysSiteAssets/media/downloads/south-yorkshire/careers/talent-acquisition-team-documents/advert-content/application-guidance---new.docx?_t_id=uEBmHikZgoLbSYh4nQQa9g%3d%3d&_t_uuid=FOZ7K4bMS7-Jgck8ieCvGw&_t_q=application+guidance&_t_tags=siteid
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