Securitas
Planning Administrator
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Planning Administrator
Hiring: Planning Administrator
📍 Location: Milton Keynes, MK17 8LX 💰 Pay: £28,000 per annum 🕒 Working Hours: 9am – 6pm (Monday – Friday)
About the Role
We’re Securitas UK, shaped by "Integrity, Vigilance and Helpfulness". A role to redefine the future of planning: This Planning Administrator position sits within our emerging Workforce Management function. You’ll refine how we foresee, prepare, and execute—jumpstarting solutions in data, organisation, and forward-thinking for our global safety operations.
Ideal for those who thrive in structured environments where proactive planning yields impact:
- Data-driven decision-making shaping workforce coverage.
- Balancing long-term goals while ensuring seamless execution.
- Preempting challenges through sophisticated trend analysis across forecasting, schedules, and resourcing.
Key Responsibilities
- Workforce planning: Create accurate long-term schedules (up to 12 months ahead) and coverage plans, ensuring alignments with client demands and operational demands.
- System operation: Utilise WFM systems (e.g. Timegate)—prior experience helpful but learn-on-the-job.
- Demand modelling: Analysing historical trends/forecasts to forecast demand, flag potential risks, and optimise resources.
- Data integrity: Maintain immaculate data within systems to drive planning accuracy and reporting standards.
- Collaborative alignment: Partner with stakeholders to link workforce strategies with business/operational priorities.
- Gap identification: Proactively spot resource deficits and support recruitment alignment.
- Payroll compliance: Ensure payroll data accuracy and address arising queries.
- Personnel readiness: Verify training, competency, and deployment compliance.
- Process improvement: Continuously seek ways of enhancing planning efficiency and coverage reliability.
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What You’ll Bring
Core Requirements
- Exceptional organisation OR problem-solving skills, capable of handling long-term priorities with precision.
- Proficient technical acumen in managing WFM systems (e.g. [Timegate])/similar platforms.
- Self-directed ownership working independently with minimum oversight.
- Exceptional written/verbal communication, with a knack for precise data handling.
- Competency aligning effort towards a structured, proactive approach ensuring impeccable first-time quality.
- Right to work in the UK.
- 5-year verifiable employment history.
- Corporate culture alignment: our Integrity, Vigilance, Helpfulness values must shape your approach.
Desirable Qualities/Nilificates
- Advanced experience using Microsoft Office tools.
- Background in administrative, clerical, or similar scheduling roles.
Company Insights
Our Mission & Culture
"See a different world—one where potential surfaces and progress is nurtured. At Securitas (336,000+ global professionals), we uphold: ✔ Opportunity for all in every context. ✔ Purpose:** Utilising strength to safeguard others. ✔ People-centricity: Celebrating diversity via real-world networks.*
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Diversity & Inclusion
- Commit insights fostered by "Be-Yourself" policies (rainbow flags + disability forefronts).
- Highlights of inclusion:
- Level-2 Disability Confident assurance.
- Embrace of Race at Work Charter, Armed Forces Covenant support.
- Events : BSL Week, International Women’s Day, PRIDE, Black History Month.
The Offer: Benefits
Perks
| ----------------------- | --------------------------------------------- | | STRIVE | Savings/Shop Discounts (ShopChain, GlasVeys). | Dental | Cash-back schemes available (upporting examinations, X-rays). | HSF Health | Discounted plans (e.g. medical treatments, vision services). | Cycle to Work | Up to 42% bike equipment savings via salary deduction. | Specsavers | Affordable eye examinations + glasses. | WeCare (Health Platform) | 24/7 access to:
- Online doctors.
- Mental health therapy options.
- GetFit coaching programs. | Toothfairy | Personalised dental advice database. | Pension Plan | Applying parallel employer contributions. | Payroll ISA | Dedication pot-filling for long-term savings. | Mortgage Advice | Free guidance for tailored recommendations. | Financial Wellbeing Hub (Go & Live) | | Death-in-Service Benefit | Beneficiaries legally reward if tragedy occurs in employment. |
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