Resource Planning Team Advisor – Fixed term contract until 18 July 2027 with possibility of extension

Avon Fire and Rescue Service; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Avon Fire and Rescue Service is seeking a fixed-term Staffing and Training Planner to join the Resource Planning Team. You will coordinate annual leave, sickness, training and other absences to ensure crew levels meet statutory responsibilities.

You will interpret absence applications, monitor staffing data, program training events, maintain FireWatch records and support the Annual Training Plan, providing timely responses to enquiries from managers and colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Make decisions on annual leave, sickness, training and other absences to keep enough personnel on duty for statutory responsibilities
• Interpret absence applications against Service policy for operational, flexi duty and support staff
• Monitor and analyse staffing information to support deployment and crewing standards
• Coordinate and programme training events across the training cycle
• Work to fill scheduled courses as far as possible, within operational needs
• Maintain accurate FireWatch records for all personnel, including sickness, absence and training
• Collect training and development requirements from managers and coordinate responses
• Help prepare the Annual Training Plan
• Deal promptly with enquiries on personnel availability and absences
• Prioritise day-to-day work
• Liaise with team colleagues on staffing levels, absences and training events
• Provide administrative support for planning and scheduling training for internal and external stakeholders

Job description

This fixed-term post sits in the Resource Planning Team at Avon Fire and Rescue Service, which keeps operational staff deployed and crewing standards met. The work centres on tracking staffing and absence records, answering availability queries and applying service policy to decide leave, sickness and training cover. It also supports the scheduling of training courses, including filling them and feeding into the Annual Training Plan, while keeping FireWatch records up to date.

What the job involves

• Make decisions on annual leave, sickness, training and other absences to keep enough personnel on duty for statutory responsibilities
• Interpret absence applications against Service policy for operational, flexi duty and support staff
• Monitor and analyse staffing information to support deployment and crewing standards
• Coordinate and programme training events across the training cycle
• Work to fill scheduled courses as far as possible, within operational needs
• Maintain accurate FireWatch records for all personnel, including sickness, absence and training
• Collect training and development requirements from managers and coordinate responses
• Help prepare the Annual Training Plan
• Deal promptly with enquiries on personnel availability and absences
• Prioritise day-to-day work
• Liaise with team colleagues on staffing levels, absences and training events
• Provide administrative support for planning and scheduling training for internal and external stakeholders