Training and Resource Planner

inploi; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A local fire service in Manchester is looking for a Training & Resource Planner to oversee operational training course coordination. You will manage schedules, liaise with team members, and ensure compliance with training regulations. The ideal candidate will possess excellent communication and organizational skills, along with a passion for aiding development in the workplace. This position offers a hybrid working model and a range of employee benefits including generous leave and development opportunities.

Benefits

Hybrid Working

Generous Annual Leave

Local Government Pension Scheme

Employer investment in training and development

Qualifications

• Passion for helping people in a professional context.
• Ability to work in a team and handle challenges.
• Highly organized and able to prioritize tasks.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate daily operational resources across Greater Manchester.
• Liaise with team members and organize training courses.
• Manage databases for training information and attendance.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Organizational skills

Initiative

Job description

Training & Resource Planner

12 month FTC (Maternity Cover)

The Role:

This exciting opportunity is ideal for somebody who is committed and willing to go the extra mile to help support our organisation’s development, as well as their own professional and personal development.

The opportunity involves providing daily co-ordination of all operational resources across Greater Manchester, giving organisational and general support for colleagues and external customers around operational cover within GMFRS. This will include managing rosters and availability of operational staff in a highly effective and busy team and working alongside all levels of operational staff across the organisation.

About You:

Our ideal candidate will be passionate about helping people. Having excellent communication skills is essential for this position as you will be dealing with internal employees and external customers on a regular basis. You need to be able to use your own initiative when it comes to implementing new ideas that help with the development of our team as well as our future workforce.

If you are keen to learn, enjoy working in a team, enjoy a challenge and have good people and organisation skills, this would be the perfect opportunity for you to develop and build the route to a career in Emergency Response.

If you welcome responsibility, are highly organised and are able to prioritise tasks effectively and efficiently, we would love to hear from you!

Some of the main responsibilities include:

• Complete training course coordination which includes liaison with the Resourcing team, generating nominations through our internal system, delegate communication, booking of Corporate Trainers, booking facilities, catering and vehicles, contacting and liaising with suppliers and the recording of training.
• Liaison with senior officers to discuss and advise on upcoming and forecasted issues.
• Ensuring training / organisation rules are followed when planning training in order to ensure that Operational cover is maintained throughout.
• Ensuring the correct personnel are on the right courses and that their training expiry dates do not overrun, monitoring waiting lists and Organisational dispositions, creating nominations and issuing correct up-to date joining instructions, managing cancellation requests, updating attendance records and checking evaluation returns and responses.
• Provide a point of contact, proactively responding to training activity queries in a timely manner through various methods of communication (telephone, email, MS teams).
• Raising orders on our internal system, contacting suppliers to arrange deliveries, and ensuring the correct budgets codes are used.
• Creating and maintaining databases to record training information which helps with the coordination of training. e.g. Change/Cancellation database, Trainer Skills database, Corporate Trainer Roster, Training Schedule, retirement / future movements databases.
• To represent the Service Delivery directorate in a professional and respectful manner.
• To always remain confidential and comply with the Data Protection Act.
• Responsible for the management of the shared mailbox and dealing with telephone queries.
• Shift working of 7.25 hours on a shared rota between the hours of 0730-1700

In return for your efforts, we can offer a fantastic working environment with a motivated team who are committed to delivering an efficient and effective service.

About us:

Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service is one of the largest Fire and Rescue Services in the UK with over 2,000 employees and 41 fire stations. Our purpose is to ensure that we save, protect and improve the quality of life of the people in Greater Manchester.

As an employer, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) is made up of a number of key Greater Manchester strategic functions and service providers including; Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS); Waste and Recourses; Environment; Work and Skills; Research; Public Sector Reform; Police, Crime and Criminal Justice; Homelessness; the Greater Manchester Ageing Hub and the Commissioning Hub.

We value the diversity of our employees, and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects our diverse communities across Greater Manchester. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals, irrespective of people's age, disability, trans status, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. We have guidance in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability.

Our offer:

In return for your hard work, we offer our employees a competitive package as part of our offer, which includes:

• Commitment to diversity and inclusivity with 4 active staff networks for; LGBT+, Black and Racially Diverse, Disability and Women’s Network.
• Hybrid Working
• Family friendly policies including parental leave (maternity, shared parental, adoption, maternity support)
• Generous Annual leave scheme - 25 days + Bank Holidays per annum upon starting, after 5 years service increase to 30 days + BH and after 10 years service increase to 32 days +BH.
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Employer investment in training and development, and professional sponsorship including CPD
• Corporate travel loans
• Cycle scheme
• Discount scheme (MiRewards) on local and national high street brands
• Health and wellbeing offer - Occupational Health and Employee Assistance programme
• Modern city centre offices (role specific)
• Sports and welfare club

Mandatory Information:

Privacy Notice

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For this opportunity, you must be able to prove you have the right to work in the UK - if in doubt please visit the following link Employers' right to work checklist - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Please note we are not a licenced sponsor.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

We embrace AI to enhance our operations and to innovate our services. However, we value human talent and are looking for passionate individuals to join our organisation. Please ensure you personally complete your application and read all the instructions carefully to maximise your chances of success.

Applications that rely too heavily on AI may be rejected during shortlisting, however we understand that AI may be used as a reasonable adjustment, if using AI to support your application, please give a brief explanation why to help ensure fair selection process.

Hybrid working

This role is part of GMCA’s hybrid working scheme. As part of our commitment to ‘Build Back Fairer’ in Greater Manchester following the Covid-19 pandemic, we have evolved our management methods by trusting and empowering staff to deliver their work in the best way that suits the business and their individual needs, and supports health and wellbeing. Our hybrid working policy sets out a flexible approach, combining attendance at our [Manchester city centre office / Fire and Rescue service HQ in Swinton / other location] with remote working, typically from home; the location of work is primarily dictated by the needs of the business: ‘Do what is right for you and the business on that day’. If appointed to the role you will work with your manager to agree and regularly review the best working pattern for you, your team and your work.

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