You will provide real time monitoring and guidance, create staff schedules that will maximise utilisation and efficiency aligned to the generated forecast and provide planning support to assist the Operational areas in ensuring service delivery of contractual KPIs. Job title: Workforce Planner Job Description: You will provide real time monitoring and guidance, create staff schedules that will maximise utilisation and efficiency aligned to the generated forecast and provide planning support to assist the Operational areas in ensuring service delivery of contractual KPIs. It is anticipated that the Tier 1 Workforce Planner will spend the majority of their time producing and analysing staffing requirement profiles to maximise utilisation and efficiency and the remainder of their time developing and maintaining current reports so they are fit for purpose adding value and insight, whilst creating new tools to assist the business. These percentages may vary if business or operational priorities change. Responsibilities - Ongoing review of forecasts – (short term). - Optimisation of ‘Offline’ activities during the day/current week. - Monitor real time performance and staff adherence, challenging and escalating where shortfalls occur. - Process on the day/in week ‘Offline’ requests, considering SLA impacts and optimising resource. - Identify and recommend ad hoc overtime/shift change requirements. - Manage all agent skill changes to ensure SLAs are met. - Update daily & weekly resource plans with amendments. - Balance all SLA’s & escalate inefficiencies, shortfalls, and risks with insight and solutions. - Chair/Attend Daily Governance meetings with key stakeholders. - Scheduling of all ‘Offline’ activities. - Review and Process holiday requests, analysing availability and thresholds. - Update and maintain the WFM tool including agent set up. - Shift Management & Release in accordance to agreed timeline and governance. - Liaise with Internal Stakeholders in terms of scheduling and real time. About You - Experience within an operation with front office (contact centre) and/or Back Office (Processing) and/or Field Services. - Analytical skills - Excellent problem solving and decision-making skills - Ability to operate effectively in a team environment - Good oral and written communication skills and interpersonal skills Desirable: - Experience in the use of WFM software, with Verint, Alvaria, AWS and EG Solutions being an advantage - Experience in the use of Telephony Operating systems, with AWS and Avaya being an advantage - Excel skills About Government Services For more than 30 years Capita has been working across the public and private sectors, solving the complex challenges of our clients, increasing productivity, enhancing their use of technology and data, improving customer and public services and adding value to the UK and local economies. Capita is committed to the local government sector and is the market leader in the delivery of Planning Resilience Services to Local Authority clients. We have worked with over 100 Local Authority clients nationwide, and have an outstanding track record of providing Development Management & Planning Policy and Consultancy services. What’s in it for you? - A competitive basic salary of £26,000 - 23 days’ holiday (rising to 27) with the opportunity to buy extra leave. - The opportunity to take a paid day out of the office, volunteering for our charity partners or a cause of your choice. - Company matched pension, life assurance, a cycle2work scheme, 15 weeks’ fully paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave, paternity pay of two weeks and plenty more. - Voluntary benefits designed to suit your lifestyle – from discounts on retail and socialising, to health & wellbeing, travel and technology. - Access to our Employee Network Groups, which represent every strand of diversity and allow colleagues to connect and learn from each other on an open, inclusive platform. You’ll get the chance to follow your chosen career path anywhere in Capita. You’ll be joining a network of experienced, innovative and dedicated individuals across multiple disciplines and sectors. 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We want everyone to have the best chance of succeeding as they move through their application and start their career with us. We are an equal opportunity and Disability Confident employer; we want to hear from you if you’d like to discuss any adjustments you might need during your recruitment process. Please email reasonableadjustments@capita.com or call 07784 237318 and we’ll get back to you to discuss. For more information about equal opportunities and the types of adjustments we can offer, please visit the Capita Careers website. If you have a question that does not relate to adjustments during your recruitment process, please email our Talent Acquisition team - CPScareers@capita.com AI & Fair Recruitment at Capita At Capita, we use technology, including AI-enabled tools, to help us manage applications consistently and fairly. These tools support our recruitment teams, they do not make hiring decisions. Every application is reviewed by a trained member of our Talent Acquisition team, and all decisions are made by people. If you need any adjustments during the process, we’re here to support you. How We Use AI in Our Hiring Process To help us deliver a fair, consistent and efficient recruitment experience, Capita uses AI-assisted technology at some stages of the process. These tools simply help us organise and assess information, they do not replace human judgement. All decisions are made by our recruitment team and hiring managers. If you have any questions or need adjustments, please let us know and we’ll be happy to support you. Location: Home-Based - GBR, United Kingdom Time Type: Full time Contract Type: Permanent