Workforce Planning Manager - Stations

The Workforce Planning Manager - Stations role sits within the Traincrew Strategy Team, within the Operations Directorate. This role is essential to ensure the development and operation of a Workforce Plan within the stations function; to ensure effective and accurate recruitment plans are produced for the business. This role will also provide support to other functions workforce plans and assist in strategic decision-making through the interrogation of diverse datasets. This individual will work closely with the Head of Traincrew Strategy to help develop and implement a forward-facing strategy that utilises the full available workforce effectively. Your main responsibilities will be :

• To develop and operate the Workforce Plan for which you are responsible.
• To engage with a broad range of stakeholders to ensure robust and accurate updates to the Stations Workforce Plan; disseminating valuable information to key parties as required.
• To support Workforce Planning peers in the completion of their duties. Ensuring competence in other areas to cover work requirements during leave and sickness.
• Analyse Workforce Planning data to highlight risks to the business and report these risks to the Head of Traincrew Strategy and Functional Heads.
• To provide tailored support and reporting to the Head of Stations around workforce planning.
• To assist and educate the wider management team in the Workforce Plan methodology.
• Providing support to regional and station managers by highlighting key risks and suggesting mitigation strategies.
• Undertake personal projects to improve the overall business response to strategic challenges.
• Assist in the optioning and formulation of traincrew rosters at timetable change, Office hours - Monday-Friday, 37 hours per week
The Reward : As well as a great team environment and comprehensive training, all GWR colleagues enjoy a range of benefits including on-going development, defined benefit pension scheme, free rail travel across the GWR network for you and your family, company-sponsored health care plan, discounted shopping and gym membership and an employee assistance programme. We all belong at GWR. This is our vision for providing an inclusive environment for all our colleagues, ensuring all candidates have an equal opportunity to access meaningful employment. We value our differences such as age, gender, LGBTQIA, ethnicity, religion and disability. We maintain zero tolerance towards any form of prejudice towards our colleagues, customers, and future talent. We celebrate and encourage diversity of thought, progressive ways of working and seeing all our colleagues grow and thrive. We review all roles and job descriptions to ensure they are accessible and, where possible, we support and provide flexible working options; we recommend that you refer to each vacancy description for further details. If you require additional support to complete your application due to a disability or neurodivergent condition such as dyslexia, dyspraxia, or autism, please follow the links below. We encourage you to share any additional needs you may require so we can provide a fair and equal process for all who apply.


• An understanding of Workforce planning and the associated models that govern the discipline.
• Demonstrable work experience in the administrative tasks required in workforce planning or a comparable discipline.
• An appreciation of traincrew rosters and crew diagrams and the impact they have on Workforce Planning
• Experience in communicating to all tiers of an organisation; establishing relationships with a broad range of stakeholders.
• Excellent logic skills with an ability to solve problems in a calm and systemic way
• Full computer literacy with experience in different operating systems.
• Evidence an advanced level of competence in Excel
About the location This role can be based anywhere on the GWR network with a minimum expectation of 2 days per week in Swindon. Opportunity to work flexibly around the needs of the role.