Divisional Resource Officer (FTC)

B Division
London
A005
Full Time
Secondment / Fixed term
6 - Months
£23,893.06
£3,033.56
Up to £X amount

We are looking to recruit a Divisional Resource Officer for a Fixed Term Contract ending in 31st March 2020. This role pays £23,893.06 per annum plus  £2,634 per annum London Allowance and will be based in Central London.

BTP is the national police Force for Britain’s railways. Every day we ensure the safety and security of over six million passengers and staff throughout England, Scotland and Wales. As a Divisional Resource Officer with BTP you will plan, roster and update the use and deployment of appropriate staff resources to cover day to day policing, training, events and operations. You will deliver the Force key objectives by ensuring resources are deployed effectively, efficiently and in a cost effective manner.

This role is essential to ensure that DMS, part of ORIGIN and a Force Critical System, is rigorously maintained and the data held within the system is as accurate as possible.


As a Divisional Resource Officer you will be required to:

  • Produce rosters in a timely manner whilst ensuring minimum notice periods are adhered to wherever possible, to minimise costs whilst maintaining the required resource and skill levels to efficiently discharge all duties and uphold the reputation of the Force.
  • Ensure cover and skill levels are maintained by responding to changing circumstances in operational demands, and provide resource options to managers and senior officers where levels are not able to be met.
  • Forecast future abstractions of resources based on knowledge of events, training, sickness, temporary duty restrictions, court and leave.
  • Liaise with HR, Learning and Development and other internal departments as well as senior managers on day to day basis to identify resource issues and potential solutions.
  • Provide a first point of contact, as a subject matter expert, for advice and guidance in relation to quality of service. Police regulations, HR processes, ORIGIN systems, entitlements and the interpretation of relevant Force standard operating procedures.
  • Produce, analyse and evaluate high quality up to date statistical data and expert management information reports, confidentially and sensitively, on a diverse range of resource related matters and disseminate the information to those clients authorised to access it.
  • Receive, examine and implement any incoming queries relating to rostering or any other related work, so as to mitigate distraction from the front line.
  • Maintain the accuracy of establishment data by coordinating and processing staff movement forms.
  • Update the Duty Management System whilst ensuring that all duties and responsibilities are discharged.
  • Accurately forecast, program and manage all mandatory and non-mandatory training for staff and officers of all ranks whilst reducing any disruption to frontline policing in order to ensure correctly skilled staff are utilised according to operational requirements.
  • Communicate on a regular basis with event commanders and event planners, pre/ during and after an event to identify specific requirements that need to be considered in planning and running an event.
  • Be flexible to work outside of rostered hours, including working weekends at times of critical need.

Further information about this vacancy can be found in the attached job description.


The successful Divisional Resource Officer will be required to evidence the following skills:

  • Ability to demonstrate an understanding of working within a dynamic planning environment
  • Able to work under high pressure to tight timescales, and manage a heavy workload, as part of a team or under own initiative
  • Experience in organising employees and resources by skill and experience to cover events, activities and/or projects
  • Ability to influence and negotiate with contacts at all levels of an organisation

If you are interested in applying to this Divisional Resource Officer role then please do not delay as interviews will be held as soon as appropriate candidates are highlighted. In return for your experience, we can offer you:

  • Annual salary of £23,893.06 per annum plus £2,634 London Allowance
  • 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
  • Final salary pension
  • Various salary sacrifice schemes and retail discounts

We want our organisation to be as diverse as the community it serves and welcome applications from everyone. You must have both the permanent right to live and work in the UK and have been permanently resident in the UK for at least the previous three years. Any cautions or convictions including those deemed ‘spent’ must be declared at the point of application but will not necessarily exclude you from employment.

Candidates internal to BTP must confirm that they are not subject to stage 2 formal action plans for sickness/complaints/discipline or poor performance, that all mandatory training courses have been attended and are in ticket/up to date, that a ‘Competent’ rating, or above, was achieved on the last reporting year PDR and they have completed their tenure period (6 months) for current substantive posting.

We kindly ask agencies not to send CVs. If CVs are received BTP reserve the right to engage with the candidate directly and without a fee being paid under any circumstances.

This opportunity is closed to applications.