Roster Clerk

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United States

Manchester

GBP 10,000 - 40,000

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Sector: Transport and Logistics
Role: Administrator
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time

About Network Rail

We're proud to be recognised as one of the Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equity for the fourth year running. Network Rail operates and maintains the railway infrastructure 24/7 365 days a year. Our vision is to put passengers first. We exist to get people and goods where they need to be, on time, every time and support our country's economic prosperity. We are truly ambitious to deliver a safe, resilient and reliable service for our passengers, freight users and stakeholders.

For us, Diversity means recognising differences between people while valuing the contribution they make. Inclusion means creating safe and welcoming workplaces with fair cultures that encourages innovative and fresh ways of thinking.

We value the commitments you may have outside of work and will consider flexible and hybrid working applications. If we can make it work we will!

Brief Description

As a Roster Clerk, you'll make sure that our Signaller colleagues are in the right place at the right time completing essential activities so that we can continue to deliver a safe, efficient service for our passengers and freight customers. You will be placed on a training course to ensure you have all the skills needed to excel in the role.

You will maintain effective and efficient rosters for employees compliant with the relevant company standards in line with current National rostering principles, competency requirements and agreed Terms and Conditions.

About the role

Every day will be different. Whilst it would be great to have applicants who have experience of rostering staff, we're happy to consider applications from candidates with the right mix of skills including:

• Fantastic attention to detail
• Determination and curiosity to solve problems or puzzles
• Ability to plan, yet just as comfortable responding to last minute changes
• Happy to manage lots of different things at one time and knowing how to prioritise and get them all done
• Confident in using IT especially excel and word and ability to learn the bespoke roster system

Every day will be different, but you can expect to be involved in the following activities:

• Compile and publish agreed rosters using the corporate rostering tool in accordance with Maintenance Rostering Principles, company policies and standards.
• Prepare rosters for weekly rostered duties. Covering sickness, annual leave, training, briefing and special arrangements. Liaise with relevant line managers to crosscheck roster data.
• Manage short notice roster alterations liaising with all affected employees and line managers, including gaining verbal confirmation where necessary. Respond to and resolve any queries relating to roster issues.
• Make roster arrangements for medical examinations and interviews.
• Make roster arrangements for safety critical competence expiries, training plans, training courses and briefings.
• Monitor competency data so that no base roster shifts are left uncovered due to expired competencies.
• Liaise with associated Competency Delivery Specialist on maintaining competency records.
• Gather and analyse fatigue data and highlight issues to the relevant line manager.
• Provide information and data to support the route and delivery unit reporting requirements.

Your health, wellbeing and benefits

We believe that safety and performance go hand in hand and this doesn’t just mean safety on the railway! We are committed to the wellbeing of our employees and believe, that should come first.

We provide access to support services such as our employee assistance program to help you with finances, family, health and wellbeing. In addition to this, we offer excellent benefits, are sensitive to work-life balance and encourage our employees to use their 5 volunteer days for their favourite causes.

We have a range of benefits including:

• 28 days annual leave entitlement.
• My benefits – Our discounted online shopping site.
• A range of discounted offers including, childcare vouchers, Healthcare offers – cycle to work, healthcare club discounted membership and other benefits.
• Subsidies of up to 75% on rail and underground season tickets.
• A range of pension schemes.
• 2 weeks paid reserve leave for our Armed Forces community.

What Diversity and Inclusion means to us

‘Diversity’ means recognising differences between people while valuing the contribution they make. ‘Inclusion’ means creating safe and welcoming workplaces with fair cultures that encourages innovative and fresh ways of thinking.

Our aspiration is that the behaviours and actions that support diversity and inclusion will come from the conviction of everyone here at Network Rail – making diversity and inclusion a conscious part of how we run our business throughout Britain.

Disability Confident Leader

Network Rail is an accredited Disability Confident Leader. This means, where a disabled applicant meets the essential criteria for any of our vacancies, they will receive an interview.