National Workforce Planner

at  DP World

The National Workforce Planner’s primary role is to collate, evaluate and deliver an efficient, fit for purpose, workforce planning product, for each of the department’s internal customers.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Ensure the rostering system is maintained and functioning correctly to ensure the efficient and compliant allocation of business employees
• Identification of roster system issues and initiate appropriate escalation to the vendor helpdesk for resolution
• Identify any development required of systems based on changes to business requirements and initiate with vendor.
• User Acceptance Testing (UAT) of all future versions of the labour management system.
• Identify and implement changes to systems required by future Enterprise Agreements (EA’s)
• Preparation and administration of the Annual Leave Plan for all relevant employees.
• Ensuring the produced plan is balanced and complies with approved predetermined levels.
• Publish the acknowledged and signed leave product in accordance with documented timelines.
• Liaise with stakeholders to ensure all roster related inputs are up to date and actioned in a timely and efficient manner
• Perform detailed analysis of published and proposed schedules to determine changes to enable better utilization of the Terminal labour workforce
• Recommend changes to work rules, existing practices, system enhancements, and procedural improvements with a view to reducing costs. To be followed up with business plan.

QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Tertiary or Industry related qualification(s)
• In-depth understanding and application of workforce planning
• Previous experience in the preparation of rosters for a large workforce
• Strong acumen for process evaluation to identify and establish ongoing improvements
• Great ability to analyse & interpret data by providing relevant context resulting in quantifiable measurements and actionable recommendations
• High levels of interpersonal communication with the ability to effectively communicate to all levels of staff
• Sound understanding of the relevant Enterprise Agreement and the AwardGood technical ability in the use of software and computer system – preferably experience using Microster

Please refer the Job description for details