On behalf of Network Rail, we are looking for a Senior Administrator - Planner for a 4 month contract. This is a hybrid working role (three days per week office based - Manchester).
Network Rail is at the heart of revitalising Britain’s railway. From Crossrail - Europe’s largest civil engineering project - to investment in world-class stations and major programmes of electrification, we are involved in some of the most ambitious and diverse ventures that this country has ever seen. We at Network Rail are dedicated to becoming one of Britain’s best employers and believe this starts with placing the candidate at the heart of everything we do!

Using agreed planning processes and systems, produce a detailed, fully resourced, and optimised training delivery plan for Network Rail Training. Provide national planning and administration support as and when required.

As a Senior Administrator - Planner, your main responsibilities will be to:

• Produce a robust training delivery plan to accommodate all Network Rail Training Catalogues and meet annual key performance indicators and customer demand in conjunction with delegates and training team members.
• Maximise trainer and venue utilisation through regular reporting, monitoring and collaboration with delegates and training team members. Consider the health and wellbeing of trainers and customers when producing the training plan.
• Actively support delivery of the Planning and Administration volumes and annual Key Performance Indicators.
• Understand approved supplier frameworks and adhere to framework policy when liaising with external training suppliers to procure services to meet training demand in line with customer budgets.
• Forecast the cost of the training delivery plan against customer budgets and monitor records of expenditure on external suppliers to identify risks to the training delivery team.
• Collaborate with external suppliers, colleagues in the Planning and Administration and delivery team to offer a seamless and consistent service to training delivery teams and customers.