North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

Workforce Planning Support Analyst

The closing date is 04 January 2026

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work in our Emergency Operations Centre (EOC), based at Ambulance Headquarters - Newcastle, as a Workforce Planning Support Analyst.

1 x Permanent

As a member of the Workforce Scheduling and Planning Team, the post holder will provide vital support to the Workforce Planning Analysts (Scheduling and Forecasting) to enable successful delivery of service across all work streams, this includes but is not limited to, 999, 111, Patient Transport Services and the Integrated Urgent Care Clinical Assessment Service.

The post holder will also be responsible for providing insights on actual performance vs forecast, working closely with colleagues within the workforce planning team, and using this analysis to build recommendations around future performance.

Your expertise across a multi-site, multi-skilled environment will be essential to support the Trust in delivering to stretching standards and targets all designed to ensure patient safety.

Main duties of the job

Workforce Planning Support Analyst

The Workforce Planning Support Analyst will be the first point of contact for schedulingqueries that fall outside of the long-term scheduling remit, (>6 weeks), and will assist theteam in maintaining the working pattern flexibility across all work streams, the optimisationof resources, shrinkage management and delivery of service on a daily basis. TheWorkforce Planning Analyst will bear responsibility for escalations in poor performance orbusiness continuity situations and will maintain the daily action log for analysis when required

About us

We employ 3,500 staff in 63 locations and serve a population of 2,600,000 in Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, County Durham, and Tees over 3230 square miles.

Many people think the job of the ambulance service is to collect patients and take them to hospital, but we do much more!

Paramedic skills have developed hugely in recent years, meaning we carry out more treatment at the scene and en-route to hospital.

We have a dedicated clinical assessment service that allows us to provide patients with the most appropriate care from the beginning of the patient journey.

We have a specialised branch of the Trust called HART which deal with explosions or terrorist attacks.

Ultimately patients are the heart of everything that we do to support our mission of "safe, effective and responsive care for all".

We value and respect the diversity employees bring to our workplace. We recruit a workforce that reflects the community we serve, and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. To ensure we deliver on our aims in relation to diversity and inclusion we assess ourselves against a range of frameworks. We are ENEI Gold employer, Disability Confident Leader, Dyslexia Smart Award employer, Dementia Friendly, and part of Mind Blue Light programme and the Race at Work Charter from the Princes Responsible Business Network and are achieving across all objectives in NHS Equality Delivery System.

Details

Date posted

30 December 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£27,485 to £30,162 a year Plus Unsocial Hours Payments as per Section 2 NHS T&Cs

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

340-WPSA-12-25

Job locations

NEAS Ambulance HQ

Newcastle upon Tyne

NE15 8NY


Job description

Job responsibilities

For full duties and responsibilities of the role please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full duties and responsibilities of the role please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • GCSE (Grades A-C) or higher/equivalent in Maths and English or relevant knowledge of workforce management, specifically intraday management
  • GCSE (Grades A-C) or higher/equivalent in ICT/Computing or demonstrable skills in Microsoft Excel gained through relevant experience.

Desirable

  • A-Level qualification in a relevant business discipline or significant relevant experience of data analysis.
  • ECDL

Experience

Essential

  • Awareness of core concepts of contact centre planning including: Service level and intra-day management
  • Knowledge or experience of statistical analysis.

Desirable

  • Experience of planning/Intraday Management within a contact centre environment
  • Experience of analysis and reporting of contact centre performance.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • GCSE (Grades A-C) or higher/equivalent in Maths and English or relevant knowledge of workforce management, specifically intraday management
  • GCSE (Grades A-C) or higher/equivalent in ICT/Computing or demonstrable skills in Microsoft Excel gained through relevant experience.

Desirable

  • A-Level qualification in a relevant business discipline or significant relevant experience of data analysis.
  • ECDL

Experience

Essential

  • Awareness of core concepts of contact centre planning including: Service level and intra-day management
  • Knowledge or experience of statistical analysis.

Desirable

  • Experience of planning/Intraday Management within a contact centre environment
  • Experience of analysis and reporting of contact centre performance.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

Address

NEAS Ambulance HQ

Newcastle upon Tyne

NE15 8NY


Employer's website

https://www.neas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

Address

NEAS Ambulance HQ

Newcastle upon Tyne

NE15 8NY


Employer's website

https://www.neas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Workforce Planning Manager

James Bainbridge

james.bainbridge@neas.nhs.uk

Details

Date posted

30 December 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£27,485 to £30,162 a year Plus Unsocial Hours Payments as per Section 2 NHS T&Cs

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

340-WPSA-12-25

Job locations

NEAS Ambulance HQ

Newcastle upon Tyne

NE15 8NY


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