Network Rail
Roster Clerk – Basingstoke ROC
Location: Basingstoke, GB
Department Name: RW Rostering Team, Wessex, Indirect (880026) G1
About Network Rail
Join the Southern Region – where your work truly matters. Covering Wessex, Sussex, and Kent, the Southern Region is one of the busiest and most dynamic parts of the railway. Our teams keep some of the UK’s most vital passenger and freight routes moving every single day. This is a place where collaboration, innovation, and resilience are key—and where your contribution will directly impact millions of journeys. We are entering an exciting new chapter as we integrate with train operating companies under one national leadership, creating even greater opportunities to shape the future of rail. From supporting major modernisation programmes to improving performance for local communities and enhancing safety across complex operational environments, Southern offers a fast-paced, rewarding environment to grow your career and make a real difference.
Brief Description
📅 Roster Clerk – Keep Our Teams on Track
Location: Basingstoke ROC
Contract: Full-Time – Permanent
Salary: £27820
Join Our Team and Make Every Shift Count
We’re looking for a Roster Clerk to create cost-effective and efficient rosters for our employees, ensuring compliance with operational standards, rostering principles, and competency requirements. You’ll play a key role in keeping our workforce organised and our railway running smoothly.
About the Role
🌟 What You’ll Do
- Compile and publish rosters using the Corporate Rostering Tool in line with National Rostering Principles, company policies, and standards.
- Prepare rosters for weekly/daily duties, covering sickness, annual leave, training, briefings, and special arrangements.
- Liaise with local managers to cross-check roster data and ensure accuracy.
- Manage short-notice roster changes, communicating with affected employees and managers, and resolving queries promptly.
- Maintain and control leave records, including input for annual leave rosters.
- Arrange rosters for medical examinations, interviews, and safety-critical competency renewals.
- Monitor competency data to ensure no shifts are left uncovered due to expired qualifications.
- Validate roster data through pre- and post-payroll checks and submit late changes to payroll.
- Gather and analyse fatigue data, highlighting issues to line managers.
- Provide accurate information and data to support route reporting requirements.
What You Need
- Excellent knowledge of National Rostering Principles.
- Proven ability to prioritise workloads and meet deadlines.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- Experience in analysing data and producing reports.
- Understanding of conditions of service and rostering systems.
- High attention to detail and ability to manage data accurately.
- Ability to work effectively in a team, including virtual collaboration.
- Good general IT skills.
Bonus Points If You Have
- Understanding of pay arrangements for rostered staff.
- Geographical knowledge of the route.
- Knowledge of the UK rail industry.
Perks That Pack a Punch
We offer excellent benefits, including:
- Generous annual leave (28 days plus statutory days), with the option to buy/sell days.
- Defined benefit pension scheme.
- 75% subsidy on rail and underground season tickets.
- Up to 75% off leisure travel.
- Flexible/hybrid working arrangements.
- Volunteer leave to make a positive impact.
- Carer’s leave to support those who matter.
- Healthcare Scheme, GymPass discounts, Cycle to Work plus more.
- Generous maternity, paternity, and adoption leave.
- Plus, more…
We’re All About Inclusion
We believe diversity drives innovation. Whoever you are, however you identify, wherever you’re from—if you’ve got the skills and the spark, we want you on our team. No suits required. Just bring your authentic self.
Ready to keep our teams organised and our railway running smoothly? Apply now and join a team that values precision, collaboration, and efficiency!
How to Apply
Location: Basingstoke ROC
Contract: Full-Time – Permanent
Salary: £27820
Closing date: 16th April 2026
The recruitment process for this role is a Competency based interview.
We’re dedicated to creating an inclusive environment and we welcome applications from everyone!
Network Rail is a Disability Confident Leader and we’ll try our best to adapt the process and offer a reasonable alternative to help support people with disabilities access, apply and interview for roles.
Should you require any reasonable adjustments/modifications, please add a note to your application.
All offers of employment are conditional upon satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks.
Keeping people safe on the railway is at the heart of everything we do. Safe behaviour is therefore a requirement of working for Network Rail. You should demonstrate your personal dedication to safety on your application.
Drugs and Alcohol Standard: All prospective candidates will be required to undergo and pass a drugs and alcohol test. Your application will be rescinded if you record a positive test. All positive drugs and alcohol test results for prospective candidates will be securely held on Sentinel database and a 5 year suspension from applying for a safety critical role, a role which requires PTS certification or a Key Safety role on Network Rail Managed Infrastructure will be enforced.
