Contract: Permanent
Working Hours: 37
Salary: £31,022.00 to £33,699.00
Location: Based at Wethersfield Training Centre
Closing Date: Midnight, 1st April, 2026
The Role
We have a vacancy for a Fire Ground Resource Manager located at our Training Centre on the Home Office, old MOD airfield site at Wethersfield, Essex. You will be responsible for supporting training delivery by ensuring the resources needed by the training staff are available and in place when required. This will include the upkeep and maintenance of the main training venue located at WTC but also its associated sites located around the county.
What You Will Be Working On
> Lead a small team, adapting support to individual learning needs and driving progress against team priorities, while working independently to complete tasks allocated by management or instructional staff.
> Prepare training venues and materials for both standard and live fire training, including venue setup, light cleaning outside contract scope, and preparing/loading materials such as wood, paper, and kindling in line with loading plans and Risk Assessments.
> Support daily site operations, including ordering materials for courses, handling basic administrative tasks (e.g., emails, defect reporting), registering personnel for site access, and welcoming visitors following correct procedures.
> Operate and manage vehicles and equipment, including Service vehicles and a forklift truck, to move vehicles and transport/load materials, ensuring all relevant licences and renewals (Manual Handling, Table Saw, Forklift, etc.) remain in date.
> Coordinate on‑site activity, working with fire ground assistants as needed and overseeing or facilitating authorised third‑party contractors working at the venue; full training (including forklift and table saw) will be provided
Please note parts of this role are physical in nature and will require you to lift, transport and load large and heavy sections of wood.
What Are We Looking For?
We are looking for a manager that can be self-sufficient and provide support to ensure effective and efficient delivery of all courses held at Wethersfield Training Centre (and its associated sites) by planning and coordinating activity to ensure the site, facilities and practical materials required for courses are in place and fit for purpose.
Eligibility
> Level 2 standard of education – Maths and English GCSE Grade C/4 or above
> Driving licence
How to apply
You will be required to submit a CV detailing a minimum of five years employment and / or education history, along with a supporting statement of no more than 750 words that demonstrates how you meet the essential criteria detailed in the Person Specification.
You may submit this either as a word document, pdf, or an mp3 (voice note) or mp4 (video), however the word count of your supporting statement should not exceed 750 words no matter which format you choose to present your application.
You may attach separate documents (such as qualifications) should you wish. Your CV and additional documents will be referred to in shortlisting to confirm eligibility (e.g., your current role and any existing qualifications).
Assessment and selection:
The assessment and selection approach will be:
Stage 1 – dates TBC
Application & shortlisting (assessment of your supporting statement will be made against the essential criteria of the Person Specification)
Stage 2 – dates TBC
Role specific panel interview
Should you wish to have an informal discussion with regards to the role, please contact SM J Tuckwell on 07860949167 or jeremy.tuckwell@essex-fire.gov.uk
Our Culture and Benefits
Here at Essex County Fire and Rescue Service we are committed to prioritising and promoting the wellbeing of our employees.
You can find out more about our benefits at https://www.essex-fire.gov.uk/recruitment/benefits
Important Information for Firefighter Pension Scheme Pensioners
If you are currently in receipt of a pension from the Firefighter Pension Scheme, please note that taking up this role may affect your pension. Under pension abatement rules, if your earnings in this role, when combined with your pension, exceed your pre-retirement salary (adjusted for inflation), your pension may be reduced.
For further guidance, please contact our Pensions team on 01376 576799 or email mailbox.pensions@essex-fire.gov.uk.
Safeguarding
Essex Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Fire and Rescue Authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.
It is our policy to require all applicants for employment to disclose if you are currently being investigated by any regulatory body or have any decisions or sanctions pending or in progress in respect of your suitability to work for the Service.
You agree to inform the Service within 24 hours if you are subsequently investigated by any agency or organisation in relation to concerns about your behaviour towards children, young people or vulnerable adults.
The information you provide will be treated as strictly confidential and will be considered only in relation to the appointment for which you are applying.
This role will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
Disability Confident
We are an equal opportunity, Disability Confident, employer who welcomes applications from everyone and values diversity in our workplace. A commitment to promoting diversity and developing a work environment where all staff are treated with dignity and respect is central to our recruitment process and all applications will be considered solely on merit.
As part of our offer to support all our candidates to perform to the best of their abilities during our recruitment and selection processes and we would like to let you know about a couple of support options you can access, should you wish to, including our employee forums, who are keen and willing to support all of our potential colleagues.
Our employee forums and partners include:
Asian Fire Services Association (AFSA), BEING (our LGBTQ+ employee support network), Christian Fellowship, Ethnic Minority Forum, Men’s Forum, and our Women’s Forum. In addition, we also have a female firefighters operational group.
Further to the above, the Service has a Digital Accessibility Inclusion Group (DAIG) that supports all colleagues to improve their digital skills and provides additional support and guidance to colleagues with neurodivergent strengths and struggles as a result of dyslexia, ADHD, Autism, dyspraxia etc. We want everyone to thrive at work, and so we encourage and enable people to access digital tools to help them perform at your best. The DAIG is a group of colleagues from across the Service that unite to support others as a result of their lived experience and desire to make a difference. They support people with a range of visible and invisible disabilities to identify and access digital workplace adjustments and solutions and may be able to assist with your application too.
Should you wish to discuss support, or access further information, from one of these groups, please contact Equality.Diversity@essex-fire.gov.uk
You are also able to raise any queries or requests for support, including any adjustments you may require, at any stage of the process by email to recruitment@essex-fire.gov.uk
You can find out more about Essex County Fire & Rescue Service via www.essex-fire.gov.uk and about our vacancies and application processes via www.essex-fire.gov.uk/join-essex-fire