Environmental Officer

Job Title: Environmental Officer

Contract: 12-month Fixed term contract (Maternity cover)

Working Hours: 37 hours per week (expected pattern is Monday to Friday)

Salary: £40,476

Location: Service Headquarters, Kelvedon park

Closing Date: 13th May 2025

*We are open to discuss working arrangements including flexibility over hours and location. Some home working, Travel to various ECFRS sites and stations across the county of Essex is required

This role is a fixed-term opportunity. If the role is extended or made permanent, the extension or permanent position may be offered to the successful applicant ahead of any further recruitment process.

The Role

An incredible opportunity to advance your career and to take on ownership of the Environmental and Energy planning for ECFRS.  Our friendly and inclusive Property team are searching for a new Environmental Officer to join their expanding team on a 12-month Fixed Term Contract, as we work to future-proof and protect our Operational estate across the County.

What You Will Be Working On

Working with the Property team to fulfil our Estates Environmental Strategy
Developing and embedding our environmental and sustainable strategies and policies
Assisting the Service assessing their Environmental impact
Collaborating with working groups with the service and externally
Representing the Service at environmental and sustainable development forums
Monitoring and measuring effectiveness and compliance with agreed environmental strategies
Supporting the Property team managing projects associated with Environmental strategies
Holding responsibility for the Authority’s Waste Management and Recycling plan
Taking responsibility for undertaking consultation with outside bodies, organisations and public on proposed environmental strategies and policies and to analyse responses

What Are We Looking For?

We are looking for someone with an eye for detail, who wants to be part of a team who cares for the estate and future of the Service’s Property.  We would love to find someone who wants to develop with the team and can support the growth of the department.  Experience in a Environmental or Sustainability role/environment is essential with proof of an in depth understanding.

Eligibility

Full UK driving licence and a willingness to work flexibly and ability to travel around the county
Experience in a similar role or hold a relevant qualification in an environmentally-based subject, with knowledge and experience of current legislation and principles surrounding environmental issues

How to apply

Shortlisting will be completed by matching your application to the essential criteria of the Person Specification for the role.

To demonstrate how you meet this criteria, please upload a copy of your CV. If it will benefit your application, you may also upload either a cover letter or a supporting statement.

You may submit your documents either as a word document, pdf, mp3 (voice note) or mp4 (video).

Assessment and selection:

The assessment and selection approach will be:

Stage 1

Application & shortlisting (assessment of your supporting statement will be made against the essential criteria of the Person Specification)

Stage 2

Role specific panel interview

As well as questions covering your related skills to perform the role, questions may also be asked to provide evidence against the UK Fire & Rescue Service’s Code of Ethics and the National Fire Chiefs Council’s Leadership Framework.

You can find the NFCC Leadership Framework here: NFCC_Leadership_Framework_Final.pdf (nationalfirechiefs.org.uk)

You can find guidance around the Code of Ethics here:

Core Code of Ethics England Guidance May 21 V0.pdf (ukfrs.com)

Should you wish to have an informal discussion with regards to the role, please contact recruitment@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

Disability Confident

We are an equal opportunities, 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

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.