Stores & Logistics Driving Assistant

Job Title: Stores & Logistics Driving Assistant
Contract: Permanent
Working Hours: 37 hours per week
Salary: £24,404 – £25,183
Location: Fleet Workshops, Lexden
Closing Date: 13th July 2025

The Role

Are you looking for a new driving role that’s a little bit different? This role is key to helping keep Essex safe, and will no doubt provide you with plenty of job satisfaction knowing you are supporting our firefighters and support staff across Essex. A typical day could consist of delivering water to stations in the morning, then in the afternoon taking vital equipment to active incidents.
The successful applicant for this role will be required to hold a full, current driving licence and experience driving a 3.5T vehicle would be beneficial.
 
What You Will Be Working On 
 
Specific duties for this role shall include, but are not limited to: –
Maintaining the vehicle in a clean and roadworthy condition.
Collection of all internal mail for onward delivery to multiple sites across Essex.
Checking and sorting for safe stowage of all consignments ensuring goods are secure in transit.
Delivering and collecting operational equipment from fire stations.
Maintaining an inventory of Breathing Apparatus equipment across fire stations.
Exchanging deficient or defective equipment whilst maintaining operational effectiveness across the Service.
Responding as required to major incidents to ensure adequate provisions are in place for front line operational services.
To assist in checking deliveries and using our stock control system to pick deliveries.
To assist in maintaining a safe and clean working environment

What Are We Looking For? 

We are looking for someone with great attention for detail who is keen to work for a well-established, friendly and inclusive team playing a pivotal role in Essex County Fire & Rescue Service. We pride ourselves on working closely together to achieve the best outcomes.
Eligibility

To be eligible to apply for this opportunity you must have;
Level 2 standard of education (e.g. GCSE) or equivalent experience demonstrating basic numeracy and literacy.
Valid driving license.

If you are an internal candidate, you must have discussed your application with your line manager and confirmed with them there are no outstanding issues of conduct or performance. This will be verified prior to shortlisting.

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 500 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 500 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  
 
Application & shortlisting (assessment of your supporting statement will be made against the essential criteria)

Stage 2  

Role Specific Interview – If successfully shortlisted you will be invited in for an interview with questions relevant to the role advertised.

Should you wish to have an informal discussion with regards to the role, please contact Steven Sebborn on steven.sebborn@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

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 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