Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service is looking for professional, highly motivated individuals with a drive for excellence. Individuals who are looking to broaden their knowledge and skills and join our team in the role of Crew Manager.

Applications are welcomed from current competent Firefighters or existing Grey book Crew Managers, both internal and external to join our Crew Manager Succession Pool.

We are committed to developing exceptional leaders and supporting people to fulfil their potential. We value diversity and encourage applicants from all backgrounds and underrepresented groups.

The requirements of the role will mean that you will be expected to demonstrate commitment to the NFCC Code of Ethics and the Core Values of our service and encourage all those that you manage and work alongside to do the same.

The successful candidate/s will be offered the current available Crew Manager positions or a place in our Succession Pool.

An opportunity has arisen within our Control team for a Fire Control Operator (Firefighter Control), based at our Central Headquarters in Sheffield.

The overall purpose of the role is to contribute to the professional running of the fire control room by taking emergency calls from the public and partner agencies, and mobilising fire appliances and resources to resolve situations quickly and effectively.  Post holders will also be required to undertake a wide range of administrative and data monitoring work to ensure operational readiness and to support & coordinate our emergency response.

To be considered for this role you will need to have previous experience of administration, data coordination and working with data and recording systems. You will have excellent communication skills, a methodical and logical approach to tasks, and be able to maintain a calm and professional approach at all times even within high pressure situations. You may have experience within a contact or call centre environment but this is not essential. Applicants must be able to demonstrate appropriate personal qualities and attributes for the role and embrace our organisational values and core behaviours.

For more information about the role, please contact Control Station Manager Ian Gillatt via email at igillatt@syfire.gov.uk.

A job description, person specification and application form for the role can be obtained via our website at http://www.syfire.gov.uk/jobs or by contacting our Recruitment Team at recruitment@syfire.gov.uk or on 0114 253 2811.

The closing date for applications is 09:00 Hours on 16/10/2023.

Assessments for the role will be undertaken as below:

–       Application Form – closing date 16/10/2023

–       Situational Judgement Assessments will be held week commencing 06/11/2023

–       Interviews will be held week commencing 27/11/2023

Successful applicants will be required to attend a full time four-week training course.

All applications will be given equal consideration and we particularly welcome applications from individuals from ethnic minority backgrounds, women, those who identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, or Other (LGBT+) or are disabled as these groups are currently underrepresented within our workforce. SYFR also offer a guaranteed interview scheme in relation to disability and further details of this can be found on our website.

Please note the appointment is subject to successful pre-employment screening i.e. asylum and immigration check, references, medical screening, substance misuse testing and Standard Level Criminal Records Check or Enhanced DBS check (formerly CRB) if applicable.

South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue’s recruitment and selection procedures reflect our commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of Adults, Children and Young People.  All staff are expected to share this commitment.

If you require any of our recruitment documents in larger print please contact our recruitment team as above.

Community Safety Advisor (CSA)

Benefits:

Salary:  £29,439 – £33,820 per annum, Grade 4

Hours: Full time, 37 hours per week

Location – Wokingham Fire Station including travel within the Central Hub station service area and other locations across the county of Berkshire

Excellent annual leave allowance of 28 days, plus public holidays and flexible working hours

Local Government Pension Scheme available

Onsite gym and parking facilities

Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service (RBFRS) has a reputation of excellence. We are seeking a talented, enthusiastic and driven individual to join our Central Hub Prevention team.

This is a great opportunity to work for a Public Service provider that invests in the training, development and wellbeing of its employees. Our team operate within a welcoming, diverse and inclusive environment and offers flexible working arrangements so our teams can achieve a good work-life balance.

RBFRS provides prevention, protection and response across the county of Berkshire. It serves a diverse cultural population of 911,400 residents, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Together, we are committed to providing excellence in the prevention from fire, protection from fire, and response to fire and other emergencies for the people of Royal Berkshire.

The successful candidate will be inspired to demonstrate and promote behaviours in line with the Job Profile and our Behaviour Competency Framework as attached. Specifically we are seeking individuals who are committed to the health, safety and wellbeing of our community.

The key focus of this role is:

·         To provide direct support to the Station Managers within your allocated station hub area advising on all areas of community safety activity.

·         To attend unitary, partner or stakeholder meetings in support to the service requirements and hub objective.

·         To ensure that organisational activity and localised risk based activity is embedded and monitored in station delivery plans.

·         To support the Safe and Well and Adult Referral Programme developing adult at risk awareness, information sharing and training through liaison with key agencies and organisations working with the vulnerable in our communities.

·         To play a key role in ensuring the effective allocation of referrals and coordinating the delivery of home safe and well visits in your area.

·         To maintain confidentiality in line with GDPR requirements and Safeguarding best practice as determined by Service policy and procedures.

·         To work with key partner agencies to ensure the opportunities for reducing accidental and deliberate fires, road traffic collisions and water incidents are maximised through the development, co-ordination and delivery of effectively targeted Prevention initiatives and programmes.

·         Establish, improve and maintain effective productive relationships with a network of community organisations e.g. minority groups, faith groups informing such groups of the Fire and Rescue Service agendas and any key prevention strategies.

Key role requirements (knowledge, skills and experience):

·         Able to cultivate effective relationships with a wide range of people based on trust and mutual respect.

·         Ability to deal with problems that arise and manage through to resolution.

·         Ability to work under pressure and prioritise workloads effectively and efficiently.

·         Enthusiastic and energetic with a positive ‘can do’ outlook.

·         Excellent communication skills both written and verbal with the ability to liaise at all levels.

·         Ability to make decisions within own area of responsibility.

·         Strong organisational skills with the ability to effectively cope with conflicting and complex demands and prioritise to ensure timely delivery of quality outcomes/projects.

·         Excellent analytical, organisational and research skills.

·         Safeguarding level 1 and 2.

·         Holds and maintains a current EU driving licence.

Application and selection process

If you are interested in applying for this position click Apply Now.

Please see the link to the Job Profile.

An enhanced DBS check will be required for this job role

For further details about the role please contact Paul Scott (Prevention Manager) at scottp@rbfrs.co.uk to arrange an informal discussion.

Please note we do not accept applications via Agencies or CV’s without an accompanying application form.

Closing date for applications is 17:00 hours 2nd October 2023

Anticipated start date: ASAP

It is anticipated that the assessment process will run week commencing 16th October 23.

The Behavioural Competency Framework allows us to easily identify the behaviours that drive successful performance and enables us to deliver an effective service. The behaviours detailed within the job profile will be assessed throughout the selection process.

Please view our privacy notice via this link Applicant Privacy Statement

At Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service, we want you to bring your whole self to work.

Equality, diversity and inclusion are more than just words for us. That’s why we are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels included and respected, and where no one is unfairly discriminated against. All applications are considered on merit alone. We are a Disability Confident Leader – if you meet the essential criteria of the role, you will be guaranteed an interview.

Simply: Our community is varied and diverse. Our workforce should be too.

At Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service, everyone is welcome.

To find out more: rbfrs.co.uk/EqualityDiversityInclusion

VEHICLE TECHNICIAN X2

Permanent contract

Working Hours: 37 hours per week
Salary: £33,468 – £36,529 pa (Includes Market Supplement)
Salary Breakdown: £30,151 – £32,909 pa plus current market supplement 11% of salary.

Essex Fire & Rescue service Fleet Workshops have two vacancies for experienced Vehicle Technicians, we are looking for someone with either Commercial vehicle or light vehicle experience, product training is provided. Overtime is available as required by the needs of the Workshops. Commercial vehicle Technicians will join the call out Rota and attract stand by allowance and call out overtime. Light vehicle technicians will be required to carry out MOT Testing for class 4, 5 & 7.

The hours are Monday to Friday (No weekend working) with a 1.00pm finish on Fridays (Or overtime, time off in lieu) can be worked Friday PM.

Local Government Pension available

Full sick pay (Terms & conditions apply)

You will be working independently alongside a team of Technicians with diverse skills and reporting to the workshop supervisor, with workloads planned by the Supervision/reception team.

Fleet Workshops provides Essex County Fire & Rescue Service with in-house asset maintenance for all its vehicles and equipment. The fleet consists of some 350 vehicles that range from small cars, vans and car derived vans to fire appliances and specialist vehicles. The service provision goes beyond general maintenance, taking account of the specialism that is required for fire, prevention, protection and response.

Application

You should submit your application, including a supporting statement of no more than 700 words, detailing how you meet the essential requirements of the person specification by 27th September 2023.

This supporting statement will be used to shortlist your application so you should ensure all essential areas of the person specification are covered in your statement.

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 equalitydiversity@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, application processes and benefits via https://join.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://join.essex-fire.gov.uk/jobs/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 maybe subject to a standard/enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Following a review of the roles within the Service Development Team, there is a requirement to fill a vacant post of Project and Programmes Support Officer. As Project and Programme Support Officer you will be part of the team responsible for supporting our change management programme which includes introduction of new information systems, technologies and ways of working.

The successful applicant will be responsible for providing advice and guidance on project and programme management, liaising with Managers and staff in all areas of the Service on change management issues and providing administrative support to the central support team.

We are looking for someone with experience of working to pre-determined deadlines, assisting in the implementation of projects to achieve set goals, project administration, excellent IT skills and a willingness to adapt and embrace new challenges. Good written and verbal communications skills are also essential as the post involves the production and presentation of project reports to Service Programme Board and Service Management Team.

As part of the interview process, you will be expected to undertake a self-assessment against the skills profile detailed in the job description.

For a full job description and to apply, please visit our website www.wmjobs.co.uk

Closing date for applications is Monday 25 September 2023.

Interviews to take place in early October.

Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service is committed to equality and diversity at work. We positively welcome applications from disabled people and under represented in our Service.

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service would like to invite applications for the post of Health and Wellbeing Practitioner (Occupational Health) on a permanent basis.

This is a full-time post however applications from individuals seeking to work on a part time, job share or flexible working basis would be considered.

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service has a Wellbeing Department providing occupational health, fitness service and Physiotherapy service to over 8000 staff. Our workforce profile covers a range of staff groups including operational Firefighters, Control and Support staff, each of them having distinct health and wellbeing requirements to support them in safely carrying out their roles. The physical and mental health and wellbeing of our staff is a key people priority for the Service and that’s why we are recruiting an experienced Practitioner to help us deliver the services that support a positive health and wellbeing culture within the Service. We have a bold ambition to transform the SFRS and the Wellbeing team have a key role to play in this by supporting staff throughout their employee experience and helping to make the SFRS a great place to work.

We are looking for a dynamic, experienced Health and Wellbeing Practitioner (Occupational Health) to work with us. Whilst this is predominantly a home-based role with a strong emphasis on case management, you will be flexible when it comes to the delivery of the service throughout Scotland across the entire SFRS footprint.

You will support the Lead Wellbeing Practitioner (OH) in meeting SFRS objectives in particular our commitment to enhance firefighter safety. As part of a multidisciplinary team consisting of both occupational health and fitness professionals, you would have responsibilities for delivering a range of our clinical activities with a strong emphasis on case management.

We are looking for a registered nurse (Adult/Mental Health) who holds the Diploma/Degree in Occupational Health/Public Health (Registered Specialist Community Public Health Practitioner) with strong experience in case management. Applications will also be considered from those who are near to completing this qualification with equivalent experience in case management. Please note salary will be subject to qualifications and experience. This will be discussed further during the interview process.

If you are a team player and possess the necessary skills, you are invited to apply.

In return you will be offered a competitive salary and benefits package including:

• Commitment to support your professional development

• 28 days annual leave per year rising to 34 after 5 years’ continuous service plus 6 public holidays (pro-rata)

• An opportunity to join the Local Government Pension Scheme

• Group Life Assurance (contributory)

Salary on appointment will normally be at the lower salary point, with progression subject to regular review – in line with the SFRS performance appraisal arrangements.  A higher salary placing will be considered in exceptional circumstances subject to experience demonstrated.

This post is subject to the provision of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exclusions and Exemptions) Scotland Order 2013. The successful candidate will be required to join the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme and will be required to carry out regulated work with adults and children.

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service is an Equal Opportunities employer and encourage applications from all sectors of the community. In addition, we are committed to being a “Disability Confident Employer” and will ensure that all applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role are invited for interview.

If you would like to apply in a different format, please email People Services at SFRS.PODVacancies@firescotland.gov.uk.

Please note, a fully completed application form must be submitted as SFRS do not accept CVs in support of applications for employment.

Job Summary

Job Role Title:  Stores Officer

Salary:  F (SCP 24-28) £31,099-£34,723

Contract Type:  Permanent

Working Pattern: Full time

Number of hours per week:   37 hours per week

Job Share: No

Closing date:  27th September 2023

Further Information

Here at Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service, we have an exciting opportunity for Stores Officer to join our team on a full-time, permanent basis. This vacancy is based at Glenfield, Leicester.

You will be the Officer of a small team, working in a busy department, responsible for the Day to Day running of the Services Central Stores supporting all stations and departments requirements including e.g.  Operational kit, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), consumables, first aid and water rescue items etc.

Key Responsibilities:

·         Providing development and implementation of delivery of service to Fire Service customer base (LFRS), including the supervision and management of Stores Assistants.

·         Liaising and negotiating with contract delivery companies to satisfy the needs of Workwear, PPE and stores supplies, ensuring a smooth running of operations to Service based sites and personnel.

·         Facilitating and supplying vehicle parts to the Services Workshops technicians to ensure all appliances and vehicles are maintained.

·         Providing an efficient and effective service to support to the needs of the organisation.

We’re looking for a candidate who is a level-headed, enthusiastic, and a proactive individual. You will need to have excellent written communication, IT skills and the ability to develop strong working relationships with staff at all levels.

This is a challenging but immensely rewarding position. If you’ve got what it takes, we want you to join our team.

Closing date:  27th September 2023, 23.59hrs

Interview date:  Week commencing 9th October 2023

In return, you can expect a competitive salary, flexible working arrangements, generous leave entitlement plus public holidays, on-site gym facilities, free onsite parking, access to an emergency services discount card and use of our occupational health unit. You will also be supported with further development as required.

You will automatically be enrolled into The Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), this is a tax approved, defined benefit occupational pension scheme. Your contributions are based on your earnings and you can choose from different income options when you retire.

Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Furthermore, we want to create a work environment where everyone feels safe, can be themselves and can perform their roles to the best of their abilities. We have signed up with a number of nationally recognised organisations that promote equality, diversity and inclusion and we are working with them to help us achieve our objectives. These organisations include:

• Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion (ENEI)

• Workplace Equality Index (WEI)
• Department of Works and Pension’s Disability Confident scheme
• British Sign Language Charter
• Asians in the Fire Service Association (AFSA)

Pension Considerations

Annual Allowance- Please note that it is your personal responsibility to check whether by applying/accepting this position it would result in any Annual Allowance implications. A breach in the Annual Allowance threshold could result in a Tax charge. Further information on Annual Allowance can be obtained from our Pensions team.

Lifetime Allowance – Please note that it is your personal responsibility to check whether by applying/accepting this position it would result in any Lifetime Allowance implications. A breach in the Lifetime Allowance threshold will result in a Tax charge. Further information on Lifetime Allowance can be obtained from our Pensions team.