The Role:
This exciting opportunity is ideal for somebody who is committed and willing to go the extra mile to help support our organisation’s development, as well as their own professional and personal development.
The opportunity involves providing daily co-ordination of all operational resources across Greater Manchester, giving organisational and general support for colleagues and external customers around operational cover within GMFRS. This will include managing rosters and availability of operational staff in a highly effective and busy team and working alongside all levels of operational staff across the organisation.
About You:
Our ideal candidate will be passionate about helping people. Having excellent communication skills is essential for this position as you will be dealing with internal employees and external customers on a regular basis. You need to be able to use your own initiative when it comes to implementing new ideas that help with the development of our team as well as our future workforce.
If you are keen to learn, enjoy working in a team, enjoy a challenge and have good people skills, this would be the perfect opportunity for you to develop and build the route to a career in Emergency Response and resource management.
If you welcome responsibility, are highly organised and are able to prioritise tasks effectively and efficiently, we would love to hear from you!
About us:
Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service is one of the largest Fire and Rescue Services in the UK with over 2,000 employees and 41 fire stations. Our purpose is to ensure that we save, protect and improve the quality of life of the people in Greater Manchester.
As an employer, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) is made up of a number of key Greater Manchester strategic functions and service providers including; Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS); Waste and Resources; Environment; Work and Skills; Research; Public Sector Reform; Police, Crime and Criminal Justice; Homelessness; the Greater Manchester Ageing Hub and the Commissioning Hub.
We value the diversity of our employees, and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects our diverse communities across Greater Manchester. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals, irrespective of people's age, disability, trans status, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. We have guidance in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability.
Our offer:
In return for your hard work, we offer our employees a competitive package as part of our offer, which includes:
* Commitment to diversity and inclusivity with 4 active staff networks for; LGBT+, Black and Racially Diverse, Disability and Women’s Network.
* Hybrid Working
* Family friendly policies including parental leave (maternity, shared parental, adoption, maternity support)
* Generous Annual leave scheme - 25 days + Bank Holidays per annum upon starting, after 5 years service increase to 30 days + BH and after 10 years service increase to 32 days +BH.
* Local Government Pension Scheme
* Employer investment in training and development, and professional sponsorship including CPD
* Corporate travel loans
* Cycle scheme
* Discount scheme (MiRewards) on local and national high street brands
* Health and wellbeing offer - Occupational Health and Employee Assistance programme
* Modern city centre offices (role specific)
* Sports and welfare club
Mandatory Information:
Employees on the redeployment register will be given priority for any vacancies in the first instance. If employees are identified as a match from the register then the vacancy may be withdrawn or put on hold pending an outcome.
For this opportunity, you must be able to prove you have the right to work in the UK - if in doubt please visit the following link Employers' right to work checklist - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Please note we are not a licenced sponsor.
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