Crew Manager (External Transfer-in) – Essex County Fire and Rescue Service
Job Title: Crew Manager (External Transfer-in)
Contract: Permanent
Working Hours: 42 hours per week (2 days, 2 nights, 4 off working pattern)
Salary: Crew Manager B (Competent)
Closing Date: 31 December 2024
We currently have vacancies for Crew Managers at Grays, Southend, and Harlow, and we welcome transfers for those looking to be posted to other locations around the County.
Relocation expenses of up to £8,000 can be claimed if you relocate to Essex as part of this application (terms and conditions apply).
All Crew Managers transferring in will be required to attend a Transfer-in course at our Service Training Centre, the next cohort of which is scheduled for January 2025. Depending on the awarding body of your qualifications, you may also be required to attend further operational courses upon joining our Service.
The Role
We are looking for existing Wholetime Crew Managers (or equivalent) who share our values and ethics and are looking to transfer into Essex County Fire and Rescue Service to further their careers with a Service aspiring to be the best in the country.
About Us
To help us deliver our mission, we seek highly motivated individuals with enthusiasm and aptitude for leading others as a Crew Manager on a station in Essex.
About You
The right person for the role will be a role model to others on their station, demonstrating professionalism, an inclusive approach to leading others, and maintaining high standards. You will be committed to the development of yourself and others and prepared to support your colleagues alongside the operational responsibilities of a Crew Manager.
If you are excited by the opportunities to lead and support firefighters in Essex, in a county with one of the most diverse risk profiles in England, we would love you to apply.
Minimum Requirements
To be eligible to apply for these opportunities, you must:
* Hold a substantive role as a Crew Manager, or equivalent (wholetime / day-duty) within a UK Fire and Rescue Service.
* Have successfully completed all relevant operational assessments and compulsory courses and be competent in your current role.
* Hold Incident Command Level 1.
* Be able to travel around the county as required to visit all ECFRS fire stations and sites.
* Not be subject to any current live disciplinary or performance warnings, nor be subject to any informal management for reasons of conduct or performance.
* Have a valid and current FiTech of 42 VO2 max and be able to evidence this, including undertaking a pre-fit fitness examination.
How to Apply
You will be required to complete an online application form and upload a supporting statement of no more than 750 words that demonstrates how you meet the essential criteria of 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 must not exceed 750 words regardless of the format you choose to present your application.
You may attach separate documents (such as qualifications or a CV) should you wish. Your 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:
1. Stage 1: Application & shortlisting (assessment of your supporting statement will be made against the essential criteria)
2. Stage 2: Operational assessment and Skills-scan, Ethics, Values & Leadership based interview. Assessments for the interview will be made against positive indicators taken from the Code of Ethics and the NFCC Leadership Framework.
Contact Information
Should you wish to have an informal discussion regarding the role, please email recruitment@essex-fire.gov.uk in the first instance, indicating which station(s) you would most be interested in, and we will arrange for the appropriate Station or Watch Manager to contact you.
Our Culture and Benefits
Here at Essex County Fire and Rescue Service, we are committed to prioritising and promoting the wellbeing of our employees.
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 concerning 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 an enhanced 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, we would like to let you know about a couple of support options you can access, 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 their 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.
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.
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