- Suffolk County Council, Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service - Endeavour House, Ipswich, IP1 2BX – Hybrid
- £27,711 per annum (pro rata for part time)
- 37 hours per week - Flexible working options available
- Permanent
Imagine a career where your ideas shape the future, your work directly impacts your community, and your growth is supported at every step. That's what we offer at Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service. As our new Recruitment Administrator, you'll be at the forefront of reimagining how our fire and rescue service can serve and improve lives. Join us, and let's reimagine the possibilities together.
Your role and responsibilities
As the Recruitment Administrator, you will provide administrative and system support across a range of recruitment activities, helping us bring in talented On-Call Firefighters, Wholetime Firefighters, Control Operators and other crucial non-operational staff.
Here’s a glimpse into what your typical week will look like:
- You’ll be the first point of contact for recruitment enquiries, providing helpful support and guiding people to the right resources.
- Ensuring all the behind-the-scenes pre-recruitment tasks are completed, making the process smooth for everyone.
- Providing guidance to our managers on recruitment best practices, helping them navigate the recruitment process.
- Keeping our recruitment website fresh, up to date and engaging, and collaborate on marketing and social media campaigns.
- Managing various vacancies, projects and outplacement cases simultaneously, keeping everything organised and on track.
- Supporting internal and external promotion/recruitment processes.
What you will bring to the team
- Strong organisational skills and ability to plan recruitment events and prioritise work to achieve multiple deadlines simultaneously.
- Strong IT skills including excellent knowledge of Microsoft 365 products.
- Excellent people skills to support both our applicants and our recruitment team and to be the ‘resident expert’ across a range of systems and processes.
- Excellent attention to detail and passion for creating and maintaining efficient and effective processes and procedures.
- An understanding of Fire and Rescue Service’s would be beneficial.
You can view a full list of requirements in the Job and Person Profile (docx). If you think you have what it takes to be successful in this role, even if you don’t meet all the requirements, please apply. We would appreciate the opportunity to consider your application.
The team
Our Workforce Planning and Development Team includes Learning and Development, Recruitment and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion teams. You will support learning & development and recruitment as we hire On-Call Firefighters, Wholetime Firefighters, and non-operational staff, providing clear development pathways for staff to become skilled professionals.
Our teams operate in various locations across Suffolk, with Learning and Development based at the Fire Service Training Centre in Wattisham and the Recruitment Team located at HQ at Endeavour House in Ipswich. There may be instances where work is required in other locations across the county as directed by department managers.
There are no public transport links to Wattisham, so a full driving licence and personal transport are beneficial, or you must be able to travel by other reasonable means.
Empowering Everyone
We’re big believers in potential, possibility and the power of different ideas. We’re always searching for ways to encourage, respect and enable everyone to be the best they can be. We want to represent the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all individuals, especially those from groups that are currently underrepresented in the organisation, as shown in our Workforce Equality Report.
For more information
Please contact Martyn Hazelwood (Recruitment and Retention Manager) for a casual conversation by calling 07935 009985 or emailing martyn.hazelwood@suffolk.gov.uk.
How to apply
Step 1 - Read the Job and Person Profile (JPP) (docx).
Step 2 - Click ‘Apply Now’ to start your online application.
Step 3 - Upload a supporting statement answering the following questions below (no more than 400 words per question). You should use the Supporting Statement template.
1. Please describe why you believe you are the best person for the position, what skills and experience can you bring to the team and how do these relate to the role?
2. How do you stay organised when you have a busy workload? Please give an example.
3. Give an example about a time you improved a process?
4. How would you explain a complex system or process to a stakeholder who doesn't have knowledge in your field? Please give an example.
Step 4 - Upload a CV (without name and personal details).
We value authentic applications that showcase your genuine skills and experiences. Applications suspected of being generated by AI may be rejected. We ask you to present your own work and ideas throughout the application process.
If you require any reasonable adjustments to the application process before the next selection stage, please contact our Recruitment Team by emailing recruitment@suffolk.gov.uk or calling 03456 014412. If you are invited to the next stage of selection, you will have another opportunity to request adjustments for the next stages of the process.
Closing date: 11:30pm, 23 March 2025.
This authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) checks or police vetting will be required for relevant posts. #LI-Hybrid
As a modern and effective council, we offer a wide variety of careers to suit people with a range of skills, abilities and ambitions. We offer working options that flex to reflect the way people work today and take the time to understand and support your individual needs. We’re driven to make a positive difference to the world around us and encourage everyone with drive and focus to join us and build an influential and impactful career. Reimagine the possibilities.
In return, you’ll enjoy:
up to 29 days annual leave entitlement (pro rata), plus UK bank holidays and two paid volunteering days
membership of a competitive Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
travel, lifestyle, health and wellbeing benefits
performance-related annual pay progression, in addition to an annual cost-of-living pay increase
training and encouragement to expand your knowledge
a variety of career development opportunities across our organisation
diverse and active staff networks
flexible working options, with the right to request flexible working from your first day
Plus lots more!
If you want to know more about our benefits, values and equality commitments please visit our Suffolk County Council careers website (careers.Suffolk.gov.uk).
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