Description PPE & Equipment Technician (Fire Service) I Permanent contract I £25,584 to £27,269 per annum (Scale E) | 37 hours per week (Monday to Friday 8.30am to 4.30pm) I Based at the Norfolk Police & Fire HQ in Wymondham, Norfolk Employer Description We have miles of beautiful coastline and our unique Broads, thriving market towns and a city with a proud cultural heritage. Our economy is growing and driven by innovation in a number of sectors, including energy and food. We also have ambitious plans for new housing and a building programme for schools across Norfolk. Our county a great place to live, work and visit, and is an excellent environment for businesses to start, grow and innovate. We are the main local authority for Norfolk providing services countywide to more than 850,000 Norfolk residents. We take the lead in critical policy areas, working with 84 elected Members responsible for the strategic local government services in the county. We provide a high quality service through involving people who use our services to shape and comment on them and by promoting efficiency and innovation. We work in partnership with local businesses, voluntary organisations and other local authorities such as District and Parish Councils to provide the people of Norfolk with excellent services. Job Description Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service is a high-performing, cost-effective, and ambitious organisation, dedicated to making Norfolk safer. We are deeply rooted in our community, providing prevention, protection and emergency response, with resilient support systems to back up emergency operations. We are looking for someone with strong organisational and customer service skills to join Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service (NFRS) as a PPE & Equipment Technician, to help ensure that operational staff across the county have the equipment they need to perform the vital roles they do. Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service is an ambitious organisation that is committed to making Norfolk a safer place. We work at the heart of community safety and protection, providing a robust and resilient emergency response service and ensuring efficient support to enable delivery of our emergency response. Ensuring that our staff have the right equipment to allow them to do their jobs effectively is crucial to the performance of our service, and that’s where this role comes in. The core focus of the role will be to enable the successful and efficient day to day functioning of the Critical Equipment Department. Working as part of a team, this will entail a variety of different duties, all of which contributes to ensuring the correct equipment is in the right place at the right time. This will mean dealing with PPE, sizing and fitting staff, and issuing PPE to firefighters across the county. You’ll need to manage stock levels, making sure equipment is ordered, received and receipted, and that levels are regularly checked. You’ll also be involved in the delivery of equipment to stations, and will also help ensure that a round the clock emergency service is available to deal with any urgent issues. It’s a varied position, where you’ll need to use your initiative to juggle multiple priorities, and you’ll play an important role in enabling Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service to deliver a robust emergency response when required. To be considered for the role you’ll need strong organisational skills and a positive, proactive, customer focused approach. We’re open to considering people from a variety of different backgrounds, but we think anyone who has experience in any form of logistics, warehousing, stock / store management or fulfilment would be a good fit. We’re looking for someone who is comfortable with administration, who has a good all-round knowledge of IT systems (ideally including asset management systems), and first-class communication skills. If this sounds like you, then we would love to hear from you. Please note that this role has a requirement to be flexible to meet the demands of a 24/7 emergency service. This could include a requirement to work outside of core hours and at weekends in the event of major incident or events. For further information please contact lee.sargentnorfolk.gov.uk Already a Norfolk County Council employee? See and apply for all internal and external vacancies via myOracle using your norfolk.gov.uk or nccal.ac.uk email address. Before you apply see the full job description and person specification in the below link – this will help you to shape your application to demonstrate how you meet the criteria for the role. Job description and person specification These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council: Competitive salary Generous holiday entitlement with the ability to buy and sell leave Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time, part time, remote and hybrid working – dependent on your job role and business need. Financial benefits such as: ‘ Norfolk Rewards’ our employee discounts programme which helps you save money on almost anything, from everyday groceries and clothes, to holidays, new technology, gym membership, trips to the cinema and days out. A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers Relocation expenses (where applicable) An advance of your expenses if you travel for work Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants’ pensions Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension and new bikes Access to our tax efficient car lease scheme for greener travel enabling you to lease a brand new, ultra-low emission vehicle (subject to eligibility) A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job Closing date: Sunday 22 December 2024 at 23:59