Firefighter trainee - PermanentThis is a Gloucestershire County Council job. Job Title: Firefighter traineeJob Location: Across Gloucestershire Salary: Please see below Hours per Week: 42.00 - Full timeContract Type: Permanent Closing Date: 18/11/2024 Job Requisition Number: 10279 This post is not open to job share Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service are looking to employ Whole-time Community Fire Fighters. We would like forward thinking, dynamic, innovative people to apply to join the team. Could this be the career choice for you? Salary:Trainee pay while undertaking apprenticeship at college £28,265 (first 10 weeks)Development pay £29,442Competent pay £37,675 (after 24 months employment and signed off as competent) You will be:Working within the community of Gloucestershire.Part of an organisation who are committed to inclusion and diversity.Joining a team who strive for excellence in staff development.Working alongside a team who are committed to protecting the people of Gloucestershire.A positive, highly skilled individual. Each candidate must meet the following criteria to apply:Must live within 50 miles of the Gloucestershire County border.Be at least 18 years of age by the start of your employment.Hold a Full UK Driving License. Or be prepared to attain one within 12 months. You will be required to arrange your own transport to Moreton-in-Marsh Fire Service College in Gloucestershire, as part of your apprenticeship and also our training centre at Severn Park Avonmouth, Bristol.Not be claustrophobic.Not have a phobia of heights.Required to swim 25 meters prior to attending your water rescue course.Must hold Level 2 qualification in Maths and English or the equivalent (eg GCSE grade C or 4 or above) **Have a good level of physical fitness with a VO2 max of 42 as this will be tested during the recruitment process.Beards and facial hair: There are some restrictions on facial hair. Firefighters must make sure their facial hair is maintained so that it doesn't get in the way of personal protective equipment (PPE).Not have had laser eye surgery in the 12 months prior to starting your apprenticeship Firefighter role.Original documentation to meet our legal obligations under the Immigration and Asylum Act 1996 ** If you do not currently hold a Level 2 qualification in Maths and English or the equivalent qualifications, you will be required to obtain this as part of your development programme. You will be supported to achieve these qualifications alongside your apprenticeship. The Operational Firefighter Apprenticeship requires candidates to hold a Level 2 qualification in Maths and English or the equivalent qualifications prior to taking the end point assessment. If already employed by a Fire and Rescue Service:Not have any live formal disciplinary sanctions Not be in a formal capability processPlease refer to the Recruitment pack at the end of the advert for all the information about the role and the dates of the assessment process. For further details of the process and fitness requirements and frequently asked questions please visit our webpages on the following link: https://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/glosfire/recruitment-at-gloucestershire-fire-and-rescue-service/wholetime-firefighter/ To apply for the role of wholetime firefighter you will need to click on the apply button at the bottom of the advert. You will need to enter your personal details, qualifications and employment history in the application form. You do not need to enter a personal statement. However, as this is a mandatory field you will need to upload a document this could simply be a WORD document reading N/A or a CV should you choose in order to proceed with your application. You will then be asked to confirm the following:You are not claustrophobicYou do not have a phobia of heightsYou can swim 25 metres We recommend doing this well before the closing date as we reserve the right to close the advertising window earlier than the closing date, if a sufficient volume of applications are received. You will then be sent an email (please check your junk/spam boxes to avoid missing out) acknowledging your application and giving you a unique ID number and the link to the website where you can complete the 4 behavioural questions. Once you have received this email, please click onto the link in the email to a system called ALICE. You will need to copy and paste exactly your unique ID number and enter it into ALICE. You will then be asked to complete 4 behavioural questions (word limit will be 200 per question). Please note if you do not enter your unique ID number correctly, we will not receive your answers to the behavioural questions, and you will not be able to proceed. Personal Impact: Please describe a situation where you have understood how your actions and behaviour impact on others. Outstanding Leadership : Please explain with an example how you value and appreciate differences in people and treat everyone with kindness and respect. Service Delivery: Please provide an example where you have focussed on customer needs in your approach to work, including issues of safeguarding and inclusion. Organisational Effectiveness: Please outline an example of how you have previously been open to, and positively engage with, new ways of working. ALICE is a platform that utilises the power of AI to analyse the answers you provide and support our recruitment team in the selection process. After the closing date your answers given to the questions in ALICE will be scored using AI technology as well as human assessors. The AI will “read” the application answers you provide and then score it using a scoring matrix provided by the GFRS recruitment team by utilising the NFCCs leadership framework. (Full details of this framework can be found on this link: NFCC_Leadership_Framework_Final.pdf). The system will provide us with a rationale for the score it has awarded, which will be based only on the information provided in your answers. Members of the GFRS recruitment team will then make an assessment of your score and will then make the shortlisting decision. For more details on how AI is used in this process and your data protection rights in relation to this, please see our Transparency Statement in the advert. Transparency Statement Additional information on how Gloucestershire County Council will process your information can be found on the council’s website: Privacy Notices | Gloucestershire County Council Additional InformationTo access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below:-Wholetime Firefighter - Job ProfileThis Position is subject to an Enhanced & Barred DBS check.Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities. Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a ‘customer facing role’ must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.