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Hydrant Technician
Based at ESFRS HQ, Lewes 37 hours per week, over 5 days
We are looking to recruit a Hydrant Technician to be part of the Operational Response and Resilience team. The daily work will commence from the successful candidate’s local Fire Station within ESFRS, but with an occasional requirement to attend meetings and work from Service Headquarters. This role also requires travel throughout East Sussex and Brighton & Hove, with use of a Service vehicle during office hours to carry out the role.
You will locate, test and, where necessary, perform routine maintenance on hydrants and input and maintain detailed computer records to ensure the Fire & Rescue Service has an adequate supply of water for firefighting purposes, in line with ESFRS statutory duties, and a maintained and up-to-date hydrant management system.
As the successful candidate you will possess good communication skills and basic computing skills to include the use of MS Word, MS Excel and MS Outlook. Ideally you will have an understanding of water supplies and a knowledge of hydrant construction and testing, or similar maintenance activities and you will receive training on the “Safety at Street Works and Road Works – A Code of Practice”. You will also have proven ability to work alone and manage your own time and work. You must hold a current full UK manual driving licence.
Starting Salary: JF2 - £25,391 per annum (pro rata’d)
Closing Date: 5th March 2021
Operational Assessment (half day): Between 12th & 26th March 2021
Interview Date: 26th - 30th March 2021
Job Family 4 £32,391 to £35,753 per annum
Eastbourne and Hove Fire Stations
3.8 vacancies (full and part time opportunities)
Are you looking for an opportunity to join East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service? We could have the role for you. The County of East Sussex is made up of urban, coastal and rural areas, with the diverse and vibrant city of Brighton and Hove and the smaller coastal and market towns and villages, that make the County such an attractive place to live and work.
Due to the introduction of a tiered structure within the Business Safety Department for East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service, there are some exciting opportunities to join the Department in a non-operational capacity and contribute to the Service fulfilling its statutory duties and achieving its strategic purpose of ‘We make our communities safer’.
The successful candidate will be required to carry out regulatory inspections of premises in-line with our Risk Based Inspection Programme and offer advice, education and enforce where necessary.
You will also be responsible for undertaking a full range of Business Safety activities in accordance with Protection policy and procedures. These duties will include building consultations, licensing applications and responding to complaints. This will require the preparation of reports and appropriate documentation related to Fire Safety Inspections and to supervise workloads within allocated areas of responsibility. There will also be a requirement to work outside of offices hours for certain high profile events such as Pride in Brighton and Hove.
The successful candidates should be qualified to a minimum of Level 4 Certificate in Fire Safety. You will also require relevant fire safety or enforcement experience gained in the Fire and Rescue Service or a local authority. We offer ongoing training and development and the opportunity to gain relevant experience/qualifications to progress your career in this specialism.
Good verbal and written communication skills together with a commitment to continuous professional development are essential for these roles.
Closing Date: Noon, 26 February 2021
Interview Date: Week commencing 22 March 2021
Completed application forms should be returned by email to recruitment@esfrs.org.
For further information or to discuss these opportunities in more detail, please contact Pup Upton Station Manager Central Business Safety via email at pup.upton@esfrs.org
Please note that recruitment processes may be withdrawn or varied at short notice due to the Services’ Organisational Change policy.
Station Manager 'B' Pool (Flexible Duty System)
Various Locations
Temporary and Substantive Opportunities
East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service is undergoing a significant period of change designed to improve efficiently, further empower managers and allow us to better support the communities we serve and we need exceptional people to help us do that.
We are therefore seeking applicants for our Station Manager pool. Applicants wishing to obtain substantive or temporary promotion, or transfer into a Station Manager role in any duty system in operation within ESFRS (except mobilising which will be advertised separately when appropriate), will only be able to do so through participation in this process. This process will be used to determine suitability for appointment to Station Manager posts and those successful will access a pool of eligible staff.
Appointment from the pool will be based on suitability for particular posts, based on an appointments panel approach and not on rank order. This ensures the Service secures the right skills and experience in the right posts as we continue to build on our future.
ESFRS is an organisation committed to developing our people and creating opportunities to enable the continuation of professional development. As well as accessing the ESFRS Station Manager Development Programme successful candidates will also continue to develop their potential through a range of tailored personal development opportunities in preparation for future roles within the Service. To further support this aim it is anticipated that successful candidates will be given opportunities to undertake a variety of postings across the Station Manager cadre.
A condition of the appointment to the role of flexible duty Station Manager is that the post holder will provide operational cover from within the County. Unfortunately, we are unable to offer relocation expenses.
The pool process will take the form of an expression of interest, line managers’ report form and interview. All candidates must have either satisfactorily completed the ESFRS Level 2 IToCP (or equivalent) or hold the Level 2 incident command qualification in order to be eligible to apply. In order to be eligible for appointment into a substantive position, candidates must hold the Level 2 qualification (gained though the current Brigade).
We welcome applications from:
- Substantive Station Managers (Grey Book) and
- Substantive and Competent Watch Managers (Grey Book)
All applicants must have evidence of maintaining their skills, knowledge and understanding against the CFOA 7 competencies line with their Services’ recording of competence scheme (ESFRS Competence Framework). External applicants will be required to provide details of this at application stage, to include training records and proof of competency. Please refer to the candidate application pack for further information.
Please send completed documents and supporting evidence in one email to: recruitment@esfrs.org.
Closing Date: 08.30 Monday 22 February 2021
Interview Date: W/c 15 and 22 March 2021
Please note that recruitment processes may be withdrawn or varied at short notice due to the Services’ Organisational Change policy.
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