- Are you passionate about our public services and getting the best for your community?
- Would you like the opportunity to inform and advise East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service?
- Would you like to help us provide you with the best service that we can?
- Can you help support our mission to be a fully inclusive employer of choice for all the diverse communities that we serve?
If the answer is yes, then we would love to invite you to join our Community Compass Advisory Group
What Is Community Compass?
The Community Compass Advisory Group (CCAG) is our regular forum where East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service’s Senior leaders engage with a panel of independent advisors for the benefit of the whole community, providing ESFRS with independent advice and acting as critical friends to support our ambition to constantly improve the service that we deliver.
CCAG advisors are invited to take part in quarterly meetings and there is no obligation to attend.
Although this is an unpaid role, reasonable travel expenses will be reimbursed for advisors who attend in person.
Why do we have the Community Compass?
As a public service, ESFRS has a legal and moral duty to build relationships, foster good will and challenge discrimination. It is our aim to be a powerful advocate for the diverse communities that we serve, to be a truly inclusive organisation and an employer of choice for all.
Community Compass supports ESFRS by:
- Providing a link between ESFRS and the communities of East Sussex and Brighton & Hove.
- Enhancing ESFRS’s knowledge of under represented groups.
- Sharing community feedback with ESFRS, local government and other agencies.
- Providing advice and support during critical incidents as required.
- Responding to the needs of diverse communities and under represented groups.
Who takes part in the Community Compass?
Membership of the CCAG is open to anyone who currently resides or works in East Sussex or Brighton & Hove and has a genuine interest in working collaboratively with ESFRS to improve the service we deliver. Relevant experience lived or professional is always welcome (but not required).
The Community Compass Advisory Group aims to include members who represent all aspects of Sussex diversity, including through the lenses of race & ethnicity, faith & belief, disability, sex & gender, age and sexual preference.
Community Compass Advisory Group. Terms of reference, confidentiality and code of conduct
The nature of these meetings does occasionally include material of a personal or sensitive nature and therefore completion of a confidentiality agreement and compliance with our terms of reference would be a stipulation of joining and remaining part of the group.
Before you apply, please read the documents below, (Terms of reference and confidentiality form). Applications cannot be accepted unless accompanied with a signed confidentiality agreement.
Feel free to share this opportunity with anyone you think might be interested.
Meeting Minutes
Privacy Notice
East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service is committed to protecting your personal data when you use our services. Our privacy notice explains how the we use information about you and how we protect your privacy.
The processing of personal data is governed by the General Data Protection Regulation 2016 (the "GDPR").