Facilities Officer – Essex County Fire and Rescue Service
Job Title: Facilities Officer
Contract:Â Permanent
Working Hours: 37 hours (08:30am – 5pm)
Salary: £25,979 – £28,282
Location:Â Kelvedon Park
Closing Date: 05.08.2024
*We are open to discuss working arrangements including flexibility over hours and location
The Role (Role Profile)
Are you ready to take the next step in your Facilities Management career? Look no further! Our Facilities Management team is part of the broader Property Services department, which includes Surveyors, Mechanical and Electrical experts, Catering professionals, and our dedicated Helpdesk.
What You Will Be Working On
- Working on our CAFM system
- Providing ID badges at all levels
- Liaising with Contractors
- Travelling to various stations
- Ensuring all procedures for various tasks are adhered too
- Attending ECFRS events on behalf of the Facilities team
What Are We Looking For?
Ideally, we are seeking someone with a minimum 4 years’ experience in a multi-site role.
We are looking for someone with a passion for Facilities Management and an interest in creating an exciting working facility for everyone. We would love to find someone with a particular interest in Facilities and is open with their own suggestions. To engage and be vocal with their experience in running high volume tasks. This role is challenging but also rewarding.
- Passionate individuals who love Facilities Management.
- Can do attitude and problem solver
- Team players who thrive in a collaborative environment.
- Problem solvers who can adapt to changing situations.
- Friendly faces who enjoy building strong relationships.
Eligibility
- Have successfully completed either a IOSH or NEBOSH course in your previous role.
- Full driving licence (no more than 3 points)
- Be able to travel around the county as required, to visit all ECFRS fire stations and sites.
- First aider would be beneficial.
- Prepared to carry out some heavy lifting with the appropriate tools provided.
If you are an internal candidate, you must have discussed your application with your line manager and confirmed with them there are no outstanding issues of conduct or performance. This will be verified prior to shortlisting.
How to apply
You will be required to submit a supporting statement of no more than 750 words that demonstrates how you meet the essential criteria of the Person Specification.
You may attach separate documents (such as qualifications, or a CV) should you wish, though your additional document will only be referred to in shortlisting to confirm eligibility (e.g., your current role and any existing qualifications).
Assessment and selection:
The assessment and selection approach will be:
Stage 1
Application & shortlisting (assessment of your supporting statement will be made against the essential criteria of the person specification).
Stage 2
Interview and role specific assessment on date to be confirmed.
Should you wish to have an informal discussion with regards to the role, please contact Terry Wise on terry.wise@essex-fire.gov.uk
Our Culture and Benefits
Here at Essex County Fire and Rescue Service we are committed to prioritising and promoting the wellbeing of our employees.
You can find out more about our benefits at https://www.essex-fire.gov.uk/recruitment/benefits
Disability Confident
We are an equal opportunities, Disability Confident, employer who welcomes applications from everyone and values diversity in our workplace. A commitment to promoting diversity and developing a work environment where all staff are treated with dignity and respect is central to our recruitment process and all applications will be considered solely on merit.
As part of our offer to support all our candidates to perform to the best of their abilities during our recruitment and selection processes and we would like to let you know about a couple of support options you can access, should you wish to, including our employee forums, who are keen and willing to support all of our potential colleagues.
Our employee forums and partners include:
Asian Fire Services Association (AFSA), BEING (our LGBTQ+ employee support network), Christian Fellowship, Ethnic Minority Forum, Men’s Forum, and our Women’s Forum. In addition, we also have a female firefighters operational group.
Further to the above, the Service has a Digital Accessibility Inclusion Group (DAIG) that supports all colleagues to improve their digital skills and provides additional support and guidance to colleagues with neurodivergent strengths and struggles as a result of dyslexia, ADHD, Autism, dyspraxia etc. We want everyone to thrive at work, and so we encourage and enable people to access digital tools to help them perform at your best. The DAIG is a group of colleagues from across the Service that unite to support others as a result of their lived experience and desire to make a difference. They support people with a range of visible and invisible disabilities to identify and access digital workplace adjustments and solutions and may be able to assist with your application too.
Should you wish to discuss support, or access further information, from one of these groups, please contact Equality.Diversity@essex-fire.gov.uk
You are also able to raise any queries or requests for support, including any adjustments you may require, at any stage of the process by email to recruitment@essex-fire.gov.uk
You can find out more about Essex County Fire & Rescue Service via www.essex-fire.gov.uk and about our vacancies and application processes via https://join.essex-fire.gov.uk
Safeguarding
Essex Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Fire and Rescue Authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.
It is our policy to require all applicants for employment to disclose if you are currently being investigated by any regulatory body or have any decisions or sanctions pending or in progress in respect of your suitability to work for the Service.
You agree to inform the Service within 24 hours if you are subsequently investigated by any agency or organisation in relation to concerns about your behaviour towards children, young people or vulnerable adults.
The information you provide will be treated as strictly confidential and will be considered only in relation to the appointment for which you are applying.
This role will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
Salary: £25,979 - £28,282 per annum
Contract type: Full Time
Closing date: August 5 2024
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