Recruitment Advisor – Essex County Fire and Rescue Service

Contract: Permanent
Working Hours: 37
Salary: £33,366 to £36,124
Location: Service HQ, Kelvedon Park
Closing Date: 4pm, Friday 28 February 2025

The Role
Our ideal person will be someone with a positive outlook who is keen to support our communities by helping us attract the right people to help make Essex safer together.

You will share the Service values of being professional, naturally inclusive, trustworthy, as well as being courageous in your decision making, and a high-performer, and be a credible representative of Essex County Fire & Rescue Service, with a commitment to providing excellent customer service to our managers, our applicants, and our communities.

You will provide efficient, professional, and friendly customer service as the subject matter specialist for recruitment and attraction.
You will advise our managers and other colleagues (e.g., Comms & Marketing) to attract and recruit the right people to support the Service’s needs and goals.
You will help us to improve our processes and the candidate and hiring manager experience.
What You Will Be Working On

From advert to induction, full recruitment advice, support, guidance and administration for roles at all levels across the Service, from Firefighter to Director
Accurately and efficiently maintaining Applicant Tracking System
Supporting our positive action agenda, including attraction work in our communities, and attending recruitment and careers events
Design and development of assessment materials and practices

Eligibility

Experience in an in-house recruitment role
Level 2 qualification in Maths & English (GCSE grade C-A, or 4-9, or Functional Skills)

How to apply

You will be required to submit a CV detailing a minimum of five years employment and / or education history, along with a supporting statement of no more than 750 words that demonstrates how you meet the essential criteria detailed in the Person Specification.

You may submit this either as a word document, pdf, or an mp3 (voice note) or mp4 (video), however the word count of your supporting statement should not exceed 750 words no matter which format you choose to present your application.

You may attach separate documents (such as qualifications) should you wish. Your CV and additional documents will be referred to in shortlisting to confirm eligibility (e.g., your current role and any existing qualifications).

The assessment and selection approach will be:

Stage 1
Application & shortlisting (assessment of your supporting statement will be made against the essential criteria) – w/c 3 March 2025

Stage 2
Presentation: You will be required to deliver a presentation related to the role.

Interview: The formal interview will probe your skills and experience, related to the performance of the role, as well as your values, ethics, and behaviours.

Interviews are currently planned on Friday 14 March & Monday 17 March 2025.