Watch Manager (Control) Control Trainer – Essex County Fire and Rescue Service
Working Hours: 42
Salary:Â Â Â Watch Manager BÂ (Control)
Location: Service Control & Secondary Control (Ongar)
Closing Date:20th October 2024
*We reserve the right that this process may also identify a candidate to be offered a future Watch Manager opportunity as Watch Manager Control Trainer that arise within a reasonable timeframe (up to 12 months). This maybe a permanent or fixed term opportunity. *
The Role
This is an opportunity to join ECFRS Control Training team as a Control Trainer.
The successful applicant will be responsible for delivering training for new and existing Control teams from Firefighter Control – Station Manager Control.
What You Will Be Working On
As part of your role, you will work alongside another Control Trainer and deliver the following:
- A continual review of the Firefighter Control Recruit training course
- Ongoing review of the pdrPro for Control Teams, aligning with National Operational Guidance
- Development of pdrPro pathways
- Creation of lesson plans for Control Training
- Training to Firefighter Control Recruits
- Training and development of existing Control teams
What Are We Looking For?
We are looking for someone who is self-motivated and resilient with a passion to moving our Service Control function forward through training and development. We will also require the applicant to be familiar with or willing to learn the suite of software packages available, but not limited to Microsoft 365.
The successful applicant will have excellent written and verbal, communication and interpersonal skills who always demonstrates our Service Values, acting as a role model to their teams.
We are looking for someone who can demonstrate outstanding leadership and will use their personal impact to support organisational change. You will be essential in developing ways of working that enhance our ability to be able to respond to service needs.
Eligibility
As a Grey Book employee, you will be required to maintain competency in the Control Room, and support availability and work from Service Control, in line with our Day-Duty Officers Riding (DDOR) principles. This is a requirement of the role and an essential condition to maintaining Grey Book terms and conditions.
To be eligible to apply for this opportunity, you must:
- have held a substantive role as a competent Control Crew Manager for a minimum of twelve months or a Control Watch Manager.
- as a former Control Manager in another Grey Book role, be able to demonstrate that you have engaged in the DDOR process for Control ensuring you are familiar with the Guardian Command Mobilising System.
- be able to travel around the county as required, to visit all ECFRS fire stations and sites.
- not be subject to any current live disciplinary or performance warnings, nor be subject to any informal management for reasons of conduct or performance.
Should candidates who are successful in being offered a role subsequently not be able to attain qualifications within the time period specified above (where courses have been reasonably available), the Service’s Performance Management policies will be applied, which could result in redeployment.
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 with your Station Manager prior to shortlisting.
How to apply
Internal candidates that are substantive Control Watch Managers or WM’s who keep their Control DDOR (CPD) up to date –
If you meet the essential criteria listed above, you should express an interest for the role by clicking Apply in Civica self-service and you will not have to undertake stages 1 and 2.
Internal candidates that are Control Crew Managers in the development pool –
If you meet the essential criteria of the listed above, you should express an interest for the role by clicking Apply in Civica self-service and you will not have to undertake stage 1.
Internal candidates who are not in either the development or resource pool –
You are required to submit a supporting statement of no more than 750 words detailing how you meet the essential criteria of the Person Specification for the role via Cornerstone (recruitment portal). It is important that you provide as much evidence as possible as to how you meet the essential criteria of the person specification as this statement will be used to shortlist your application. Please ensure you have uploaded the supporting statement before clicking Apply.
External candidates
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 submit this either as a word document, pdf, or an mp3 (voice note) or mp4 (video), however the word count must not exceed 750 words no matter which format you choose to present your application.
You may attach separate documents (such as qualifications, or a CV) should you wish. Your additional documents will 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 (Person Specification) will take place during the week commencing 21st October 2024.
Stage 2
This will take place week commencing 28th October 2024 and will comprise of an Ethics & Leadership presentation and questions (assessment will be made against positive indicators taken from our Code of Ethics and the NFCC Leadership Framework.Â
Further detail will be supplied along with the shortlisting outcomes.
Stage 3
This will take place week commencing 4th November 2024 and will comprise of a role specific interview and presentation.
Further details including any learning materials will be confirmed after Stage 2 has been completed.
Should you wish to have an informal discussion with regards to the role, please contact Station Manager Rebecca Sutton at Becky.Sutton@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://join.essex-fire.gov.uk/jobs/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, application processes and benefits 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.
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