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Watch Manager Organisational Assurance
| Posting date: | 14 May 2025 |
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| Salary: | £46,707 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 01 June 2025 |
| Location: | Kelvedon, Colchester |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Essex County Fire & Rescue Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | req303 |
Summary
Job Title: Watch Manager Organisational Assurance
Contract: 1 x 6 Month Temporary (Secondment Opportunity)
1 x Permanent
Working Hours: 42 hours (Day-Duty working pattern) *
Salary: Watch Manager B (£46,707 per annum)
Location: Service Headquarters, Kelvedon Park
Closing Date: 1st June 2025
*We are open to discuss working arrangements including flexibility over hours
As an operational employee, you will be required to maintain operational competency, and support availability and work from various stations across the county, 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.
The Role
This offers a great opportunity for a colleague looking to engage in a multi-functioning team, providing assurance across the Service, developing skills and knowledge of all functions whilst working with colleagues to agree and assure actions leading to the continuous improvement of our Service.
What You Will Be Working On
Supporting Service Audit processes, including station audits and development of future audits.
Supporting our Service debrief process, including discussing considerations for change with other departments within various meetings.
Working together with other departments assuring various aspects of our Service.
Attending meetings both internal and external on behalf of Organisational Assurance.
Supporting and developing future thematic reviews, when required.
What Are We Looking For?
We are looking for someone who is self-motivated and resilient with a passion to moving our Service forward through assurance and positive change. The individual must be open to learning and familiarising themselves with other departments processes and key performance indicators and creating assurance processes. We will also require the applicant to be familiar with or willing to learn the suite of software packages available with Microsoft 365 and other Web based applications.
The successful applicant will have excellent written and verbal communication skills and interpersonal skills. They will be proficient in assessing problems and determining the most appropriate action and will be able to demonstrate that they support changes in the Service in a positive constructive manner.
Eligibility
To be eligible to apply for this opportunity you must:
Hold substantive role as a Firefighter, Crew Manager or Watch Manager (wholetime / day-duty) for a minimum of twelve months, or are Watch Manager (or equivalent), within a UK Fire and Rescue Service
Have successfully completed all relevant operational assessments and mandatory courses, and are competent in your current role
Hold a valid Level 1 Incident Command
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
Have a valid and current FiTech of 42 VO2 max
Have an in-date Service Medical (if you do not have a current in-date medical this must be completed this during the recruitment process)
This role will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
Contract: 1 x 6 Month Temporary (Secondment Opportunity)
1 x Permanent
Working Hours: 42 hours (Day-Duty working pattern) *
Salary: Watch Manager B (£46,707 per annum)
Location: Service Headquarters, Kelvedon Park
Closing Date: 1st June 2025
*We are open to discuss working arrangements including flexibility over hours
As an operational employee, you will be required to maintain operational competency, and support availability and work from various stations across the county, 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.
The Role
This offers a great opportunity for a colleague looking to engage in a multi-functioning team, providing assurance across the Service, developing skills and knowledge of all functions whilst working with colleagues to agree and assure actions leading to the continuous improvement of our Service.
What You Will Be Working On
Supporting Service Audit processes, including station audits and development of future audits.
Supporting our Service debrief process, including discussing considerations for change with other departments within various meetings.
Working together with other departments assuring various aspects of our Service.
Attending meetings both internal and external on behalf of Organisational Assurance.
Supporting and developing future thematic reviews, when required.
What Are We Looking For?
We are looking for someone who is self-motivated and resilient with a passion to moving our Service forward through assurance and positive change. The individual must be open to learning and familiarising themselves with other departments processes and key performance indicators and creating assurance processes. We will also require the applicant to be familiar with or willing to learn the suite of software packages available with Microsoft 365 and other Web based applications.
The successful applicant will have excellent written and verbal communication skills and interpersonal skills. They will be proficient in assessing problems and determining the most appropriate action and will be able to demonstrate that they support changes in the Service in a positive constructive manner.
Eligibility
To be eligible to apply for this opportunity you must:
Hold substantive role as a Firefighter, Crew Manager or Watch Manager (wholetime / day-duty) for a minimum of twelve months, or are Watch Manager (or equivalent), within a UK Fire and Rescue Service
Have successfully completed all relevant operational assessments and mandatory courses, and are competent in your current role
Hold a valid Level 1 Incident Command
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
Have a valid and current FiTech of 42 VO2 max
Have an in-date Service Medical (if you do not have a current in-date medical this must be completed this during the recruitment process)
This role will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
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