Exciting opportunities have arisen within Buckinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service (BFRS) for operational staff interested in transferring to an innovative, forward thinking, progressive organisation working within our Flexi-firefighters system.
We are seeking to appoint individuals who are effective communicators with the ability to work under minimum supervision and have the desire and ability to work flexibly, and across the geographic area of Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes.
The Flexi-Firefighters team currently consists of a mixture of Firefighters, Crew Commanders and a Watch Commander. The positions will be on a permanent contract that will attract an additional pensionable flexible deployment allowance of 10% plus an annual award of up to 5% in respect of resilience rota participation. Enhanced earning potential, overtime and extra bank shifts at an enhanced hourly rate.
Reaching/maintaining the required performance standards within the Flexi-Firefighter role will enable you to seek alternative positions across the organisation, in line with the organisation’s Management of Transfers of operational employees.
You will be required to undertake a development programme across the range of national resilience specialisms, all training will be provided.
You will need to provide resilience across the organisation in addition to contracted working hours should the requirement arise, and this will include incidences affecting resource numbers, and recall to duty requirements.
Eligibility for the role:
This role is open to Competent Firefighters from Whole Time and On-Call Operational staff who reside (or can reside) within Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes.
We are looking for individuals who possess the following personal qualities:
Our essential requirements are that you:
When completing the application form, please answer the following questions in the supporting statement:
BFRS has a planned approach to create a flexible and sustainable workforce, with the right skills and capability, to maximise contribution of all employees to changing service requirements. With this in mind, the opportunity to enhance the earning potential and other benefits of our staff will be available to all successful candidates.
Click on the following links to find out more: https://bucksfire.gov.uk/about-us about working for Buckinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service and our current job opportunities here: https://bucksfire.gov.uk/recruitment/
If you would relish the opportunity of transferring to an innovative, forward thinking, progressive fire and rescue service, that encourages developing a range of skills to help serve the community, then we would like to hear from you.
Please ensure you enter relevant Firefighter qualifications that you have in the relevant education and qualifications section.
Equality of Opportunity
Buckinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service is an equal opportunity employer and applications from people of any colour, race, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, marital status or disability are welcomed