Closing Date: 10th September 2025
The Role
Are you passionate about making a real difference in protecting communities? The Risk and Business Continuity Team at Essex County Fire and Rescue Service plays a crucial role in safeguarding life, property, and the environment. By helping the Service better understand the risk profile of Essex, the team enables the development and implementation of effective mitigation plans.
We focus on key areas including:
* Emerging Risks (e.g. Battery Energy Storage Systems, environmental change)
* Organisational Risk and Business Continuity
This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing and dynamic team, contribute to its development, and help shape the future of risk management within the Service. If you're ready to be part of something impactful, we’d love to hear from you.
* Supporting the current Operational Risk Information (SSRI) process.
* Supporting the development and improvement of the Operational Risk Information process.
* Working with other departments to understand and record their risks and to support them in risk awareness that may impact their teams and the Business Continuity Management required to provide a resilient Service.
* Talking to our neighbouring Fire and Rescue Services to understand their risk information.
* Supporting the Future Infrastructure Risk (FIR) programme.
* Supporting the review and development of Premise Type Risk Information Files (PTRIF).
* Supporting the Risk Team in its key role in delivering future versions of the Community Risk Management Plan (CRMP).
* Representing the Risk Team at meetings with internal and external partners.
What are we looking for
A driven individual who wants to enhance the Service’s knowledge and understanding of how to identify, assess, record, and mitigate risk effectively and in a timely manner. Equally comfortable working collaboratively within a team or independently on tasks, demonstrating a strong aptitude for problem solving and a keen interest in systems and processes. With a flexible approach to prioritising and completing work, you consistently show excellent attention to detail. Your motivation stems from a genuine desire to support the Service in protecting communities through a deeper understanding of risk.
To be eligible to apply for these opportunities, you must:
* Level 2 standard of education (e.g. GCSE) or equivalent experience.
* Preferred qualifications include: ILM Level 3 Certificate in Management (or equivalent through in-house programme or experience) and a recognised qualification in risk management (e.g. Fundamentals of Risk Management, IOSH), or the ability to demonstrate equivalent vocational experience in both areas.
* 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
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).
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
* Role specific panel interview combining questions around your understanding of Operational Risk Information, the NFCC Leadership Framework and the Core Code of Ethics.
You can see the NFCC Leadership Framework here: NFCC_Leadership_Framework_Final.pdf (nationalfirechiefs.org.uk)
And guidance around the Code of Ethics here: Core Code of Ethics England Guidance May 21 V0.pdf (ukfrs.com)
Guidance on Safeguarding polices can be found here: Essex Fire - Safeguarding Statements
Our Culture and Benefits
Here at Essex County Fire and Rescue Service we are committed to prioritising and promoting the wellbeing of our employees.
Important Information for Firefighter Pension Scheme Pensioners
If you are currently in receipt of a pension from the Firefighter Pension Scheme, please note that taking up this role may affect your pension. Under pension abatement rules, if your earnings in this role, when combined with your pension, exceed your pre-retirement salary (adjusted for inflation), your pension may be reduced.
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.
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.
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