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Benefits:

Salary: £32,654 - £37,035 per annum, Grade 4

Hours: Full Time - 37 hours per week

Location – Service Headquarters, Calcot, Reading

Excellent annual leave allowance of 28 days, flexible working, onsite gym, parking facilities and a Local Government Pension Scheme are available

This is a great opportunity for a motivated and approachable self starter to become a vital part of our Resourcing and Development team

RBFRS invests in the training, development and wellbeing of its employees ensuring they have the resources and support needed to thrive. Our team provides a supportive and inclusive environment that celebrates diversity, fosters belonging, and values the unique contributions of every individual.

About the Role:

In this role you will drive frontline resourcing and promotion activity, designing recruitment and selection tools, processes and campaigns to fulfil our operational / firefighting succession and workforce planning needs.

You will be key in coordinating, guiding, supporting and influencing stakeholders, managers and staff across RBFRS to ensure we have the right person (with the right skills, knowledge and behaviours), in the right job, at the right time.

About You:

You’ll bring recent experience of supporting and advising managers and candidates through stages of the recruitment and promotion selection process - from planning and attraction to post-campaign evaluation and reporting. Ideally, you’ll have a strong track record of delivering to good practice defined standards.

You will be skilled in coordinating end-to-end recruitment and promotion campaigns along with a solid understanding of underpinning employment legislation, recruitment and selection good practice and equality, diversity and inclusion, and know how to turn that knowledge into practical and meaningful results.

Passionate about people, you’ll engage confidently with individuals at all levels across the Service and with the public - adapting your communication style and building trust through credibility, enthusiasm, and professionalism.

The key focus of this role (Key Responsibilities and Deliverables) is:

With the support of the Coaching and Succession Lead develop annual and long-term plans of recruitment and promotion campaigns from entry to senior leader level, ensuring efficient and effective selection processes and resources.

Plan and coordinate recruitment and promotion campaigns in line best practice and internal policy and procedure, providing advice accordingly.

Organise, design and deliver attraction and engagement interventions and events including positive action to encourage underrepresented groups to join the Service and give potential candidates an insight into the recruitment process and to create equality impact assessments.

To create and maintain reports, spreadsheets and correspondence and undertake quarterly data analysis and reporting to monitor impacts and trends for organisational oversight and inform future campaigns

Key role requirements (knowledge, skills and experience):

Experience of working in an HR / recruitment team (public sector desirable)

Knowledge and experience of applying and advising on HR policies and best practice, including recruitment best practice and employment law

Experience of designing and delivering end to end recruitment and promotion processes

Ability to accurately establish and maintain confidential and accurate records and systems, with excellent attention to detail aligned to General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR).

Computer literate (e.g. able to use Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook. Experience of using databases and other for example IT / HRIS or Learning Management Systems)

Good general education (equivalent of 5 GCSE passes level C or above –including English Language and Mathematics)

Due to the nature of this role, we are unable to take applications from those interested in applying for the Wholetime Firefighter Apprentice position. Some weekend / evening working is required on occasion.

Application and selection process

The successful candidate will demonstrate and promote behaviours in line with the Job Profile/Person Specification and our Behaviour Competency Framework as attached.

The Behavioural Competency Framework allows us to easily identify the behaviours that drive successful performance and enables us to deliver an effective service. The behaviours detailed within the job profile will be assessed throughout the selection process.

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Please see the link to the Job Profile/Person Specification on application

Appointment is conditional upon undertaking a Standard Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check

Rechecks will be required in line with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and Recruitment of Ex-Offenders Policy.

For further details about the role please contact Sue Press, Coaching and Succession Lead at (url removed) to arrange an informal discussion.

If you have any queries about the application process or to discuss any adaptations or adjustments, we can make to assist you in your application or with our promotion process please contact Amanda Gavin at (url removed)

Please note we do not accept applications via Agencies or CVs without an accompanying application form.

Closing date for applications is 09:00 hours on Wednesday 25 June 2025.

It is anticipated that the assessment/interview process will run between 2-4 July 2025.

Anticipated start date: as soon as possible.

Please note that is your personal responsibility to check whether by applying / accepting this position it would result in any Annual Allowance implications. A breach in the Annual Allowance threshold could result in a Tax charge.

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Our Commitments:

Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service values your individuality, your diversity and your dignity. All are welcome here. Inclusion, diversity and equality are principles which guide our decisions and will be visible throughout the Service, and we will continually work to improve in these areas.

We are committed to creating an inclusive culture of dignity and trust where everyone feels safe and comfortable to bring their whole self to work.

Simply: The communities we serve are varied and diverse, we should be too.

All applications are considered on merit alone. We are a Disability Confident Leader – if you meet the essential criteria of the role, you will be guaranteed an interview if you choose to opt into the Offer of an Interview Scheme (formerly known as the Guaranteed Interview Scheme).

To find out more: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, and all employees must share this commitment.

Please view our Safer Recruitment Statement via this link