Cambridgeshire Fire and
Rescue
Location
Covering Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, we
operate from 27 fire stations, some crewed 24/7 and
the majority “on-call”. Headquarters functions
and our Combined Fire Control are based in
Huntingdon.
Remit
Together our 644 staff work as one team to achieve
our vision of a safe community where there are
no preventable deaths or injuries in fires or other
emergencies.
As well as providing an emergency response
service, we also work in the community to prevent
fires, support business premises to apply safety
standards and work with a host of partners to
improve community safety overall.
Example Vacancies
F
irefighter - wholetime duty system
Firefighter – on-call duty system
Fire Control Operator
Business Intelligence Analyst
Community Fire Safety Officer
ICT Support Technician
Community Champion (volunteer)
Salary Range and Benefits
Salaries for wholetime firefighters start at £22,000
as a trainee (2015) rising to £29,000 on successful
completion of probationary training. Salaries for
support and management posts vary with level
of responsibility and are always detailed in job
adverts.
Diversity Action Statement
We aim to have a workforce culture which is open,
transparent and respectful of differences between
us. We believe we have a workplace where people
can be themselves supported by good management
practices, policies and training.
Contact details
Oxford City Council
Location
Oxford
Remit
Oxford is an ethnically and culturally
diverse world class city and the Council
prides itself on delivering high quality, cost effective
public services and has high aspirations for its
employees. We are a multi award winning Council
and in 2015 secured Champion IiP status along with
Overall IiP Employer of the Year 2015, demonstrating
our commitment to our employees and their wellbeing.
With over 1200 staff dedicated to delivering the best
service possible to our communities now is a truly
exciting time to be working in Local Government.
Example vacancies:
Jobs and careers are available at all levels and across
three directorates
Salary range and benefits:
We are an accredited Living Wage Employer, have set
an Oxford Living Wage of £8.93 and pay an entry point
salary scale of £9.21. We offer a great range of benefits
which include generous holiday from 28 days per year plus
bank holidays, Local Government defined benefit pension
scheme, subsidised leisure membership, discounted
travel and the ability to work flexibly in many of our
roles. We offer well defined opportunities for progression
through our learning and development programme and
also support our staff through an employee wellbeing
programme with a range of services including resilience
training, an employee assistance programme and support
via our dedicated occupational health service
Diversity action statement
Valuing Diversity is a core organisational value for us:
demonstrating a positive attitude toward individual
difference, community and cultural diversity by being
open minded, fair and actively contributing to the
development of an inclusive work environment.
We want our workforce to reflect the diversity of
the community we serve so we welcome applicants
from all communities so that we can deliver a strong
local economy, supported by effective education and
training, and communities that are socially cohesive.
We recognise that people perform better when they
can be themselves so we actively involve, recruit
and develop introverts and extraverts, optimists and
pessimists, thinkers and people who do things, creating
a work environment free from discrimination
Contact details
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