Recruitment Advisor at Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service

About the role
Job title: Recruitment Advisor

Grade: D

Salary: £29,093 per annum, rising by annual increments to £31,586. More information on salaries and progression can be found on our pay and policies page.

Hours: Full Time, 37 hours per week

Location: The service encourages flexible working and is open to flexible working options. The role will be based at Dorchester Support Offices, Poundbury with the flexibility to work from home / DWFRS Stations / Support Offices and we would welcome a conversation with the successful candidate on what type of flexible working arrangement will work best for you. There will be a requirement to attend your base location approximately 2 days a week for key activities and meetings.

Appointment type: Permanent

Contact: For a chat about this post, please contact Emma Hanson, Operational Resourcing Officer on 01722 691442 or email [email protected].

Closing and interview date: The closing date for applications is Sunday 1 December 2024, midnight. It is intended that interviews will take place on Tuesday 17 December 2024. Should you be shortlisted for interview, further details regarding the interview format / location will be provided before the interview date.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service, an organisation that is passionate about changing and saving lives. Our corporate staff are absolutely vital in helping to make our communities safer and healthier. Without them, we couldn’t do it.

We offer a wide range of employee benefits and strive to ensure that staff are valued and rewarded. For example, we offer a flexi time scheme, Local Government Pension Scheme, a generous annual leave allowance, a variety of family friendly schemes including 39 weeks’ full pay during maternity leave (subject to qualifying criteria) and health & well-being services.

As a Recruitment Advisor in our Recruitment, Progression and Workforce Planning team you will:

Focus primarily on delivering a variety of recruitment tasks including providing HR recruitment and selection advice and support to line managers, HR Business Partners and applicants
Be involved in HR related projects relating to policy and procedure development associated with recruitment as required
Advise on, oversee and have responsibility for delivering the Corporate Induction programme for all new starters
What makes you our ideal Recruitment Advisor?
Have experience of providing advice and guidance in an HR setting
Relevant experience across all aspects of recruitment and selection
Effective organisational and time management skills and ability to work to tight deadlines whilst maintaining quality standards and attention to detail
You are:
Self motivated with the ability to work practically and logically using your own initiative
Able to build and maintain strong working relationships

An effective communicator and able to demonstrate a positive attitude to internal/external customer care
For full details of the role and requirements please have a look at the job description and person specification.

Other Information:
You must be able to fulfil the travel requirements of the role. This role has occasional travel requirements, which means you will need to travel to different sites for meetings/training at minimum monthly.
You will be required to travel across both counties.
A Standard Disclosure & Barring Service Check (DBS) clearance will be undertaken on the successful individual prior to offer of employment.
Any offer of employment will be subject to full pre-employment checks which include identity checks, right to work in the UK, medical and receipt of satisfactory references, and an explanation of any gaps in employment in the last 3 years.
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Please note we do not accept CV’s in place of application forms.

We welcome the use of AI responsibly and ethically to demonstrate your skills in your application, but please don’t allow it to overshadow your own unique voice.

While we appreciate innovative approaches, we also value authenticity. Our assessment considers both the content of the application and how it was created, ensuring fairness and inclusivity for all applicants. At the end of the day – we want YOU to work for us!

You should ensure you include satisfactory evidence in your application to demonstrate all of the areas stated as being measured at the Application Stage on the Person Specification. This will ensure you have the best opportunity of progressing to the next stage of the selection process.

We are dedicated to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of our communities and welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals regardless of age, disability, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances. All applications will be treated on merit and staff involved in recruitment and selection processes undertake unconscious bias training.

We are committed to the Disability Confident Scheme and guarantee an interview to applicants with a disclosed disability if they meet the minimum criteria for the post to which they are applying. Please tell us in confidence if this applies to you, or if there are any reasonable adjustments that would help you apply for this post.

Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service’s recruitment and selection procedures reflect our commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of Adults, Children and Young People. All staff and volunteers are expected to share this commitment.

If you hold international qualifications, you will be required to provide official evidence that shows how these compare to UK Qualifications. We will accept a Statement of Comparability from a UK organisation called ENIC which can be obtained via their website. Please note that UK ENIC charge for this service, so if you request a Statement of Compatibility, you will be required to pay for it as we are unable to reimburse you.

For further guidance on how to complete your application, please refer to the Job Application Guidance Notes. If you are experiencing difficulties completing your application or have a need to complete your application in an alternative format due to a disability, please contact HR Resourcing on 01722 691444 within plenty of time of the closing date of the position you are applying for.

Values & Behaviours Framework

Our recruitment, assessment and progression processes are based on our Code of Ethics that has been developed specifically for Fire and Rescue Services. When recruiting, we identify the most important behaviours for the role and these are used as part of the short-listing and selection process