Current vacancies

Accounting Technician

Are you a driven individual eager to enhance your financial skills and undertake study for the Association of Accounting Technicians?

Pay: £26,421 – £28,770

Scale: Scale 5

Hours: 37 hours per week

Contract: Permanent 

Location: Hindlip, Worcester

This is a exciting opportunity to join Hereford and Worcester Fire Service and play a crucial role in supporting the organisation and the communities it serves.

Join our dynamic Finance team at our Service Headquarters (Hindlip Park) as an Accounting Technician. You’ll play a crucial role in our skilled team, responsible for a wide range of financial services ensuring high-quality delivery.

We seek a motivated individual eager to enhance their financial skills, ideally pursuing studies with the Association of Accounting Technicians. As part of our small but busy team, flexibility to support various roles is essential.

As a team player, you’ll assist with control account reconciliations, accounts payable and receivable, annual budget setting, and statutory accounts production. This role offers a unique opportunity to gain insight into emergency service finances, working collaboratively across all aspects of council finance.

Please have a look through the job description, person specification and apply here: WMJobs application page.

Reasons to join us

• Leave entitlement starting at 27 days plus bank holidays, rising to 32 days with 5 years’ service.
• Professional membership paid each year. 
• Opportunities and support to undertake professional and vocational training.
• A flexi-time scheme and hybrid working arrangements, (although the later has to meet the needs of the Service). 
• Access to a local government pension scheme.
• Access to the Blue Light Card – the UK’s largest Emergency Services discount card.
• Free car parking at HQ and Stations.
• Canteen at HQ.
• Subsidised on-site gym.

The successful applicant will be subject to pre-employment checks including a standard DBS check and a social media screening check. The successful applicant will also be subject to a NPPV Level 2 Vetting Check, as we are co-located on West Mercia Police premises.

If you have any questions or wish to have an informal discussion contact:
Deborah Randall, Assistant Director – Finance: drandall@hwfire.org.uk

How to apply:
Apply online through our WMJobs application page.

Closing Date:
Sunday 28th July 2024 at 23:59

Interviews:
Week commencing Monday 5th August 2024.

Assistant Accountant

Are you a highly motivated individual eager to enhance your financial skills? Do you have a AAT Level 4 qualification or Level 3 with a commitment to complete level 4?

Pay: £32,076 – £33,945

Scale: S01

Hours: 37 hours per week

Contract: Permanent 

Location: Hindlip, Worcester

This is a fantastic opportunity to join Hereford and Worcester Fire Service and play a crucial role in supporting the organisation and the communities it serves.

As an Assistant Accountant in our busy Finance Section at our Service Headquarters (Hindlip Park), you will work within a skilled team to deliver high-quality financial services. Your responsibilities will include a wide range of tasks such as control account reconciliations, managing accounts payable and receivable, and contributing to annual budget setting and statutory accounts production.

We are looking for a motivated individual eager to develop their financial skills, ideally qualified at AAT Level 4 or with Level 3 qualification and a commitment to complete Level 4. You will need to be flexible and ready to support various roles within the team.

Please have a look through the job description, person specification and apply here: WMJobs application page.

Reasons to join us

• Leave entitlement starting at 29 days plus bank holidays, rising to 34 days with 5 years’ service.
• Professional membership paid each year. 
• Opportunities and support to undertake professional and vocational training.
• A flexi-time scheme and hybrid working arrangements, (although the later has to meet the needs of the Service).
• Access to a local government pension scheme.
• Access to the Blue Light Card – the UK’s largest Emergency Services discount card.
• Free car parking at HQ and Stations.
• Canteen at HQ.
• Subsidised on-site gym.

The successful applicant will be subject to pre-employment checks including a standard DBS check and a social media screening check.

If you have any questions or wish to have an informal discussion contact:
Deborah Randall, Assistant Director – Finance: drandall@hwfire.org.uk

How to apply:
Apply online through our WMJobs application page.

Closing Date:
Sunday 28th July 2024 at 23:59

Interviews:
Week Commencing 5th August 2024

District Administrator

Are you highly organised and detailed-oriented professional? We’re seeing someone to provide comprehensive administrative and secretarial support to our District and Station staff.

Pay: £23,500 – £23,893 per annum

Scale: Scale 3

Hours: 30 hours per week

Contract: Permanent

Location: North District Headquarters, Bromsgrove Fire Station

An opportunity has arisen for a District Administrator, based at Bromsgrove Fire Station.

The role of District Administrator involves providing comprehensive administrative and secretarial support to District and Station staff, including co-ordinating meetings and appointments and word-processing a range of documentation.

Desired skills and experience:

• GCSEs at Grade C or above to include English (or equivalent qualifications or experience)
• OCR Text Production and Word Processing Level 2 (RSA II) (or equivalent qualifications or experience)
• Experience gained in general administration
• Experience of liaising with the general public
• Good communication and interpersonal skills, to include the ability to spell accurately and use grammatically correct English
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• A pleasant telephone manner
• The ability to organise and prioritise work and meet deadlines
• The ability to deal sensitively and appropriately with confidential information
• The ability to work unsupervised, and to exercise and rely on own judgement where necessary
• Competent word-processing skills
• A good working knowledge of Microsoft Office

A full job description and person specification can be found here

Apply online through our WM Jobs application page

Reasons to join us:
• 25 days annual leave entitlement increasing to 30 days after five years’ continuous service PLUS bank holidays.
• Flexi-time scheme after a successful completion of the probation period.
• Hybrid working opportunities.
• Access to a local government pension scheme.
• Access to the Blue Light Card – the UK’s largest Emergency Services discount card.
• Free car parking at HQ and Stations.

For more information about us check out our latest post on Facebook, X and Instagram.

The successful applicant will be subject to pre-employment checks including a standard DBS check and a social media screening check. The successful applicant will also be subject to a NPPV Level 2 Vetting Check, as we are co-located on West Mercia Police premises.

How to apply:
Apply online through our WM Jobs application page.

For any further queries regarding the role or an informal discussion contact:
Group Commander Amy Bailey (abailey@hwfire.org.uk) 

Closing Date:
Sunday 28th July 2024 at 11:59pm.

Interviews:
Thursday 8th August 2024.

On-Call firefighter

How can I find out more about the On-Call firefighter role?

Take a look at the information about becoming an On-Call firefighter, and also read the case studies of some of our current on-call crew. To find out more, you can register your interest with us here expression of interest form, we will contact you for a chat about the role or we’ll invite you to an awareness session. Awareness sessions are arranged to give anyone interested more information about the role, the selection process and the organisation. Sessions last approximately 2 hours.

Please be aware that from 1 November 2023 those newly appointed to the role of an On-Call firefighter will be required to undertake a standard Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and this will be carried out as part of the recruitment process. 

From 1 September 2023 those newly appointed to the role of On-Call firefighter will be required to undertake a Social Media screening check. This will be carried out during the pre employment checks stage of the recruitment process and will be arranged by the Recruitment Team.

If you have any questions regarding these checks please contact recruitment@hwfire.org.uk

Awareness / Recruitment Sessions:

Attending an On-Call Recruitment Session is the first stage in the recruitment process. You will visit a local fire station where the role will be explained in greater detail. There will be current serving On-call firefighters as well as On-Call support officers on hand to answer any questions you may have.

You will receive a presentation on the requirements of the role as well as the benefits you can expect from joining Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service.

Following the presentation there will be the opportunity to become familiar with and have a go at the national firefighter selection tests. These are the physical job-related tests that will need to be completed further on in the recruitment process. 

To take part we advise you to wear suitable sports and footwear.

Find out more about becoming an On-Call firefighter at one of our Recruitment events.

To find out more about how on-call works, please see our FAQs.

Registering your interest

If you would like to register your interest please complete an expression of interest form.

If you have any queries, please contact the On-Call Recruitment Team at oncalldutysupport@hwfire.org.uk.

For more information about on-call firefighters please visit our On-Call firefighter page.