Driving success at the Fire Service College as an Operational Support Assistant:

The Fire Service College have an exciting opportunity to join their friendly and professional team as an Operational Support Assistant. Within this role you will ensure the efficient and effective set up of the training activities and maintenance of the equipment.

Setting up the exercises and maintaining the equipment this role is essential to the smooth running of the training courses that the college deliver.

What you’ll be doing:

• Setting up all types of exercises, ignition of materials and clearing away of the resultant debris.

• To clean and service Operational Support equipment.

• To service or clean all breathing apparatus sets, cylinders and ancillary equipment as required.

• To recharge and inspect used cylinders, maintaining records of all test and maintenance.

• General driving duties, both on and off-site, to include delivery and collection of fire appliances and other vehicles.

• Ensure that Red Fleet vehicles are equipped and all Incident Ground training aids ready for use.

• Tasks include but not limited to:

• Cleaning, drying and re-stowing as required, of all Operational Support equipment on fire appliances and Specialist vehicles

What we’re looking for:

• A professional attitude and appearance at all times.

• Customer First Attitude.

• Excellent written and oral communication skills; the ability to communicate effectively.

• Ability to meet targets and strict deadlines.

• Attention to detail, highly organised and efficient approach to tasks.

• Competent in the use of Microsoft Office products.

About The Fire Service College

The Fire Service College (FSC) is a world-renowned further education training college that provides a range of resilience focused courses and programmes ranging from apprenticeships to fully accredited qualifications.  On a 300-acre site FSC providers both practical as well as classroom-based learning in addition to remotely / customer site delivered courses.

FSC is part of Capita Learning whose vision is to be a strategic learning partners for our clients.  This will allow us to improve our clients’ organisational capability and jointly deliver better business outcomes for them.

What’s in it for you?

• Basic Salary of £ 18,525

• 23 days’ holiday (rising to 27) with the opportunity to buy extra leave

• The opportunity to take a paid day out of the office, volunteering for our charity partners or a cause of your choice

• Company matched pension, life assurance, a cycle2work scheme, 15 weeks’ fully paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave, paternity pay of two weeks…and plenty more

• Voluntary benefits designed to suit your lifestyle – from discounts on retail and socialising, to health & wellbeing, travel and technology

• Access to our Employee Network Groups, which represent every strand of diversity and allow colleagues to connect and learn from each other on an open, inclusive platform

You’ll get the chance to follow your chosen career path anywhere in Capita. You’ll be joining a network of 63,000 experienced, innovative and dedicated individuals across multiple disciplines and sectors. There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career, and we’ll provide the support you need to do just that. Our purpose is to create a better outcome for you.

What we hope you’ll do next:

Choose ‘Apply now’ to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you. If you need any further information please contact Jo Robinson by email at Joanna.robinson@capita.com

We’re an equal opportunity employer, which means we’ll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and their passion for creating better outcomes, and we’re committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

All interviews, assessments and background checks will continue to take place online, to completely remove the need for face-to-face contact. All Capita colleagues who can work from home should do so; and where it is not possible for colleagues to work remotely, we have taken important steps to protect those working from Capita’s offices. Social distancing, enhanced hygiene and safety measures are already in place at all Capita locations that are open to protect our colleagues and manage the risk of COVID-19. The welfare of our people is of paramount importance to us, and we’re doing everything we can to keep our colleagues and customers safe during this time.