Senior Talent and Resourcing Adviser

About us:

Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue is on an exciting journey to transform our people agenda, encouraging a workplace where talent thrives, resource is optimised, and continuous learning is encouraged. We are committed to fostering an inclusive, diverse, and continuous improvement culture. As we continue to grow, we are seeking individuals who will collaborate to promote safer communities, taking on the responsibility for overseeing Talent and development initiatives throughout the entire employment life-cycle.

About you:

As a Senior Talent and Resourcing Adviser at Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue, you will play a pivotal role in delivering against our people plan. You will be responsible for crafting and overseeing internal and external selection and promotion processes, as well as developing and executing innovative recruitment campaigns where inclusivity and diversity is prioritised. You will provide guidance to senior managers across the organisation on aligning talent pipelines. Your role will encompass supporting the implementation of all non-operational Talent and learning endeavours, including in-person training sessions. Additionally, you will play a crucial part in collaborating with Lincolnshire County Council's Talent and early careers team to establish a sustainable apprenticeship strategy within Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue.

Key responsibilities:

• Represent the service on regional and national platforms, sharing insights, fostering best practice and facilitating effective work streams to improve on-call effectiveness
• Collaborate with and advise managers to gather accurate information for workforce planning, forecasting turnover, skills gaps and learning needs
• Proactively gather insights to ensure LFR remain current in talent, resourcing and learning, advocating for process improvements and participating in projects to enhance efficiency and candidate experience
• Data analysis, showcasing the impact of initiatives and providing recommendations for workforce planning
• Collaborate with internal departments including HR and communications teams
• Contribute to a culture of service excellence and continuous improvement
• Develop and execute inclusive recruitment campaigns for both Wholetime and On-Call Firefighters using appropriate marketing channels
• Coordinate talent management processes, providing guidance to candidates, employee’s and managers
• Assist in developing and facilitating leadership development programmes within LFR

Where a candidate does not fully meet the criteria for the post, we may appoint them to a single salary point, one point below the incremental grade minimum, the following policy will be followed: Recruitment policy – Appointing one point below - Lincolnshire County Council

The roles are based at LFR Headquarters in Nettleham with the flexibility of hybrid working.

What we offer

 Along with a competitive salary of £33,024 - £36,648 we are offering;

• A Contributory pension
• Comprehensive benefits package including excellent discount schemes and cycle to work
• Sodexo Discounts and Benefits Scheme 
• Flexible working policies
• Career progression opportunities
• A generous leave entitlement with the option to buy more

Further details can be found in our rewards and benefits brochure

Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes people from underrepresented groups.

Next steps

If you'd like to find out more, please contact Lucy Marvell; Talent, Resourcing and Learning Manager, via email in the first instance (lucy.marvell@lincolnshire.gov.uk)

Interviews: Week commencing 25th March

We look forward to receiving your application.

A Smarter Working Employer

We have embraced new ways of working and hybrid working will be a feature of this role. You will be given a nominated contractual work base and you will be required to commute to this work base when necessary.  Working arrangements regarding hybrid working will be discussed as part of the appointment process.

Our technology platform and equipment is very good enabling you to connect and collaborate remotely. We require that you have in place good connectivity, and we will discuss during the recruitment process if support with this is needed.

Please be advised that this position may be subject to a criminal record check.

All candidates are advised to read the attached job information pack prior to making an application.

On occasion we receive significantly more applications than expected for some vacancies and under such circumstances we reserve the right to bring forward the closing date of the advertisement. We therefore strongly advise you to apply for the role promptly to avoid disappointment should the closing date be brought forward. 

We operate a talent pool scheme whereby candidates who are not successful on this occasion may be considered for a period of up to 3 months for equal positions.

Lincolnshire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.