Estates & Facilities Assistant Business Partner

East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service; Lewes; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service is seeking an Estates & Facilities Assistant Business Partner to support our Estates team across East Sussex. You will be the main point of contact for staff on stations, driving improvements and ensuring compliance across the property portfolio.

This role requires knowledge of CAFM systems, contractor management in the public sector, and the ability to drive service improvements while living in East Sussex and holding a valid driving licence.

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic and dedicated, with drive to deliver the service vision.
• Ability to operate across multiple ESFRS sites in East Sussex.

Responsibilities

• Be the main point of contact for staff on station.
• Influence decisions, lead planned improvements and work with colleagues to deliver quality environments.
• Ensure compliance across the property portfolio and manage contractors in the public sector.

Skills

CAFM systems

Contractor management

Public sector familiarity

Driving licence

Tools

CAFM software

Job description

East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service

Are you currently looking for a new exciting opportunity where no day is ever the same working across multiple ESFRS sites across East Sussex, helping our Estates team deliver the service Strategy, ensuring our estate remains safe, compliant, operational and fit for purpose on a day-to-day basis.

As the Estates & Facilities Assistant Business Partner you will be the main point of contact for our operational and support staff on station.

This is more than a facilities role. It's an opportunity to influence decisions, lead planned improvements, and work with colleagues across the Service to deliver quality environments where our teams can thrive. Using your knowledge and practical application of CAFM systems, as well as managing contractors in the public sector and running ITT, while ensuring compliance across the property portfolio.

As a vital role in keeping our communities safe. We value respect and dignity for all, trust and integrity, initiative, innovation and most of all we are proud of our fire and rescue service and enjoy working in a positive and safe environment.

The successful candidate will need to be enthusiastic, dedicated and have the knowledge and drive to help deliver the service vision. They will need to live in East Sussex and have a driving licence.

In return, you'll join an organisation with a strong sense of purpose, where collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement are valued. You'll enjoy a varied and rewarding role, opportunities for professional development, and the satisfaction of knowing your help keep our firefighters and communities safe.

1 Year Fixed Term Contract.

Be part of something bigger.

OUR PURPOSE, OUR VALUES AND OUR PRIORITIES

Our Service Purpose is: Reducing Risk, Saving Lives – Together.

We do this through our Service Priorities:

1. Delivering our community offer
2. Delivering our enabling offer
3. Achieving financial sustainability
4. Sustaining a high performing workforce
5. Improving service performance

Our Service Values support our purpose and priorities by making sure the way we operate is guided by strong principles:

• We willingly accept ACCOUNTABILITY, taking responsibility for our actions and decisions.
• We have PRIDE in the service we provide, striving to meet the needs of our communities.
• We demonstrate PERSEVERANCE in the face of challenges, staying committed and resilient in everything we do.
• We RESPECT our colleagues and members of the community.
• We embrace ADAPTABILITY, responding positively to change and continuously seek to improve the way we work.
• We show INTEGRITY in our work, being open and honest.
• We act with SELFLESSNESS, recognising we are here to protect and support our communities. We foster a positive and inclusive culture where teamwork, mutual respect and a shared commitment to service are at the heart of everything we do.
• We show EMPATHY to the community and our colleagues, treating everyone with kindness, compassion and understanding.

Purpose Values and Priorities | East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service

Diversity and Inclusion

We value the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve.

East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service, (ESFRS), are committed to equality of opportunity for all job applicants and aims to select suitably qualified people based on their skills, abilities, experience, knowledge, qualifications and training.

For more information please read our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion statement.

Safeguarding

East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees, volunteers and suppliers to share this commitment.

ESFRS is a member of the Brighton & Hove and East Sussex Safeguarding Children’s Partnership and Safeguarding Adults Boards.

You can read our safeguarding statement here.

DBS and Non-Police Personnel Vetting

All roles at East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service will be subject to either DBS checks (minimum standard level) or a Police vetting process (the latter for roles based at Joint Headquarters in Lewes). The check will take place for the preferred candidate at the end of the selection process, before a final offer of employment can be made. For more information about DBS and Vetting, please read our DBS and Vetting Policy.

Recruitment of Ex-Offenders

ESFRS are an Equal Opportunities Employer and therefore will consider ex-offenders for employment on their merits, (subject to the necessary DBS & Non-Police Personnel Vetting clearances required for the role). For more information please read our Recruitment of Ex-Offenders Statement.

Notes

Please note that recruitment processes may be withdrawn or varied at short notice due to the Services' Organisational Change policy.