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Become a Firefighter

Our firefighters have one of the most respected jobs within the community: responding to incidents, preventing them from happening and protecting people and property in West Yorkshire. Find out more about what they do, promotion opportunities and technical areas they specialise in.

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Become a firefighter  |   Career progression

Roles

Our employees do more than just putting out fires, they aim to reduce risks to West Yorkshire people and property. We deliver prevention programmes to make people safer from fire and other emergencies. Our protection activities focus on commercial properties, including schools, hospitals and businesses. Employees working in support roles ensure our front-line services are managed and delivered effectively.

We employ professionals in many areas of expertise, including:


Vacancies

  • Position: Human Resources Assistant

    Contract Type: Full-time, Temporary

    Job Function: Administration, HR

    Closing Date: 03 November 2019

    Salary: £18,795 to £19,945 per annum

    Location:

    * This vacancy is temporary for 9 months from January 2020 to provide maternity cover*

  • Position: Procurement Manager

    Contract Type: Full-time

    Job Function: Finance

    Closing Date: 24 November 2019

    Salary: £43,662 to £45,591 per annum

    Location:

    Do you have the skills and experience to take our much improved procurement service to the next level of maturity to ensure the service is the best it can be?

  • Position: Category & Contract Management Officer (Construction & Facilities Management)

    Contract Type: Full-time

    Job Function: Finance

    Closing Date: 24 November 2019

    Salary: £32,029 to £33,799

    Location:

    Are you a procurement professional with a flair for Construction and Property contracts?

  • Position: On-Call Watch Manager - Holmfirth (internal only)

    Contract Type: On-Call

    Job Function: On Call Firefighter

    Closing Date: 03 November 2019

    Salary: Watch Manager rate

    Location:

    An opportunity has arisen for a Watch Manager (WM) to work at Holmfirth Fire Station on the Retained Duty System (RDS). Applications are welcome from existing Wholetime and RDS Watch Managers and competent Crew Managers (CM) as a promotion opportunity.

  • Position: Internal Only - WMA Operational Special Projects (COMAH Team)

    Contract Type: Part-time, Job Share

    Job Function: Firefighter

    Closing Date: 20 October 2019

    Salary: Watch Manager A

    Location:

    Due to a reduction in hours, expressions of interest are sought from wholetime substantive Crew and Watch Managers to work within the Operational Special Projects COMAH team, based at SDC. There will however be the opportunity to work remotely on occasions depending on work constraints and this would be agreed locally by the individual and their line manager. There may also be the opportunity to maintain operational competencies and provide resilience capability within the Grey Book Flexi system. There will be an expectation to attend external training courses outside of West Yorkshire.

  • Position: Internal Only - Control Operator (Trainee) - 2 Posts Temporary/Secondment

    Contract Type: Temporary

    Job Function: Control

    Closing Date: 20 October 2019

    Salary: £22,198

    Location:

    An opportunity has arisen for 2 x Temporary/Secondment Full Time Positions for 10/12 months to cover maternity leave (with possibility of becoming permanent).