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CFRS0162 - Associate Instructors - Immediate Emergency Care (IEC)

Associate Instructors - IEC 

Salary: £19.20 - £19.66 per hour

Hours: 0 hour contract, expectation is to deliver 1 course per quarter

Contract: Fixed-term, 12 months

Location: The Learning and Development dept. is based mainly at Penrith (Fire Headquarters), but there will be countywide working involved. 

Closing date: 11:59pm on Sunday 20th July 2025

Interviews: Interviews will be held in person or virtually, on Tuesday 29th July 2025

The Learning and Development team are now looking for Associate, Immediate Emergency Care Instructors.

This is an exciting opportunity for individuals to join the team and be fully trained in Advanced Trauma Care and therefore able to cascade trauma training to CFRS personnel. This will be achieved by a 5 day in house trainer course by our Training and Clinical Governance provider, Gibb Group Ltd. (Formally Trauma Resus).

As with all Associate instructors there is an expectation to be able to carry out a minimum number of 1 day’s training per quarter, to staff throughout the County.


THE ROLE

  • To work collaboratively with the operational training & development department in order to identify, develop, deliver and evaluate effective solutions for learning
  • To ensure that learning activities are of high quality, appropriate and relevant in order to meet group and individual needs. This includes:
    • The use of a range of teaching and learning methods including elearning where appropriate
    • Ensuring an appropriate learning environment
    • Using high quality resources and learning materials
  • To work with the department managers to identify and develop new models of delivery, in order to ensure that the Service’s learning offer remains highly relevant and in support of the workforce ambitions of the Service.
  • To liaise with key stakeholders to identify the most appropriate learning solution, which is likely to include the development of tailored approaches to learning in order to enhance the skills and performance of individuals and groups in order to support organisational change
  • Maintain specialist instructor skills to assist the operational training and development department to coordinate and deliver training activities / development courses
  • Represent the Service by attending meetings and development sessions as appropriate.
  • Carry out the role of an assessor where required  
  • Take part in local and national exercises where necessary
  • Maintain training resources and equipment
  • Take responsibility for effective performance and attend training and development courses as required to maintain skill levels
  • To maintain health records and undergo regular medical checks in relation to working in high risk environments
     

Please see the Associate Instructor - Operational Training job description linked below (we call it a Post Specification) for more details on the essential criteria for the role. 

Attachment:  Associate Instructor - Operational Training Post Specification (word)

**This role requires a Standard DBS check.**

CFRS has a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for those whose most recent employer is the Armed Forces, for Care Leavers, and for Disabled Candidates. The scheme is linked below and there is a specific section of our application form where you can mark if you consider yourself eligible. We encourage candidates to let us know so we can provide the best support and access throughout the process. 

Reasonable Adjustments – we strongly encourage any candidate who may require reasonable adjustments to make us aware as soon as possible, either using the section on the application form or by contacting the Resourcing Team directly (email below). We will have a confidential discussion with you and we take the approach of ‘you tell us what you require, and we will do out best to facilitate’. Where we are unable to make the adjustment, we will share this asap. 

Resourcing Team email: Recruitment@cumbriafire.gov.uk 

TO APPLY:

Please complete the online Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service Application Form.

Link to Application Form: https://forms.office.com/e/Wit9u9zZQK (Microsoft Forms)

Please note: We do not accept CVs. 

If you have any queries at all, please contact the Resourcing & Talent team via email: Recruitment@cumbriafire.gov.uk 

 

OUR SERVICE

With approximately 600 operational firefighters, front facing delivery teams, corporate services, and support staff, delivering services across the county from 38 Fire Stations, we know we need to be a modern, flexible, and inclusive employer. 

We offer:

  • Flexible working across the county, including a hybrid of homeworking and office working at one of our Wholetime stations
  • Free parking at our fire stations
  • Cycle to Work scheme
  • Access to station gyms, free of charge
  • Enrolment in either the Fire Pension Scheme or Local Government Pension Scheme (depending on your terms and conditions) - link to the Pensions page here
  • Occupational Health service, including counselling
  • Close working relationship with the Firefighters Charity, including mental and physical health support
  • A dedicated Wellbeing Hub – link here
  • On-going personal development, including apprenticeship options and leadership courses
  • Access to modern ICT equipment
  • Family friendly policies, including 45 weeks full pay for Parental Leave
  • Menopause Policy - link here (Word document)
  • Support for Carers
  • Workplace adjustments for Neurodiverse and Disabled employees
  • Staff Networks for a variety of different communities, including (but not limited to) Armed Forces, LGBTQ+, Menopause, Retirees

Our service is passionate about the communities we serve and dedicated to developing our workforce - if you're looking to progress in an inclusive, supportive, and dynamic fire service, we would like to hear from you! 

We value the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects our communities in Cumbria. We actively encourage applications from all suitably qualified individuals, irrespective of people’s age, disability, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances. 

We capture Equality data on our application forms to help us review barriers in our processes for any minority group. This is optional to complete and is securely removed and accessed only by the Resourcing team to review. 

Resourcing Team email: Recruitment@cumbriafire.gov.uk