1. Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue Mobile Recruitment Vehicle HR Learning & Development Forum 23 March 2010

2. 4 th largest county in England Area 5,921 sq km 4 of 7 Districts classified as Rural-80 Lincoln classified as ‘other urban’ Limited major road network Rivers (Trent, Witham, Welland) Some facts…..

3. High annual population growth rate 2006 – 686,200 2029 – 856,000 32% increase from 2001 census In-migration Increase in over 65s Low population density Coastal deprivation COMAH sites Some more facts… Skydock Pyrotechnics Tetney Oil Tank Farm Theddlethorpe Terminal Rase Agrochemical

4. 38 stations (48 appliances) Workforce circa 950 581RDS firefighters Recruiting & retention Availability Training The Service…..

5. Challenges Recruitment –Requirement for 495 FTE –Actual 447 FTE (48 vacancies) –Demographics Retention –5.4% leavers with less than 5 years Operational Availability –95.74 % for 2007/08 (target 98%) Training

6. 4.25 4 4 4 2 3.25 2 2.5 3 4.75

7. Where We Were Limited Resource available for Recruiting RDS staff (1Group Manager 1 Admin Asst) Station led (not target led) Limited National Guidance for Recruitment No monitoring procedures in place Not always fully compliant with current employment law

8. Why We Needed to Change Introduction of Integrated Personal Development System Introduction of National Firefighter Selection Tests Introduction of Government Recruitment Targets Change in Employment Laws Strategic Targeting of Key Stations To keep up with Organisational need To ensure that all Equality and Diversity needs are fully met

9. What We Did First Formation of Recruitment / RLO Team Rewrite of the Recruitment Policy inc NFST for all FF duty systems Standardisation of RDS Recruitment procedure Managers Guidance notes available Active Monitoring of Recruitment process

11. What We Did Next Introduction of Targeted Recruitment Campaigns Development of Employers Packs Development of Station Recruitment Packs Development of Point Of Entry Selection Test Unit

12. Point of Entry Selection Test Pod Photos of the Recruitment Pod on display at last years Lincolnshire Show

14. Photos of the Recruitment Pod courtesy of Networking Women in the Fire Service

17. Where We Are Now Better use of Recruitment Hotline and Website Positive Action for hard to reach groups Introduction of up front development for potential candidates Working with FBU regarding Life Long Learning Programme Creation of LFR Recruitment Video

18. RDS Cover 120 hrs (5 days @ 24 hrs)- 187 < 120 hrs 90 hrs (5 days @18 hrs)- 265 60 hrs (5 days @12 hrs)- 121 <12 hrs- 8 2 hrs training per week Representative workforce Community representation 51 female firefighters 6.61% 10.4% wholetime and 5% RDS 0.9% ethnic employees (1.3% County) 4 Eastern European

19. Where We Go Next RDS Project –Employer Recognition –RDS Retention and Development –RDS Working Patterns and Remuneration