Role type
Police Staff
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Contract duration
Permanent
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Contract type
Full Time
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Department
Commercial and Property Services
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Location
Northampton, Force Headquarters - NN4 0JQ
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Grade/scale
Staff - SO2
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Salary
£43,236
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Hours per week
37
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Closing date*
03/07/2026, 23:55
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- The hiring manager reserves the right to close the advert prior to the closing date, depending on the level of applications
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Job description
The best part about working in the team
You’ll be part of a highly skilled and collaborative Joint Transport and Logistics team supporting both Northamptonshire Police and Northamptonshire Fire & Rescue Service. Working alongside and Supervisor a team of experienced technicians, you’ll have exposure to an exceptionally diverse fleet—from frontline fire appliances to specialist equipment—giving you the opportunity to continually build and apply advanced technical expertise. The team operates with a strong sense of purpose, pride, and camaraderie, particularly when supporting emergency responses where every contribution truly counts to the public of Northamptonshire.
The work this team does makes a difference by
This team plays a critical role in keeping Front Line Vehicles operational across the county. By working alongside our in-house team and our external contractors in the delivery of maintaining and repairing vital vehicles and equipment to the highest safety and compliance standards, you will directly enable frontline officers to respond quickly and effectively to incidents. Whether it’s ensuring fire appliances or Operational Response vehicle's are ready for deployment, minimising downtime, or providing on-scene technical support, your work helps protect lives, property, and communities every single day.
The purpose of the role?
To supervise the motor vehicle technicians to provide a repair and maintenance function for Northamptonshire Fire & Rescue Service (NFRS) and Northamptonshire Police (NP), to include all frontline fire vehicles, specialist vehicles, support vehicles and associated technical equipment. Ensuring statutory regulations and best practise requirements are met so that two blue light emergency services can operate 24/7 365 days a year. It is therefore critical that any supervisors has experience in a minimum of (i) HGV or (ii) Lights vehicles and any additional experience in Motorcycles, plant equipment or equipment would also be advantageous.
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Why work for Us?
Northamptonshire Police, Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue and Northamptonshire Office of the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner are committed to delivering exceptional public services, our enabling services are committed to providing the very best support to our frontlines to do so. You will be playing your part in fighting crime and reducing fires with our roles within enabling services. Working across the services provides variety, job satisfaction and the chance to develop and challenge yourself, while improving the lives of others. If you want an opportunity with public service at its heart, in organisations that are on a journey to be outstanding, then join us.
Equality, diversity, and inclusion
We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion.
We are working hard to increase diversity and inclusion within the organisations where communities are under-represented, including those from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic communities, people of all ages, abilities, faiths, religions and gender, LGBTQ communities and those from other disadvantaged or marginalised backgrounds, who share our values and wish to make a difference to the communities we serve.
We are a Disability Confident Employer – We aim to achieve the highest level an organisation can achieve under the scheme run by the Department of Work and Pensions. If you meet the essential criteria for the role you can choose to share your disability if you would like to take part in our disability confident interview scheme.
All applications will be treated on merit, based on the evidence provided in your application and suitability for the role you have applied for.
Flexible working
All requests for flexible working patterns will be considered and will be dependent on the role.
Recruitment and Selection Policy
Internal applicants who are at risk of redundancy or in need of redeployment and pass the selection process, will be offered the role over the remaining internal and external applicants.
Internal applicants must have line manager support prior to proceeding with an application.
Please be aware that the Office of the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner, Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service and Northamptonshire Police are separate employers. Although vacancies are open to all, if you are successful, the change of employer will require a longer onboarding process and you will receive a new contract and payroll number. Service with either employer can be carried over as continuous service.
Police Barred and Advisory lists
Individuals placed on the Police Barred and Advisory lists will not be considered for employment for a minimum of 5 years from the date of listing in the case of gross misconduct, or 3 years from the date of listing in the case of poor performance.
Vetting and safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and operate safer recruitment processes, to ensure the organisations employees are proud to work for because they feel safe, valued and part of a happy and supportive work environment. All employees and volunteers therefore will be subject to background checks including vetting and references.
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Please note, you will require the following detail to complete this application form; NI Number, ID detail, address information, referee information, full employment history including dates and any qualifications you may have attained. You may also be requested to provide photos of any visible tattoos you have. The application system only remains active on a single page for a period of 60 minutes. Please therefore ensure you allow time to complete this fully as part complete pages will not be saved.
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