Job Title: On-Call Fire Fighter

Post requires candidate to be entitled for work: Yes 

DBS Check Level: Enhanced Both Lists

Salary Range: £4,959.43  to £7,609.27 

Contract Type: Permanent 

Full time/Part Time: Full Time 

Term Time only post: No 

Advert Closing Date: 27/09/2026 

Job Overview

Have you ever thought about becoming an On-Call Firefighter? Now’s your chance! We are recruiting both West and HQ On-Call Firefighters to serve our community and help make Jersey safer.

As part of our ongoing expansion and commitment to making Jersey safer, we are creating a Talent Pool for future recruitment opportunities:

  • On-Call Firefighters: recruitment planned for January 2027

 

Joining the Talent Pool gives you the chance to potentially secure a role within 12 months.

 

On-Call Firefighters

On-Call Firefighters typically have another primary employment but respond to emergencies when alerted via a paging app called Fire Service Rota (FSR). Responsibilities include:

  • Being available to respond to incidents 1 in every 4 days in St Helier, or alternate evenings in St Brelade (currently under review).
  • Handling a variety of emergencies, similar to full-time Firefighters.
  • Gaining valuable skills and earning additional income while supporting the community.

 

No prior experience is needed. We provide comprehensive training. What matters is enthusiasm, reliability, flexibility, teamwork, and the ability to respond safely and quickly when called. On-call shifts are tailored around your availability, and you may be called out two or three times per week for a few hours at a time.

Open Days and Taster Events

Come and experience what it’s like to be an On-Call Firefighter at one of our upcoming events.

They are:

 

Open Day at Western Fire Station

  • Thursday 17th September, 18:00 to 21:00
  • Saturday 19th September, 10:00 to 14:00

 

Have a Go Day at HQ Fire Station

  • Wednesday 23rd September, 18:00 to 21:00
  • Saturday 26th September, 10:00 to 14:00

 

 

Please see the links to the Fire Brochure's:

 

On-Call Firefighter Recruitment Pack

Employer's Imformation Pack

 

Find out more and confirm your attendance by emailing Mark Bailey-Walker, Station Commander, at M.BaileyWalker@gov.je.

After reading the above, if you think you’d like to be an On-Call Firefighter and you bring the right attitude and abilities, whoever you are and whatever your background and experiences, you are the right fit, and we want you to apply.


Jersey Public Service Careers

 

Across the Jersey Public Service, the scope of our work means our people enjoy a wide range of opportunities—working with recognised experts across teams, learning new skills, and developing their careers. We actively seek to recruit people from different backgrounds with diverse perspectives, creating a richer, more varied environment where you’re exposed to new ideas, new ways of thinking, and new opportunities to build an exciting and rewarding career.

 

To maintain the highest standards of public service, we have a rigorous screening process, to ensure candidates align with our values, skills, and professional requirements. This helps us create a trusted, capable workforce that can deliver excellence and safeguard our community.

 

For regulated activity roles (working with children and adults at risk of harm), an enhanced level of screening will be conducted to include enhanced DBS checks.

 

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