Competent Wholetime Crew Manager Transfers

Salary: £43,104per annum

Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service are seeking Competent Crew Managers to transfer in a Wholetime Crew Managers capacity to join us in this challenging and highly rewarding career, within our progressive and supportive Service.  

The role of Crew Manager is to provide critical leadership to support the effective and efficient delivery of Services to the public.

Crew Managers ensure efficient management, leadership and training of Firefighters on their watch. Their responsibilities include the supervision and delivering of all operational services in relation to response functions and supervision and implementation of agreed prevention and protection activities.

Eligibility

To be eligible to apply you must be competent in the role of Crew Manager and working in the Wholetime duty systems of UK Fire and Rescue Services.

You will need to provide evidence of your competent status as part of the application process. Please see the attached Evidence of Operational Competence Guidance on what you will need to provide. This information must be submitted with your application prior to the deadline.

Applications are restricted to Competent Crew Managers who have successfully passed a Level 1 Initial Incident Command acquisition course and maintained their knowledge and skills, holding a valid qualification

ERD / LGV driving qualifications are desirable and may be taken into account in making final selection decisions.

If you are successful and accept a role within RBFRS, this will likely be in the East of our county. The Service will not support a transfer for 24 months following appointment.

Application and Selection Process

Our recruitment opens on Wednesday 21st January 2026 at 09:00 with the initial application stage closing on Sunday 8th February at 23:59.

You will be required to submit a supporting statement within your online application form, so please allow yourself time to complete this. Please complete your application before the deadline to avoid disappointment.

It is important you only apply once, as multiple applications will not be counted. If you make an error in your application please contact us, rather than applying again.

To apply, please access the online application at by clicking Apply now.

Please note we are only accepting applications via the web address published above. 

Therefore please do not sent any CVs or other application forms to Royal Berkshire Fire and Service as these will not be accepted. 

Successful candidates will be required to complete an Enhanced DBS (with Barred Child) check before starting in role.

Please find attached the Wholetime Crew Manager job profile, Supporting Statement Guidance, Evidence of Operational Competence Guidance and the anticipated timelines for each stage of the process, you can also find more information on our website rbfrs.co.uk.

Following appointment, the Transferee Conversion Course is anticipated to take place between 8th June – 26th June 2026 Subject to change (Monday to Friday only) with our Learning and Development team at our Training Centre. In order to apply you must be able to attend the full course on these dates.

All of the information required to apply is contained within this advert and supporting documents, however if you have any additional queries, please contact us via email at recruitment@rbfrs.co.uk.

Please note IT is your personal responsibility to check whether by applying/accepting this position it would result in any Annual Allowance implications. A breach in the Annual Allowance threshold could result in a Tax charge. Further information on Annual Allowance can be obtained from our Pensions team.