Group Manager Control

Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service is a bold forward thinking Authority looking for highly motivated, innovative and talented individuals to shape our story, contributing to public service reform in order to save, protect and improve the lives of the people in Merseyside.

The Group Manager Control plays a pivotal leadership role in ensuring the effective delivery, performance and continuous improvement of the Fire Control function. The postholder provides direction, assurance and professional oversight to maintain a high quality emergency call handling and mobilising service that supports community safety and operational response.

Responsible for Fire Control and Time & Resource Management activities, crucial to the role will be your ability to lead collaborative approaches with partners in order to deliver an integrated and high performing service – ensuring operational resourcing is efficient and highly effective.

As Group Manager Control you will:

• Be expected to demonstrate exceptional leadership skills and the ability to inspire and maintain outstanding performance from others.
• Have a demonstrable ability to lead change in a complex and evolving environment.
• Have excellent communication skills and an ability to engage constructively with internal and external stakeholders.
• Have demonstrated high levels of ability with regard to the implementation and management of key projects.
• Model our values and behaviours; promoting a culture which embraces collaboration, inclusivity, high performance and wellbeing, and you will strive to make a real difference to the communities we serve.
• Be expected to determine the effective use of resources and support people to resolve operational incidents, in line with the Group Manager Control role map.

Interested?

Role eligibility is provided below and you can find out more about the role, our Service and the selection process in our Candidate Pack.

Eligibility
Candidates must be competent in the Station Manager Control (Leading the Function) role.

Candidates who are not currently employed by a Local Authority Fire & Rescue Service within the UK will not be eligible to apply.

Candidates who have a live/unspent disciplinary sanction or who are currently working under any capability (performance) related improvement note/plan will not be eligible to apply.