Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service

Role:     Group Manager B (GMB)
Salary:  Development      £ 53,801
Competent          £ 59,642

Plus 20% Flexible Duty System allowance and essential car user allowance.

The aim of this process is to identify a number of candidates who will be placed in a pool for up to 12-18 months to fill any future permanent or temporary GMB vacancies.

About Us

Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service are seeking to appoint ambitious and forward-thinking individuals, to the role of Group Manager (B).

Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service is a metropolitan Service that operates across the North East of England covering five local authority areas and a diverse population of around 1.1 million citizens. Operating out of 17 fire stations, the Service works closely with partners and the community and has a proud record of investment in its workforce, safety and welfare. The service is investing in resources and people and our proposals in our draft 2021-2024 IRMP clearly signal the investment in front line service delivery to communities.

The Service values and respects the diversity of its employees, and aims to recruit a workforce that represents the communities we serve. We welcome and encourage applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity.

About the role

The role of Group Manager (B) is an integral part of the Service’s Senior Leadership Team and ensures the provision of a professional, inclusive, innovative and effective Fire and Rescue service in accordance with all statutory and legal duties. You will need to be operationally and sector competent as the role carries a responsibility to deploy to operational incidents.

Operating in the context of a Fire and Rescue Service will naturally bring challenges as well as opportunities to really make a positive difference to the lives of your colleagues and the communities that we serve. To do this it will be critical for us to see how you have demonstrated effective leadership to deliver transformational change, underpinned as a minimum with competency in Level 2 Incident Command.

Closing date for applications is Friday 17th November 2023 at 12 noon

Eligibility Criteria

To apply for this role, you must:

Be operationally Competent and

–       Be a substantive Station Manager (Competent) in a local authority FRS and hold a current level 2 Incident Command Validation
–       Or a Group Manager and hold a level 3 Incident Command Validation

*A Level 4 Skills for Justice Incident Command Qualification is also desirable.

About the Selection Process

Set out below are the key dates relating to this selection process:

Stage Timeline

Advert closes – Friday 17th November 2023 at 12 noon
Notification of shortlist – W/C 20th November 2023
Incident Command Level 3 Assessment of Potential – W/C 27th November 2023
Assessment activities: i3 Profiling – W/C 4th December 2023
Onsite assessment activities: Presentation, Interview and Staff panel – W/C 11th December 2023
Please note the dates detailed may be subject to change.

Interested in applying?

Further details can be found in the accompanying job description and person specification. Please complete the online core application and submit the application form as your supporting statement.

More information about our Service can be found by visiting www.twfire.gov.uk and our various social media channels.

This is an opportunity to exercise real influence over the future of our Service and informal contact can be made to discuss this role with an Area Manager, please email: Exec.Support@twfire.gov.uk and we will get back to you with a date and time if this would be of interest.

Thank you and good luck!

Benefits:

Salary:  £47,573 – £52,663 per annum (pay award pending), Grade 7

Hours: Full time – 37 hours per week

Location – Service Headquarters, Calcot, Reading

Excellent annual leave allowance of 30 days, flexible working hour’s onsite gym, hybrid working, parking facilities and a Local Government Pension Scheme are available

Are you interested in leading our procurement function?

Do you have skills to motivate colleagues and engage with internal and external stakeholders?

As part of the Procurement team reporting to the Deputy Head of Finance and Procurement, the Procurement Manager is a key member of the Procurement function at Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service (RBFRS).

This role offers a great opportunity to make a difference in an evolving public service environment and in an organisation with a reputation for excellence, who invest in their employees continuing development and offer flexible working arrangements to help you achieve a good work-life balance

About you:

You must be an individual who can lead our procurement function, manage internal and external stakeholders, have excellent negotiations skills and have excellent commercial awareness with the ability to build effective solutions.

The key focus of this role is:

• Responsible for the procurement of key capital and services projects, ensuring they deliver value for money and are procured in a compliant and efficient manner.
• Deliver key procurement activities linked to RBFRS’s strategic priorities and ensure they are in line with the NFCC Service Improvement Programme.
• Ensure that tendering, negotiation and contract award requirements are complied with in accordance with current legislation and Authority Contract Regulations.
• Lead on the provision of information to meet statutory and legislative external needs and to meet internal reporting requirements.
• Advise on opportunities to deliver any process changes through working with key stakeholders ensuring that all advice is supported by robust analysis of options that will deliver value for money.
• Maintain oversight of all the projects within the programmes to ensure that interdependencies between projects are identified and managed.
• Maintain high levels of performance and continuous learning across the team, driving delivery of outcomes including achieving savings and efficiencies.

Key role requirements (knowledge, skills and experience):

• Extensive knowledge of public sector procurement (this can be through working in the Fire, Police, local government, or University sector), working knowledge of PCR15 and willingness to learns and adopt new legislation and improve outcomes and ensure compliance.
• Extensive knowledge of public sector procurement and contract regulations
• Extensive experience of designing and leading tenders across a diverse range of different spend categories within the public sector
• Experience of delivering improved value for money through effective contract management and procurement design
• Experience of managing and advising of key contract management issues, negotiating contract terms
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills and ability to identify solutions to support customers.
• Ability to work at pace with conflicting priorities
• Understanding of social value and including how to embed through procurement to achieve objectives.

Application and selection process

The successful candidate will demonstrate and promote behaviours in line with the Job Profile/Person Specification and our Behaviour Competency Framework as attached.

The Behavioural Competency Framework allows us to easily identify the behaviours that drive successful performance and enables us to deliver an effective service. The behaviours detailed within the job profile will be assessed throughout the selection process.

The application for this position will include a completed application form and submission of an up to date CV.

If you are interested in applying for this position click Apply Now.

Please see the link to the Job Profile/Person Specification.

Appointment is conditional upon undertaking a Standard Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check,

Rechecks will be required in line with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and Recruitment of Ex-Offenders Statement.

For further details about the role or to simply discuss any adaptations or adjustments we can make to assist you in your application or with our recruitment process please contact Irene Kema Onyeri, Deputy Head of Finance and Procurement at kemai@rbfrs.co.uk to arrange an informal discussion.

Please note we do not accept applications via Agencies or CV’s without an accompanying application form.

Closing date for applications is 24 November 2023

It is anticipated that the assessment/interview process will run week commencing – Early December 2023

Anticipated start date:  January/ February 2024.

Please note that 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.

Please view our privacy notice via this link Applicant Privacy Statement.

Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service values your individuality, your diversity and your dignity.  All are welcome here. Inclusion, diversity and equality are principles which guide our decisions and will be visible throughout the Service, and we will continually work to improve in these areas.

We are committed to creating an inclusive culture of dignity and trust where everyone feels safe and comfortable to bring their whole self to work.

Simply: The communities we serve are varied and diverse, we should be too.

Applications are welcome for job-share or part time arrangements please enquire on application.

All applications are considered on merit alone. We are a Disability Confident Leader – if you meet the essential criteria of the role, you will be guaranteed an interview if you choose to opt into the Disability Confident Scheme (formerly known as the Guaranteed Interview Scheme).

To find out more: https://www.rbfrs.co.uk/your-service/about-us/equality-diversity-and-inclusion/

Closing Date: 9 November 2023 at Midnight

Salary: National Living Wage (£20,103 per annum)

Fulltime, 37-hour week

2 year apprenticeship

Earn while you learn. Join our apprenticeship programme as a Fire Safety Business Engagement Apprentice.

About Us

Buckinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service serves a population of more than 800,000 in the Southeast of England. Around 400 firefighters operate from 19 fire stations from the outskirts of London to the South Midlands. We employ around 100 specialist support staff, from ICT to fire prevention.

We are a diverse, welcoming community – will you join us?

Find out more about us and our values at www.bucksfire.gov.uk/join-us/

Our Service is only as good as its people. When our employees are engaged and supported, our Service thrives. This why we support flexible and hybrid working.

About the role

This apprenticeship will give you hands-on experience, bringing out the best in you. With real responsibilities, real challenges, real projects and scope to grow your career. The work is fast paced, reactive, challenging and fun!

You will be responsible for:

·         Supporting the team to raise awareness of fire safety in the business community including reviewing website content

·         Gathering risk information about premises that may present hazards to firefighters

·         Retrieving, updating and acting upon information from the services Premises Risk Management System

·         Visiting businesses to review of potential hazards

·         Answering customer service questions from the business community.

·         Escalating concerns to Fire Safety Inspectors

About You

You must be:

A team player with great communications skills
Someone with a can do attitude that uses their own initiative
A great communicator who puts the customer at the heart of everything they do
Someone who is organised with a willingness to learn
Confident in the way you engage with both colleagues and the public
Able to write confidently
·         Able to remain in control of own emotions during challenging situations

·         Inquisitive in your approach to work with great attention to detail.

Experience and qualifications required 

To be able to apply for the apprenticeship you will need to have:

·         GCSEs in Maths and English A* – C/4-9 (or equivalent)

·         Full Driving License

Experience

·         Computer literacy familiarity with Microsoft Office

·         Working in a team to achieve targets or desired goals

·         Customer service and dealing with challenging situations

·         Understanding of equality, diversity and inclusion and the importance of treating individually fairly and ethically

·         Understand the importance of identifying risks

Anything else you need to know

SJF Level 3 Certificate in Fire Safety (Fire Auditor)

We will also support you in obtaining a Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) certification.

What certification will you achieve?

SJF Level 3 Certificate in Fire Safety (Fire Auditor)

We will also support you in obtaining a Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) certification.

How you will be assessed during your apprenticeship?

Assessments include:

Formal external courses and examinations
On the job observations
Evidence of your duties/tasks performed
Reports from mentors and managers
Production of an e-portfolio of evidence
End point assessment

What happens after the apprenticeship?

At the end of the apprenticeship scheme, we will work closely with you to identify the next steps.

If available applying for a Permanent position
Opportunities for further education
Equal opportunity employer

Applications from people of any colour, race, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, marital status or disability are welcome.

Everyone who works us is required to have a DBS check. If you have any queries or concerns regarding this, please contact HR@bucksfire.gov.uk

Abatement & Protected Pension 

If are in receipt of a Firefighter’s pension, before taking up employment with Buckinghamshire & Milton Keynes Fire Authority you are required to notify Human Resources as Abatement Rules may apply.

How to apply

If there are any adaptions or adjustments, we can make to help you in your application, or with our recruitment process, please contact us via e-mail or telephone.

For further information about the role please review the job description.

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The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service would like to invite applications for the post of Business Architecture, Analysis & Continuous Service Improvement Manager based at a location that is flexible across Scotland, on a permanent basis, working 35 hours per week.

This is a full-time post however applications from individuals seeking to work on a part time, job share, or flexible working basis would be considered.

The Business Architecture, Analysis and Continuous Service Improvement Manager is responsible for providing analytical capabilities in support of SFRS’ strategic portfolio of change.
The Business Architect is responsible for taking a lead role in the transformation of SFRS and ensuring critical deliverables, such as business capability models, business capabilities, and value streams, are developed and implemented.

The Business Architect interprets and develops the strategy for the operational needs of SFRS and designs an effective architecture for business process management. The architect fleshes out business capability maps and value streams to link strategy and execution and helps reorganise and restructure the IT enablement process.
The business architect’s responsibilities include direct line management of the Strategic Business Analysis and Continuous Service Improvement teams as well as synergising with other disciplines to achieve enterprise objectives. This includes binding business architecture with other aspects of the organisation such as strategy development, business analysis, process improvement and technology roadmaps.

The main responsibilities of the Business Architect are: assume line management and responsibility for the Business Analysis and Continuous Service Improvement teams and their outputs, spanning a significant number of complex and inter-dependent, organisational wide programmes, projects and continuous improvement initiatives, develop and deliver the Business Architecture, Analysis and Improvement strategy, ensuring that there are clear links between the organisational strategy and the strategic portfolio delivery plan by identifying opportunities to initiate and deliver change in accordance with the organisation’s strategic roadmap.  Lead the Business Analysts and Continuous Improvement experts in analysing and identifying strategic and operational opportunities for efficiencies and improvements, developing business requirements and specifying effective business processes changes, through improvements in technology, systems, data & MI, operating procedures and aspects of wider organisation change. Translate to senior management technical complexities and identify potential solutions which drive benefit at the earliest opportunity.

Bring together research, design, business and technology that helps the SFRS work with the public to design services that meet their needs, wants and expectations, support the organisation in designing and delivering its future end-state and organisational blueprint.  Provide significant contribution into the development of the strategic roadmap for change by analysing the current state and identifying opportunities for improvements and efficiencies and in cost and process.

Conduct horizon scanning activities to ensure alignment of proposed solutions with current/future industry standards and direction of travel.  Definition, implementation, and execution of the processes for the definition, maintenance, and conformance management of the Business Architecture.  Maintenance of the key Business Architecture deliverables.  Leading and managing the Business Analysis and Continuous Service Improvement team, ensuring that analysis services are deployed and managed effectively across the strategic portfolio. This will include (but not limited to) supporting development of business cases and benefits, impact assessments, requirements gathering and definition, coordinating and managing testing and process mapping and management.

Lead the deployment of Continuous service improvement including LEAN six sigma initiatives either locally within the service or as part of the strategic portfolio, and the establishment and maintenance of contacts within business units and information system programs to understand business processes and business drivers, business requirements, solutions strategies, alternatives, etc., being considered and/or implemented.

Business Architectural leadership in the resolutions of inter-program and inter-project issues, on-going publicity and communication of the Business Architecture both within the information systems community and the Business unit  Ongoing research and assessment of new technology for potential use within the Business unit, development of the Business Architecture, coordinating all Business Architecture activities across SFRS, developing and Coordinating Business Architecture Plans, auditing compliance within the Business Architecture standards.

Serving as an advisor to senior business management on business information integration strategies, working with stakeholders in strategy development, initiative delivery and solution selection to test and validate business context and insight, leading a group of stakeholders to identify and achieve organisational goals, addressing conflict where necessary and building consensus, ensuring alignment between discrete business areas and the overarching business objectives.

Using excellent communication skills and the ability to translate technical terminology and complex concepts into language your customers understand, developing tailored artefacts for your customers, to enable informed decision making, meeting the needs of all stakeholders. Shared understanding is valued over prescribed documentation.

Developing models to enable analysis of the business, the identification and articulation of business challenges and opportunities and the exploration of design options and their impact, using business capabilities that transcend functional and organisational boundaries to develop roadmaps to articulate the as-is and to-be state of the business and the transition between these in a value focussed manner.

Making strategic recommendations at Senior Leadership level and transformation roadmap planning, provide support in developing departmental budgets, provide support, advice and guidance in developing business cases and securing the appropriate levels of budgetary funding for change initiative and continuous improvement activities.

Essential criteria for this role would include Graduate calibre or equivalent work-based experience, at least 7 years of proven and demonstrable experience in Business Architecture, Business Analysis and Continuous Improvement, excellent attention to detail and able to produce high quality analytical outputs and presentations for senior stakeholders at all levels within and outside of SFRS, Certified professional standards such as TOGAF, BIZBOK or equivalent experience, Certification in LEAN Six-sigma or equivalent business improvement approach, demonstrable experience of leading teams, knowledge of Financial management, experienced in requirements elicitation and writing, experienced in workshop facilitation, experience of Agile Excellent communication and presentation skills, knowledge of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and the wider public sector and a wider experience and capability in technology-enabled rethinking and reengineering of business models.

Desirable criteria would be excellent problem-solving skills and knowledge of investigation techniques, excellent general business knowledge, excellent understanding of processing modelling and use of relevant tools (preferably BPMN2)

Full details of the role and our recruitment process can be found in the attached information pack.

Salary on appointment will normally be at the lower salary point, with progression subject to regular review – in line with the SFRS performance appraisal arrangements.  A higher salary placing will be considered in exceptional circumstances subject to experience demonstrated.

This post is also subject to the provision of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exclusions and Exemptions) Scotland Order 2013. Therefore, the successful candidate’s will be subject to a Standard Disclosure record check through Disclosure Scotland.

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service is an Equal Opportunities employer and encourage applications from all sectors of the community. In addition, we are committed to being a “Disability Confident Employer” and will ensure that all applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role are invited for interview.

If you would like to apply in a different format, please email SFRS.PODVacancies@firescotland.gov.uk.

Please note, a fully completed application form must be submitted as SFRS do not accept CVs in support of applications for employment.

Closing Date: 5 November 2023, at Midnight

Full-Time | Permanent Contract | 37-Hour Week | Local Government Pension Scheme | Good Annual Leave Entitlement | Employee Benefits | Employee Assistance Programme | Occupational Health | Free Onsite Parking | Onsite Gym Facilities

£33,468 up to £39,172 per year, dependent on experience and qualifications.

About Us
Buckinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service serves a population of more than 800,000 in the Southeast of England. Around 400 Firefighters operate from 19 Fire Stations, from the outskirts of London to the South Midlands. We employ around 100 specialist Support Staff, from ICT to Fire Prevention. Our vision is to make Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes one of the safest areas in England in which to live, work, and travel. We are a diverse, welcoming community – will you join us?

Find out more about us and our values by visiting our ‘About Us’ page.

Our Service is only as good as its people. When our employees are engaged and supported, our Service thrives. This is why we support flexible and hybrid working.

About the Role
You will undertake activities where the Fire Safety Order applies, carrying our fire safety audits, engaging with businesses and other non-domestic premises.

The role includes:

• Engaging with businesses and members of the public with reference to the Fire Safety Order
• Providing fire safety support and guidance to businesses, and, where necessary, undertake formal enforcement and legal action
• Responding to complaints and undertaking consultation work under Building Regulations, Licencing and the Housing Act
• Retrieving and updating electronic information from the Premises Risk Management system using a risk-based intervention programme
• Producing reports, letters, notices, and plans in accordance with Fire Safety Policies and Procedures

About You
We are looking for someone with good interpersonal skills, who is committed to improving business fire safety within Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes:

This is someone who is:

• Self-motivated, organised, and proactive
• Able to work on their own and as part of a team
• Committed to personal development
• Able to meet the high expectations of a representative of the Fire and Rescue Service and an enforcing Authority
• Confident in their approach to talking to the public, and writing reports
• Flexible and able to prioritise workloads

Qualifications and Experience

• Competency as a Business Fire Safety Inspector
• Computer literacy, and able to use IT applications
• Full, valid UK driving licence
• Experience of undertaking inspections of premises
• Experience of determining solutions to hazards and risks through inspection

Anything else you need to know…
The role requires a flexible approach to work and will include working evenings or at weekends. There is a 6-month probationary period for this role.

Please be aware that anyone who works for a Fire Authority and/or on a fire station are required to have a DBS check. The level of DBS check that each role requires will vary and be confirmed to you as part of the recruitment process. If you have any queries or concerns regarding this, please contact HR@bucksfire.gov.uk.

If there are any adaptions or adjustments that we can make to assist you in your application, or with our recruitment process, please contact us via e-mail or telephone.

For further information about the role, please review the job description.

We are an equal opportunity employer…
We are an equal opportunity employer. Applications from people of any colour, race, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, marital status or disability are welcome.