Operational Wholetime Crew Managers – Permanent and Temporary Vacancies
£35,747 per annum
Day Duty and Shift System (42 hours per week)
Various locations across the Service
Derbyshire Fire & Rescue Service is a high achieving, dynamic and forward thinking organisation. During this recruitment and selection process we will be looking for positive, talented and inspirational individuals who will be able to help shape and lead the organisation, ensuring that the level of service received by the people of Derbyshire continues to be of the highest standard.
Due to our workforce planning profile we will appoint successful candidates on an organisational needs basis. Appointable candidates may be appointed as appropriate up until the start of the next Crew Manager promotion process, normally undertaken annually.
These opportunities are open to anyone who is a current local authority substantive competent Wholetime or On-Call Firefighter looking for promotion or an existing Crew Manager looking to transfer.
Applicants must demonstrate the following:
- Evidence of displaying our values and striving to achieve our vision of Making Derbyshire Safer Together
- Describe your leadership skills and explain how you would utilise these as a Crew Manager in a watch environment to achieve positive performance outcomes.
- Detail of your personal commitment to development within the Service.
- For all posts – provide evidence of having achieved 2 IFE Level 3 Certificate units, including
o  Unit 2: Fire Operations (mandatory)
o  and either – Unit 1: Fire Engineering Science or Unit 3: Fire Safety
Further information is outlined in the Service Procedure – Institute of Fire Engineers (IFE) Examinations which can be found in the links at the end of the page.
Successful candidates that do not hold a Level 1 Incident Command Qualification will be required to undertake an initial 4-day course with assessment later in 2022. Appointments will only be offered upon successful completion of the Level 1 course.
DFRS require successful candidates to complete the Leadership Programme. Further information can be found in the links at the end of the page.
Appointable candidates will remain on a hold list until the next process, normally a period of 12 months.
Guidance on the Pension implications of undertaking a temporary role / promotion can be found by following the link below to FireView or by request from the Service Centre:
If you are an existing On-Call Employee with DFRS and are successful in gaining a Wholetime role, please note that the maximum number of hours On-Call cover you are able to provide is 60 hours per week. For further guidance, please refer to the Secondary Employment Policy and the Retained Flexible Contracts – Local Collective Agreement.
We offer family friendly policies, free car parking, health & wellbeing services, a discount scheme and eligibility to join the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme.
All successful candidates will be subject to the necessary security vetting and other relevant employment checks.
For roles based at Headquarters, Ripley or Joint Training Centre, Ripley – Police security vetting procedures at the appropriate level will be requested for the successful applicant. Please note that, due to the nature of security checks undertaken, applicants must have 3 years continuous residency in the UK up to the date of the application and Home Office approval for indefinite leave to remain within the UK.
Operational employees are responsible for their own fitness, health and wellbeing. Fitness will need to be maintained for the role to be undertaken safely. Specifically, the fitness requirements must be met as detailed in the DFRS Fitness Policy.
We are committed to equality and fairness at work, supporting and encouraging diversity through recruitment and the work we undertake.
The closing date for applications is midnight on Sunday 7 August 2022
Interviews will commence 12 September 2022 on various dates over 3 weeks.
If you would like further information about the Operational Wholetime Crew Manager role or require assistance with completing the application, please contact the Service Centre service-centre@derbys-fire.gov.uk.