Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue Service – Area Manager Competent B

At Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue we are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace where all employees feel valued, respected, and empowered to contribute their unique perspectives. We believe that diversity in backgrounds, experiences, and ideas drives innovation and strengthens our ability to work together for safer communities.

Based at the joint Fire and Police Headquarters, Nettleham, you will work closely with councillors, colleagues from across Lincolnshire County Council and partner agencies to drive forward innovation and improvement.

Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue is actively engaged with and proud of its collaboration with Police and Ambulance Services as well as regional fire partners.

The role will be responsible for strategic planning, direction and guidance to ensure the Service’s vision, values and objectives are achieved.

About Us

Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue is driven by a clear purpose: Working together to keep our communities safer. This purpose is at the heart of everything we do and is the golden thread that runs through and drives every decision we take, investment we make, our plans and actions now and in the future.

About You

We are seeking an individual who has the tenacity, enthusiasm and passion required of a strategic leader in a modern fire and rescue service. The role requires sound knowledge and experience of fire and rescue service delivery, operational command at all levels, integrated risk management planning, business, financial and succession planning, performance and people management and partnership working.

You’ll need to be politically astute, experienced in partnership working and be able to evidence translating strategy into activity. We are looking for a natural leader who will demonstrate and bring to life our values-based culture.

We welcome applications from

• Substantive Area Managers or
• Substantive and fully competent Group Managers with a minimum of 12 months experience in role
• Applicants must be assessed as competent to operate as an ICL3 advanced incident commander, with proven relevant experience managing operational incidents at this level.
• Applicants must be able to demonstrate experience of operating effectively at strategic level, and have a track record of achievement.
   

In return for your experience, skills and qualities you will receive excellent support from the team and an opportunity to further develop.

If this sounds like your next career move, then please read through the full Job Description, to ensure that you can meet the required criteria and to help you complete the best application possible as well as the Candidate Recruitment Pack.

For an informal and in confidence discussion, prior to the application deadline, please contact Assistant Chief Fire Officer, Ryan Stacey on 07926 182934

Next Steps

Please submit a covering letter outlining what you can bring to this role and a CV using the Apply now button.

The assessment process will be undertaken in two stages; the first is scheduled to take place from 9th December – 11th December for the Career Progression Gateway, followed by interviews W/C 6th January. Only those who are successful in the first stage will be required to attend the final interview process.

The successful candidate must achieve successful Lincolnshire Police vetting at Level 3 and hold proof of SC clearance (or will be required to apply if not already SC Cleared) before starting employment. 

Be a part of our team and make South Wales safer by reducing risk.

South Wales Fire & Rescue Service are now recruiting for Wholetime Duty System (WDS) Watch Manager (A).

South Wales Fire and Rescue Service (SWFRS) is one of the largest, Fire and Rescue Services (FRS) in the UK, serving 1.6 million people across 10 Constituent Unitary Authorities stretching from Bridgend to Monmouth and from Cardiff Bay to the Brecon Beacons National Park.  SWFRS is committed to making our communities the safest places to live, work and visit, by focusing on community protection, attracting, and developing our people, making effective use of resources, whilst achieving organisational improvement.

The Service is currently seeking to appoint Wholetime Duty System (WDS) Watch Manager (A)’s who will demonstrate an enthusiastic and inclusive approach to the leadership of a watch or area of work, whilst upholding our Service’s values:

This post will provide successful candidates with the opportunity to enhance the culture and values of the Fire and Rescue Service through the provision of effective team leadership whilst also joining the organisation in contributing to its current culture change transformation.

TO APPLY:

Application forms should be completed online through our e-recruitment system, which can be accessed via our website: https://www.southwales-fire.gov.uk/working-with-us/latest-vacancies/. During the process applicants are encouraged to check all email folders for system generated updates.  If a paper version is required, please email: personnel@southwales-fire.gov.uk.

In addition to the online application, candidates should read the following eligibility and shortlisting criteria in full and respond in detail (on the template form provided) to the 5 shortlisting criteria.  Criteria 1 of this document outlines the eligibility criteria required for this role, whilst criteria 2-5 are taken directly from the National Fire Chiefs Council’s (NFCC) Leadership Framework and outlines those behaviours expected for “Leading others”.  Candidates should evidence their own involvement and experience of each of the criteria by providing a submission that outlines and evidences their competency and ability in each of the areas.  As this is a highly competitive process, only those applications which pass the sifting stage will be taken through to the interview stage of the process.

PLEASE NOTE: WE DO NOT ACCEPT CV’S AS PART OF THE APPLICATION PLEASE COMPLETE THE ONLINE APPLICATION IN FULL UPLOADING YOUR SHORTLISTING CRITERIA IN THE SUPPORTING EVIDENCE SECTION OF YOUR APPLICATION USING THE TEMPLATE PROVIDED.

Closing date – 12:00pm midday on Monday 28th October 2024

Interviews will be held week commencing 25/11/2024

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA:

Candidates must be able to evidence all of the following criteria:

1.    Competent and substantive Wholetime Duty System Crew Manager OR Wholetime Watch Manager employed in a UK local authority Fire and Rescue Service.

2.    Supervisory Technical Test Examination pass from South Wales Fire & Rescue Service (Papers 1&2 prior to 2023, Paper 1 from 2023 onwards). OR Institute of Fire Engineering (IFE) Level 3 Certificate in Fire Service Operations and Incident Command.
3.    IOSH Managing Safely qualification. OR willingness to gain IOSH qualification within 6 months upon appointment.

SHORTLISTING REQUIREMENTS:

Please outline in a Word document how you meet each of the following 5 shortlisting criteria areas in no more than 500 words for each criterion (2500 words total).

1.    Eligibility – Please outline how you meet the eligibility criteria requirements for this role.
2.    Personal Impact – Please evidence how you have demonstrated your organisation’s core values within the workplace.
3.    Outstanding Leadership – Please evidence an occasion/s where change has occurred which impacted you and your team and how you successfully managed the changes.
4.    Service Delivery – Please evidence how you have effectively led a team to meet the objectives and needs of an operational incident.
5.    Organisational Effectiveness – Please evidence how you have contributed to reducing risk within your community.

External candidates – Please note that appointments into this role are conditional upon undertaking an Enhanced with Barred List(s) Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Please be aware this check will pick up any spent and unspent convictions or cautions. Prior to any formal offers being made successful applicants will be required to undertake a Drug and Alcohol Test.

All documentation is available in both Welsh and English and we welcome communication in either language. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably. Candidates successful at the shortlisting stage will be given the opportunity to confirm their language preference for interviews and assessments (including paperwork, verbal introductions, and interview questions).  Arrangements will be confirmed following invitation to interview and may include Translation and/or Simultaneous Translation.

We believe in the true value of a diverse workforce and encourage applications from all sectors within the community.

Greater Manchester Fire & Rescue Service (GMFRS) are pleased to confirm that the Watch Manager application window is now live and welcoming applications from external competent Crew Managers, who are looking to take the next step in their career and competent Watch Managers wanting to transfer to GMFRS.

Essential

• Demonstrable competence as a permanent Crew or Watch
• Manager within a UK Fire and Rescue Service
• Currently not under any live sanctions, capability, performance, or disciplinary procedures
• Proof of UK Fire and Rescue Service contract and up to date training records
• Willingness and ability to be posted to and work from any location within the Greater Manchester boundary
• Driving license with access to own vehicle

Desirable

• IFE Level 3 Certificates in Fire Service Operations, Incident Command & Fire Safety
• Started a development portfolio
• Accessed any leadership development activities
• Attended any Incident Command Support sessions or development days
• Booked yourself onto any Leading Others or similar programme
• SFJ Level 3 Qualification

Greater Manchester Fire & Rescue Service (GMFRS) are pleased to confirm that the Crew Manager application window is now live and welcoming applications from external competent Firefighters, who are looking to take the next step in their career and competent Crew Managers wanting to transfer to GMFRS.

Essential

• Demonstrable competence as a permanent Wholetime
• Firefighter or Crew Manager within a UK Fire and Rescue Service
• Currently not under any live sanctions, capability, performance, or disciplinary procedures
• Proof of UK Fire and Rescue Service contract and up to date training records
• Willingness and ability to be posted to and work from any location within the Greater Manchester boundary
• Driving license with access to own vehicle

Desirable

• IFE Level 3 Certificates in Fire Service Operations, Incident Command & Fire Safety
• Started a development portfolio
• Accessed any leadership development activities
• Attended any Incident Command Support sessions or development days
• Booked yourself onto any Leading Others or similar programme

Job Title: Workshop Vehicle and Equipment Stores Assistant  

Contract: Permanent   

Working Hours: 37 per week  

Salary:  £23,893 – £25,545 per annum   

Location: Fleet Workshops – Lexden. Proposed move to Boreham in 3 years   

Closing Date: 23rd October 2024 

The Role (Role Profile) 

We have a vacancy for a Workshop Vehicle and Equipment Stores Assistant. The successful applicant will have experience of providing a first-class service to Technicians, ordering parts, building up relations with suppliers and the tenacity to research parts to obtain best value. You will have experience of a Fleet management system, with experience of receiving parts, placing orders, auto parts reorder, maintaining stock levels and stock taking being essential. You will have responsibility for keeping the stores tidy and ensuring compliance with the policies of the organisation, examples include, Health & Safety (including COSHH), Quality Management and KPI’s.   

ECFRS collaborate with public sector partners including East of England Ambulance Service, we provide Repair and Maintenance of Front-Line ambulances, HART specialist vehicles and response cars, there is also a requirement to support the provision of parts for these vehicles.  

Fleet Workshops provides Essex County Fire & Rescue Service with in-house asset maintenance for all its vehicles and equipment. The fleet consists of some 350 vehicles that range from small car and car derived vans to fire appliances and specialist vehicles. The service provision goes beyond general maintenance, taking account of the specialism that is required for fire, prevention, protection and response.  

What Are We Looking For?  

This role reports to the Stores Supervisor so good communication skills and a team ethic are key.   

The Stores is a busy, key department to the maintenance provision for ECFRS and partners, you must be able to multi-task and still maintain efficiency, accuracy and curtesy in everything you do.  

Eligibility 

Not be subject to any current live disciplinary or performance warnings, nor be subject to any informal management for reasons of conduct or performance.  
How to apply   

Internal candidates in either the development or resource pool –   

If you meet the essential criteria listed above, you should express an interest for the role by clicking Apply in Cornerstone (recruitment portal).  

Internal candidates who are not in either the development or resource pool –   

You are required to submit a supporting statement of no more than 750 words detailing how you meet the essential criteria for the role via Cornerstone (recruitment portal). It is important that you provide as much evidence as possible as to how you meet the essential criteria of the person specification as this statement will be used to shortlist your application. Please ensure you have uploaded the supporting statement before clicking Apply.  

External candidates  

You will be required to submit a supporting statement of no more than 750 words that demonstrates how you meet the essential criteria of the Person Specification. You may submit this either as a word document, pdf, or an mp3 (voice note) or mp4 (video), however the word count must not exceed 750 words no matter which format you choose to present your application.   

You may attach separate documents (such as qualifications, or a CV) should you wish. Your additional documents will be referred to in shortlisting to confirm eligibility (e.g., your current role and any existing qualifications).  

Assessment and selection:   

The assessment and selection approach will be:  

Role specific panel interview.   

Our Culture and Benefits  

Here at Essex County Fire and Rescue Service we are committed to prioritising and promoting the wellbeing of our employees.   

You can find out more about our benefits at https://www.essex-fire.gov.uk/recruitment/benefits  

Disability Confident  

We are an equal opportunities, Disability Confident, employer who welcomes applications from everyone and values diversity in our workplace. A commitment to promoting diversity and developing a work environment where all staff are treated with dignity and respect is central to our recruitment process and all applications will be considered solely on merit.  

As part of our offer to support all our candidates to perform to the best of their abilities during our recruitment and selection processes and we would like to let you know about a couple of support options you can access, should you wish to, including our employee forums, who are keen and willing to support all of our potential colleagues.   

Our employee forums and partners include:   

Asian Fire Services Association (AFSA), BEING (our LGBTQ+ employee support network), Christian Fellowship, Ethnic Minority Forum, Men’s Forum, and our Women’s Forum. In addition, we also have a female firefighters operational group.   

Further to the above, the Service has a Digital Accessibility Inclusion Group (DAIG) that supports all colleagues to improve their digital skills and provides additional support and guidance to colleagues with neurodivergent strengths and struggles as a result of dyslexia, ADHD, Autism, dyspraxia etc. We want everyone to thrive at work, and so we encourage and enable people to access digital tools to help them perform at your best. The DAIG is a group of colleagues from across the Service that unite to support others as a result of their lived experience and desire to make a difference. They support people with a range of visible and invisible disabilities to identify and access digital workplace adjustments and solutions and may be able to assist with your application too.   

Should you wish to discuss support, or access further information, from one of these groups, please contact Equality.Diversity@essex-fire.gov.uk   

You are also able to raise any queries or requests for support, including any adjustments you may require, at any stage of the process by email to recruitment@essex-fire.gov.uk  

You can find out more about Essex County Fire & Rescue Service via www.essex-fire.gov.uk and about our vacancies and application processes via https://join.essex-fire.gov.uk    

Safeguarding  

Essex Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Fire and Rescue Authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.  
   
It is our policy to require all applicants for employment to disclose if you are currently being investigated by any regulatory body or have any decisions or sanctions pending or in progress in respect of your suitability to work for the Service.  
   
You agree to inform the Service within 24 hours if you are subsequently investigated by any agency or organisation in relation to concerns about your behaviour towards children, young people or vulnerable adults.  

The information you provide will be treated as strictly confidential and will be considered only in relation to the appointment for which you are applying.  

This role will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check  

Temporary Assistant Chief Fire Officer (ACFO)

South Wales Fire and Rescue Service (SWFRS) is one of the largest Fire and Rescue Services (FRS) in the UK, serving 1.6 million people across 10 Constituent Unitary Authorities stretching from Bridgend to Monmouth and from Cardiff Bay to the Brecon Beacons National Park.

We are looking to appoint a temporary Assistant Chief Fire Officer who will be part of a new exciting Executive Leadership Team providing support to the Chief Fire Officer.  The successful candidate will drive forward the work on transformational change, both culturally and operationally.

Eligibility:

Applications are invited from substantive and competent Area Managers and existing substantive and competent Assistant Chief Fire Officers.

Duration:

The duration of the temporary role is for an initial period of up to 12 months (with a review after the first 6 months), but may extend beyond this timeframe, depending upon business need.

Salary/Benefits:

£130,996 per annum (Gold Book pay arrangements).

Access to Service lease car scheme and Firefighter Pension scheme.

Hours of Work/Availability:

Hours of work will be in accordance with the Service’s Gold Command Rota Duty System (Continuous Duty). The successful candidate will be required to work unsocial hours. The circumstances and the working arrangements are likely to involve extended periods of availability outside of normal office hours.

Location:

Fire Service Headquarters, Forest View Business Park, Llantrisant, CF72 8LX or any other of the Service’s locations. This job involves travel throughout the Service area, Wales and other locations. The successful applicants must be able to travel.

Applications:

Candidates are required to apply online through our e-recruitment system, which can be accessed via our website: https://www.southwales-fire.gov.uk/working-with-us/latest-vacancies/. During the process applicants are encouraged to check all email folders for system generated updates.  If a paper version is required, please email: personnel@southwales-fire.gov.uk.

Applicants are also required to submit the following to the supporting evidence section of the online application:

1.       A tailored and current CV setting out your work history, responsibilities and achievements as they relate to the role.

2.       A supporting document which sets out your answers (in no more than 500 words per answer) to the following two questions:

a) Why you feel you are a good fit for the role.

b) What specific qualities you will bring to support the Service in achieving the culture and organisational transformation and change that it is seeking.

Closing date for applications
09:00am Friday 25th October 2024
Interviews
w/c 28th October 2024

Job Description

The following job description refers to the main purpose and responsibilities of the post.  It does not necessarily list in detail all the tasks required to carry out these responsibilities.  This job description will be reviewed as and when necessary to ensure that it meets the Service’s business requirements.

General Duties:

1.       To maintain availability for strategic operational command purposes as required by the Gold Command rota and respond to operational incidents in line with Service policies and procedures.

2.       To ensure the effective management of the Service as a member of the Executive Leadership Team.

3.       In line with Service policies and operational priorities, to convene, attend (Chair as appropriate) Business Continuity Management team meetings for the purpose of resolving any potential or actual strategic interruption to key Service functions.

4.       Ensure the effective corporate governance of the Service through compliance with the Service’s systems of Corporate Governance, primary strategies/ policies and relevant regulatory responsibilities, ensuring efficiency and effectiveness.

5.       To ensure management systems are in place for the effective and efficient administration of:

•         Service resources and budgets

•         Quality of service delivery

•         The discharging of the Service’s legislative duties

•         Working relationships and partnerships with other emergency services and agencies that will enhance the performance of the Service

•         Staff competence, development, capacity and conduct

•         Health, safety and welfare of responsibilities

•         Consider the environmental impacts of Service activities

•         Equalities and workforce diversity

•         Welsh Language Scheme requirements

6.       To attain and maintain personal competence in respect of role map functions and any relevant or designated professional qualifications requirements.

7.       To act as a role model by providing effective/positive leadership at all times.

8.       To act in accordance with the Service’s policies, procedures and staff code of conduct.

9.       To represent the Service on relevant forums, bodies and committees.

10.      To ensure effective communications are maintained with key Service stakeholders through the provision of appropriate reports, consultation documents, general updates and publications.

11.      To discharge such other duties as may from time to time be required by the Chief Fire Officer.

12.      To work in partnership with accredited representative bodies of staff, including chairing relevant committees as necessary.

13.      To prepare and present reports to the Board of Commissioners and any of its committees, as required by the Chief Fire Officer.

14.      To serve on such regional and national committees as may be agreed with the Chief Fire Officer and the Commissioners for South Wales Fire and Rescue Service.

External candidates – Please note that appointments into this role are conditional upon undertaking an Enhanced with Barred List(s) Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Please be aware this check will pick up any spent and unspent convictions or cautions. Prior to any formal offers being made successful applicants will be required to undertake a Drug and Alcohol Test.