Deputy Chief Fire Officer
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Deputy Chief Fire Officer
Publish date: 17 March 2025
Closing date: 14th April 2025 at 12 noon
Salary: Please see recruitment pack
Overview
West Midlands Fire Service (WMFS) is the second largest fire and rescue service in England serving an area of 902km square and a population of over 2.9 million people.
Our vision is Making the West Midlands safer stronger and healthier.
This vision and the strategic goals outlined in Our Strategy are what drives the people professionalism and pride with which we serve our communities.
Are you ready for an exciting and rewarding opportunity to be a part of one of the countrys biggest and most progressive fire and rescue services
Following the recent appointment of our new Chief Fire Officer (CFO) WMFS is seeking a Deputy Chief Fire Officer to join our team.
As one of our Brigade Commanders you will support the strategic priorities of our service providing leadership vision and direction to support the CFO on all servicerelated matters. With an engaging personality you will be a strategic thinker with the ability to apply innovation and creativity to meet the challenges of a transformational fire and rescue service. The role will be challenging exciting and very rewarding providing the opportunity to demonstrate how you build workforce capacity and capability.
Reporting to the CFO you will be responsible for the safe and effective delivery of fire and rescue services to the communities of the West Midlands. Through your proven ability to lead you will support the CFO in the provision of strategic choices for West Midlands Fire and Rescue Authority to ensure that the service continues to be agile and adaptable to the cultural financial and operational challenges facing the sector.
Demonstrating excellence and commitment to continuous improvement you will display strategic level behaviours to an outstanding degree and have a proven track record of positively driving change. With a collaborative approach you will have significant commitment to our core values and principles. Excellent communication skills mean you will be comfortable engaging with a range of people adapting your style to meet the demands of your audience. Engaging effectively will come naturally to you be it with peers employees fire authority members trade union and representative bodies external agencies or partners.
You will provide an operational emergency response as part of the Principal Officer Group (Gold Command) including a national response on a locally agreed continuous duty system. You may be required to attend incidents as the Incident Commander as dictated by the WMFS Incident Command System or as WMFS Gold Commander at MultiAgency Gold level briefings or meetings at any location throughout the West Midlands.
Benefits
We offer a friendly working environment and benefits including:
flexible and agile working arrangements
free onsite gym facilities
free parking.
We also offer access to an inhouse occupational health facility including occupational health and fitness advisors sports therapists physiotherapists cognitive behavioural therapy practitioners and counsellors.
In addition employees have access to:
24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
wellbeing programmes
blue light discounts across many retailers through partner schemes
Sports and Welfare scheme (for a small fee) with access to discounted products and services.
Diversity
We welcome applications from all eligible candidates. However as women and Black and minority ethnic employees are currently underrepresented in our service we particularly encourage applications from these groups.
WMFS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children young people and adults. We expect the same of every staff member.
Successful candidates will be subject to necessary preemployment checks including where applicable relevant level Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check qualifications medical clearance identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.
How to apply
Applications are invited from existing competent Brigade Commanders (Deputy Chief Fire Officers and Assistant Chief Fire Officers) with substantial experience. Possession of Level 4 Incident Command is essential for our Brigade Commanders so you must be able to provide prior accredited evidence of an Incident Command assessment as part of this process.Applicants will take part in an assessed incident command exercise which will involve responding to an onscene incident where you will be required to assume command.
If you think you have got what it takes we would love to hear from you.
Questions
If you have any questions about the role or would like an informal discussion please contact Jo Simmonds:
Required Experience:
Chief
Employment Type
Full-Time
