Watch Commander OTDL Breathing Apparatus Instructor

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.

The WMFS Operational Training and Development Function are pleased to be recruiting for high performing self-motivated and committed Watch Commanders who possesses strong leadership skills with the ability to manage motivate and develop teams and individuals instilling a sense of pride and professionalism in all that they do.

You will need an excellent understanding of the organisational strategy. You will be expected to support and positively promote the strategy of the organisation both internally and externally and have a good understanding of how OT&D operates alongside The Strategy.

Applications are invited from high performing competent Watch Commanders or Crew Commanders who have been working towards the appropriate development pathway. You will need all of the following Breathing Apparatus specific skills (BAi FBTi PPVi). These skills are essential to the role and priority will be given to applicants who hold all three.External applicants must be serving in wholetime positions and eligible to enter a selection process to Watch Commander.

The four positions will be permanent: two Watch Commander B roles and two Watch Commander A.

This will be a full selection process that will run independently of any brigade-wide processes.

These positions attract an additional payment to support the flexible approach required for delivering operational training.

Each applicant must hold a current UK driving licence and be willing to work at various locations across the service area. They will need to be flexible in their work pattern to support service requirements when needed. There will be a requirement to carry out 22 resilience shifts per year.

The BA team are highly motivated and driven to support learning and development across the organisation assisting all to achieve excellence in everything they do. Applicants will need a good understanding of a coaching and mentoring approach to learning and development helping individuals and teams to maximise their potential.

Assessing and teaching qualifications will need to be gained for this role so if candidates already hold these qualifications or are working to achieve these qualifications it will support the application.

An ability to connect with people across all levels of the organisation and foster solid relationships based on core values is essential. The successful candidate will have strong leadership skills.

This is an exciting and challenging role that requires the highest levels of commitment and motivation. WMFS prides itself on the realistic BA training it provides to our firefighters and we are always seeking new and innovative methods to support training and development.

This role requires the highest levels of commitment to delivering BA training and assessments to our trainees and operational firefighters in support of our recently introduced OTDM training model.

Successful applicants will be expected to remain in this post for a minimum of two years.

Please answer the selection questions in this application. Following the initial sift applicants will be invited for interview/further assessments. You will be asked to supply certificates/evidence of relevant qualifications.

Questions

If you have any questions about the role or would like an informal discussion please contact Neil Baker onor by email