Defence Fire and Rescue Service, Station Manager, Fire Safety, Fire Risk Management Assurance

Job summary

The role of Defence Fire and Rescue (DFR) is to provide a central Departmental focus for all fire matters (outside of those responsibilities held by the Defence Safety Authority (DSA)). The Chief Fire Officer DFR is accountable to the Permanent Secretary for Defence (PS), via Director Support Air Command, for supporting Defence in its delivery of appropriate Fire Risk Management (FRM) that complied with statutory legislation and regulatory standards. As MoD's formal intelligent customer, and the Department's Senior Fire SMEs (Subject Matter Experts), DFR HQ is responsible for managing Defence's exposure to fire risk at the corporate level, ensuring that consistent and coherent advice on mitigating the business and capability risks posed by fire is available across the Department. DFR HQ is the focal point for all Departmental matters relating to FRM across the Defence, including on Defence Operations, and other synergistic activities which improve FRM and safety.

As the Station Manager (SM) Defence Fire Risk Management (FRM) Assurance Business Unit (BU) within the DFR HQ you are directly responsible to the Group Manager (GM) within the FRM BU for the delivery of Audit and Assurance (A&A) processes in accordance with DFR A&A policies and procedures.

This position is advertised at 42 hours per week.

Job description

Station Manager Fire Risk Management:

A detailed job description is attached to this advertisement.

Key responsibilities of the role include:

• Delivery of DFR 2LoD A&A of the processes to deliver legally compliant, suitable, and sufficient Fire Safety Risk Assessments (FRA) on the Defence estate to include:
• Liaise with TLB Safety Centers / Defence Organisations to review and evaluate the suitability and sufficiency of FRA delivery within their AoR, providing support, advice, and guidance.
• Carry out focused assurance activity, as directed, to determine the suitability and sufficiency of FRM provision, in line with legislative, regulatory and Defence Policy standards.
• Liaise with Strategic Partners / Service Delivery Providers delivering FRM on the Defence Estate to support standardisation of FRA provision, in line with legislative, regulatory and Defence Policy standards.
• Attend Fire Safety Working Groups and forums to:
• Carry out 2LoD A&A of internal / external service providers carrying out FRM activities across the Defence Estate.
• Support Defence Organisations in 2LoD A&A fire safety training delivered by external training providers to Defence personnel supporting FRM provision within Defence.
• Liaise with internal BUs monitoring the delivery of FRM across the Defence Estate.
• Support the GM within the BU in responding to information requests in support of 3LoD A&A regimes relating to FRM within Defence.
• Support delivery of the DFR 2LoD A&A processes for safety critical activities in line with DFR Safety, Environmental & Management systems (SEMs) and policy.
• Staff, through the chain of command, A&A outcomes which identify risk to life and / or risk to strategic capability as a matter of priority.
• Support DFR A&A management of information system(s) to analyse data, identify trends and opportunities for improving FRM within Defence.
• Work with assurance teams to ensure fire safety findings, risks, trends and lessons are considered alongside operational findings, where appropriate. This will provide a clear overall picture of how well assurance is working across Defence.
• Undertake A&A activities, produce reports and provide advice to customers and service providers in support of achieving and complying with audit recommendations.
• Provide support, advice and guidance regarding the DFR A&A policies, processes and procedures to internal and external stakeholders.
• Where required support DIO fire safety activities.
• Support activities within the BU where directed.
• Undertake and maintain the development required to meet role specific captured within DFR FRMA Development Pathway and Continuous Personal Development (CPD) and wider Defence mandated development requirements.
• Support the development of partnering and interoperability arrangements through involvement in National Fire & Rescue and Emergency Services Sector working groups.
• Report, through the chain of command, any developments affecting the provision of FRM and F&R response within Defence and escalate any disagreements with service providers through the chain of command.

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Person specification

Eligibility:

This is a uniformed Defence Fire and Rescue Service Station Manager post available to current competent Station Managers, current competent Watch Managers on promotion, or an individual who can demonstrate the correct Fire Service competencies, experience and evidence of operating as a substantive Watch Manager (or higher) in a UK Fire and Rescue Service (Military Equivalent – Sgt / PO).

Essential Skills:

• Full UK Driving Licence
• Incident Command Level 1 / Further Training 2.
• Fire Safety Level 4 Certificate.

In addition, applicants should note that, if not already completed, the following will be required to be undertaken following appointment to the post:

• Lead Auditor Course ISO 9001:2015
• Fire Safety Risk Assessor Level 4
• Fire Safety Risk Assessor Level 5
• Fire Safety Level 3 Fire Door Inspector
• Fire Safety Level 3 Passive Fire Protection / Compartmentation

Licences

Full UK driving licence

Evidence of licence will be required at interview

Qualifications

Essential:

Incident Command Level 1 / Further Training 2
Fire Safety Level 4 Certificate

In addition, applicants should note that, if not already completed, the following will be required to be undertaken following appointment to the post:

Lead Auditor Course ISO 9001:2015
Fire Safety Risk Assessor Level 4
Fire Safety Risk Assessor Level 5
Fire Safety Level 3 Fire Door Inspector
Fire Safety Level 3 Passive Fire Protection / Compartmentation

Evidence of qualification will be required at interview.
All qualifications declared must be held at point of application and if applicable be in date. Equivalent Qualifications will not be accepted.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Changing and Improving
• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £49,305, Ministry of Defence contributes £14,283 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

Alongside your salary £49,305, Ministry of Defence contributes £14,283 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.

• Uniform allowance.
• Learning and development tailored to the role.
• Inclusive and diverse working culture.
• Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension Scheme with an employer contribution of 28.97%.
• 25 days annual leave, rising to 30 days after five years' service.
• In addition to UK public holiday

Discover My Benefits:

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https://discovermybenefits.mod.gov.uk/civilian/

This post does not offer any assistance with Relocation Allowances.

Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

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Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

Selection process will comprise of the following:

The sift will be conducted on

• Curriculum Vitae - A CV will be required for this position, CVs must comply with the CV template provided on the CS Jobs dashboard, detailing job history, full qualifications previous experience and skills.
• Statement of Suitability - Candidates will be required to complete a Statement of Suitability of no more than 1000 words, explaining how they consider their personal skills, qualities, and experience provide evidence of suitability for the role, with particular reference to the essential criteria in the person specification.

Behaviours - Candidates will be required to submit evidence of no more than 250 words against the following behaviours.

• Communicating and Influencing
• Changing and Improving
• Working Together

The interview will be assessed on the following Behaviours:

• Communicating and Influencing
• Changing and Improving
• Working Together

Behaviours will be assessed at level 3.

Interviews for this post will take place in DFR HQ, Andover (date to be confirmed).

The Ministry of Defence adopts a zero-tolerance approach to unacceptable behaviours, which includes bullying, harassment, sexual harassment, discrimination, and victimisation. You will not be eligible and will not be considered for this post if you have been dismissed from a role for such unacceptable behaviours within the last five years. This will also apply if you resign or otherwise leave a role but, because of an adverse decision, would have been dismissed for gross misconduct had you continued in that employment. Pre-employment checks will be carried out.

As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points-based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. The role currently being advertised has not been assessed as business critical and is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected, and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.

The Ministry of Defence requires all candidates who are successful at interview to declare any outside interests. These declarations will be discussed with successful candidates following the interview process and before a formal offer of employment is made, as some outside interests may not be compatible with MOD civilian roles. This will not, in the majority of cases, prevent employment in MOD, but it is a measure that must be taken to ensure that appropriate mitigation’s can be put in place to manage any potential, perceived or actual conflicts of interest from the first day of employment.

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Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) criminal record check.Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Medical

Successful candidates will be expected to have a medical.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : DFR HQ FRMA Team
• Email : DFR-HQFRMAGroupMailbox@mod.gov.uk
• Telephone : 03033739022

Recruitment team

• Email : DBSCivPers-ResourcingTeam1@mod.gov.uk

Further information

Please see Further Information document attached.

Attachments

20260731-SM_Fire_Safety_FRM_Assurance_DFR_HQ_ToRs-O Opens in new window (doc, 213kB)Further Information - External Opens in new window (docx, 39kB)Ministry of Defence – Revised Terms and Conditions of Service (TACOS) Opens in new window (pdf, 298kB)How to Complete a CV Opens in new window (pdf, 104kB)