Job Profile
Assistant Chief Fire Officer, Gloucestershire Fire & Rescue Service
The Fire & Rescue Service is a core department and delivers a wider role within Gloucestershire County Council and, as a result, offers a breadth of responsibilities and opportunities for an Assistant Chief Fire Officer. This extends to functions which include Community Safety, Civil Protection, Trading Standards, Coroners Service and other relevant functions across the County Council, all of which ensure that we prevent harm to our communities, whilst achieving value for money and high-quality customer service.
Assistant Chief Fire Officer GFRS operates within a shared services model and this role includes the effective management of business-to-business relationships for HR, Finance, Procurement, Communications and Organisational Development. Working as a key member of the Council’s Leadership Team you will be accountable for ensuring professional standards are met. This will be achieved by:
Undertaking the role of Commanding Principal Officer at gold command level at major incidents when required and attending fires or other incidents as required (transitional development training will be provided for a successful candidate who is not currently from a FRS background)
Role modelling and promoting the County Council’s vision, values and priorities effectively to staff, partners and the public
Creating an efficient and effective organisation where people are proud to work
Representing the County Council in the community and developing productive partnership working
Providing effective leadership, including :
Agreeing clear targets and driving organisational performance
Carrying out regular reviews of progress and taking positive action where necessary
Undertaking regular appraisal of key service managers
Identifying development needs and securing appropriate opportunities to manage talent and support succession planning through coaching, mentoring, GCC and partner leadership development pathways
Ensuring high standards of performance and tackling under-performance positively and effectively where necessary
Ensuring the operational assurance needs of the Service are met
Developing GFRS strategy, policies and business plans
Ensuring budgets are planned and controlled effectively and oversee the Medium-Term Financial Strategy
Assisting in the leading the modernisation of the Fire and Rescue Service, whilst strengthening its capacity and resilience
Taking responsibility for ensuring the implementation of transformation within GFRS
Carrying out the responsibilities devolved to the post in the Council’s Constitution and policies
Supporting the development of an employee engagement culture including positive relationships with representative bodies
A clear and strong focus on inclusion and driving the Service to become representative of our communities with a positive culture of respect and equality