Job Description

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Reference number

403635
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Salary

56,178 - 58,477
A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
GBP
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Job grade

Other
Defence Fire & Rescue Service - Fire - Group Manager###

Contract type

Permanent###

Business area

MOD - Air - Defence Fire & Rescue Service###

Type of role

Other###

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time###

Number of jobs available

1

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Location About the job Benefits Things you need to know Apply and further information

Location

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Defence Fire & Rescue HQ, Marlborough Lines, Andover SP11 8HT

About the job

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Job summary

The role of the 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(PS) for Defence, 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 Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), Defence Fire & Rescue Headquarters (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 Group Manager Operational Development (OD) within the Operational Capability & Development (OC&D) Business Unit (BU), you are directly responsible to the Area Manager (AM) OD for supporting the delivery of procedures and processes necessary to support retained DFRS and DFRS Locally Employed Civilian (LEC) personnel. You are also responsible for the provision of procedural advice and guidance necessary to enable Service Providers to develop and implement proportionate F&R response capabilities which comply with legislative, regulatory and Defence requirements within the UK and overseas, to include deployed operations.


This position is advertised at 42 hours per week.

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Job description

Primary Responsibilities

Review of service delivery providers recommendations for operational F&R response procedures. Undertake regular review of policies, directives and operational instructions critical in providing the necessary direction to meet Defences posture for operational fire and rescue response within the UK and overseas. Provide advice and guidance in informing proportionate F&R response measures in support of overseas and deployed operational requirements. Monitor and review the Service Delivery Partners monthly performance against the agreed Key Performance Indicators as contained within the contract and report performance for Area of Responsibility (AOR) through the Performance Management Report (PMR) working group. Seek opportunities to establish robust professional relationships with Service Delivery Partners and stakeholders to foster effective partnering, open reporting and improved service delivery. Monitor the Service Providers delivery of service, undertake assessment against Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) and support the delivery of the DFR HQ FRM Audit & Assurance processes. Maintain an awareness of developments and good practice within the Aircraft Rescue & Fire Fighting (ARFF) and F&R Sectors and provide advice regarding minimum technical fire training standards required to support professional operational response and fire safety provision within Defence. Provide advice and guidance to Training Requirements Authorities regarding the fire training standards required for non-fire specialists operating within Defence. Collate, review and report trends in near miss and confirmed fire statistics within Defence. Through the review of Defence fire statistics and relevant statistics & lessons learned from external sources inform and review Defence policies, procedures and guidance in support of reducing preventable incidents and improving fire safety measures within Defence. Provide advice and guidance to the Standing Joint Commander (SJC) in support of Joint Defence Publication 02 operations. Maintain an up to date record for the transfer of critical hazard information to emergency responders likely to respond to incidents on the Defence estate. Inform and draft standards/policies/Guidance and amendments to standards/policies/Guidance for DFR Operations and Training. Inform and draft amendments to policies governing the life support and performance management requirements for retained fire professional Locally Employed Civilian's and DFRS personnel. Support the provision of selection, development and maintenance of skills requirements for retained DFRS personnel. Provide specialist technical support to trials conducted on Defence procedures, equipment and materials. Support the development of Credible Worst Case Scenarios for all Defence Aerodromes. Review ARFF response recommendations embedded within the service delivery providers Training Requirements Authority (TRAs). Provide information necessary to support service delivery providers to develop, implement and maintain a delivery model which fully complies with relevant legislative, regulatory and Defence requirements. Provision of specialist technical support to Defence departments pursuing procurement of fire related equipment. Provision of specialist technical support to Health and Safety investigations regarding F&R and/or ARFF related matters within Defence.

If you need to contact Defence Business Services (DBS) regarding this vacancy, please indicate that your vacancy is being handled by Resourcing Team 1. If you experience any technical difficulties with the CS Jobs system, please contact the Support Team at candidate@support.oleeo.com


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.

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Person specification

Eligibility - This is a uniformed Defence Fire and Rescue Service Group Manager post available to current competent Group Managers, current competent Station Managers on promotion or an individual who can demonstrate the correct competencies and experience for this role at Station Manager level (Military Equivalent - Flt Sgt/CPO/WO) or higher.


essential Criteria:

Full UK Drivers Licence.

Qualifications:


Must hold a minimum of the Station Manager Incident Management qualification or Further Training Level 3,


Desirable - Sound understanding of the Training in Defence (DSAT/JSP 822)

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Licences

Full UK Driving Licence###

Qualifications

Fire Service qualifications - qualified Group Managers, qualified Station Managers (Military Equivalent - Flt Sgt/CPO/WO)


Must hold a minimum of the Station Manager Incident Management qualification or Further Training Level 3,




Evidence of qualification will be required at interview.


All qualifications/licences declared must be held at point of application and if applicable be in date. Equivalent Qualifications will not be accepted unless stated above.###

Behaviours

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


Leadership Communicating and Influencing Delivering at Pace Seeing the Big Picture Working Together

We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:

Leadership Seeing the Big Picture Working Together

Benefits

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Alongside your salary of 56,178, Ministry of Defence contributes 16,274 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.Uniform Allowance Learning and development tailored to your role An environment with flexible working options A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97% 25 days annual leave rising to 30 days on completion of 5 years service In addition to UK Public Holidays per year, you will also receive a half day Maundy Thursday plus 1 day for the Sovereigns Birthday and 1 additional day at Christmas

Discover My Benefits:


Please follow the link to visit the Discover My Benefits site which showcases the benefits and discounts offered when working as a civilian for the MOD: 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.


Membership of an appropriate occupational or stakeholder pension scheme will be available. (For further details please see the Pensions Information on the website.) Also, a generous annual leave allowance and excellent training and development opportunities leading to possible advancement and promotion.

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Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles , and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.
This vacancy is using Success Profiles , and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.


Selection process will comprise of the following


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.


Behaviours - Candidates will be required to submit evidence of no more than 250 words against the selected behaviours. Behaviours Success profile assessment level SEO.


The sift will be conducted on the following behaviours: Leadership, Working Together and Seeing the Big Picture.


The interview will be conducted on the following behaviours: Communicating and Influencing, Delivering at Pace, Seeing the Big Picture. Along with your CV and personal statement.


When choosing your Behaviour examples, please make sure you use real life scenarios that relate to your own experiences. Whilst technology may help to enhance your written submission, presenting the ideas of others or those generated by technology, could result in your application being rejected.


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.


Interviews - Interviews for this post will take place in DFR HQ, Andover (date to be confirmed). Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview.


The successful candidate will be required to undertake a DFRS Operational Fitness Assessment (OFA) prior to employment and be subject to further assessments to confirm their fitness for duty and general well-being, in accordance with the DFRS medical standards.


Reserve List - Should the post become vacant again within a period 12 months, DFR may offer the position to a reserve candidate in accordance with the recorded assessment merit order.


This is a uniformed Defence Fire and Rescue Group Manager post available on level transfer to current (competent group managers), current (competent station managers) on promotion or an individual who can demonstrate the correct competencies and experience for this role.


MOD Recruitment Satisfaction Survey - we may contact you regarding your experience to help us improve our customer satisfaction. The survey is voluntary and anonymous. You may however be given the opportunity to provide additional information to help us improve our service which includes the collection of some personal data as defined by the United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR). The MOD Privacy Notice sets out how we will use your personal data and your rights.



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

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check .



See our vetting charter .
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) 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
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Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code 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 .
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 the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy .

Apply and further information

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Contact point for applicants

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Job contact :

Name : AM Chris Gordon Email : chris.gordon174@mod.gov.uk Telephone : 07927126989
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Recruitment team

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

Further information

Please see Further information Document Attached.