DFRS Group Manager Fire Safety Policy, Strategic Capability & Policy, DFR HQ
Ministry of Defence
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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 for Defence (PS), via Director Support Air Command, for supporting Defence in its delivery of appropriate Fire Risk Management (FRM) that complies with statutory Legislation and regulatory standards. As the Ministry of Defences (MoD's) formal intelligent customer, and the Department's Senior Fire SMEs (Subject Matter Expert), 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 Deployed Operations, and other synergistic activities which improve FRM and safety. As the Group Manager Fire Safety Policy within the Strategic Capability and Policy (SC&P) Business Unit (BU) within the DFR HQ you are directly responsible to the AM Fire Safety Policy SC&P BU for the development and review of policies and procedures necessary to enable Defence to implement and maintain a coherent and consistent approach to protecting Strategic and other assets and capabilities from loss from fire.
This position is advertised at 42 hours per week.
Job description
A detailed job description is attached to this advertisement.
Key responsibilities of the role include:
- Supporting the Area Manager Fire Safety in consulting and developing a methodology which will accurately define Defence’s requirements and enable targeted and proportionate Fire Risk Management solutions.
- Providing SME support with the programme of review and amendments of MOD/DFR Fire Risk Management documents/Instructions to ensure standards and guidance, remain compliant with legislation, regulation, and MOD requirements. This includes providing technical input to Joint Service Publications such as JSP 426 (Defence Fire Safety & Risk Management).
- Providing and supporting an escalation process to Defence stakeholders where a determination or higher-level Suitably Qualified and Experience Person support is required.
- Defining and managing the requirement for Fire Safety Management Plans that sit out of scope of MOD’s contract with Capita for Fire & Rescue services.
- Undertaking scrutiny for Fire Risk Assessments delivered by Fire Safety Practitioners operating on the Defence estate.
- Providing technical support to DFR’s Senior Fire Safety Manager (Area Manager) forward deployed within the Defence Infrastructure Organisation.
- Liaising with the Defence Fire Safety Regulator (DFSR) to ensure Defence Fire and Rescue fire safety strategies, standards, procedures, and guidance remain fully compliant with regulator policy requirements.
- Leading and supporting internal Defence Fire safety Working Groups which contribute to the improvement of fire safety across Defence.
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Person specification
To be successful in this role the ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate the following Emergency Fire Services Management (EFSM) modules (Fire Service National Occupations Standards (NOS)):
Essential criteria:
- EFSM2 - Leading, monitoring and supporting people to resolve operational incidents.
- EFSM6 - Implementing organisational strategy.
- EFSM9 - Implementing and manage change in organisational activities.
- EFSM10 - Plan and implement activities to meet service delivery needs.
- EFSM11 - Determining effective use of physical and financial resources.
- EFSM13 - Selecting personnel for employment.
- EFSM14 - Managing the performance of teams and individuals to achieve objectives.
- EFSM15 - Developing teams and individuals to enhance work-based performance.
- EFSM16 - Managing yourself to achieve work objectives.
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.
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.
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Qualifications
Evidence of qualification(s) will be required at interview.
All qualifications/licences declared must be held at the point of the application and if applicable be in date.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Communicating and Influencing
- Delivering at Pace
- Making Effective Decisions
- Leadership
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- 15 minute presentation.
Benefits
Alongside your salary, Ministry of Defence contributes 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.
- Highly competitive Civil Service pension scheme.
- Alternative working practices such as hybrid working.
- 25 days annual leave rising to 30 days on completion of five years service.
- In addition to 8 public holidays per year you will also receive leave for the Sovereign’s birthday.
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.
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Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Technical skills.
Eligibility - This is a uniformed Defence Fire and Rescue Service Group Manager post available to current competent Station Managers on promotion or an individual who can demonstrate the correct competencies and experience for this role.
At sift you will be assessed on:
CV
Statement of Suitability - Candidates will be required to complete a Statement of Suitability of no more than 500 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
Leadership, Communicating and Influencing, Delivering at Pace and Making Effective Decisions. Candidates will be required to submit evidence of no more than 250 words against the selected behaviours. 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. Behaviours will be assessed at level 3 - SEO/C1 level.
At interview you will be assessed on:
Experience as evidenced in your CV and personal statement.
Behaviours; Leadership, Communicating and Influencing, Delivering at Pace & Making Effective Decisions
Technical Skills will be assessed at interview only (15 min presentation). The topic will be provided to those candidates successful at the sift stage.
Interviews - Interviews for this post will take place in DFR HQ, Andover.
Reserve List - Should the advertised 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. The reserve list would be applicable solely to the SC&P GM Fire Safety Policy post.
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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.
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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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : AM Michael Cochrane
- Email : Michael.Cochrane575@mod.gov.uk
- Telephone : 07930139227
Recruitment team
- Email : DBSCivPers-ResourcingTeam1@mod.gov.uk
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