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The Role

Deputy Assistant Commissioner (DAC)

London Fire Brigade (LFB) is seeking highly motivated, talented and adaptable applicants who have the vision, leadership skills and potential to become part of the Brigade’s management team.

London is one of the largest fire rescue services in the world, serving a complex and dynamic city of 9 million residents as well as those who work in or visit the city.

We are looking for you to lead the organisation to shape our services to provide London with a world class fire and rescue service, which is trusted to serve and protect London’s diverse communities.

The role

Working with the London Fire Commissioner (LFC), Directors and Assistant Commissioners. Our DACs are key leaders in ensuring that the LFB is trusted to serve and protect London. DACs deliver this by ensuring the Brigade is a dynamic, forward-looking organisation of fully engaged people at the centre of the communities we serve, adapting to the needs of London. To support this, you will be responsible for the delivery of the strategic aims of:

Placing a premium on leadership skills and investing in leadership at all levels.

Fostering and embedding a culture of togetherness so that every member of staff feels respected and valued regardless of their gender, sexuality, colour of skin, race or religion and that everyone feels able to bring their whole self to work.

Developing the Brigade’s long-term strategy to become a forward-thinking service led organisation, with communities at the heart of its delivery, prioritising the development, and delivery of its Community Risk Management Plan.

Building on the Brigade’s improvement plans deliver continuous improvement across its operational and support functions ensuring excellence and efficiency in everything it delivers.

DACs are responsible for planning, directing, and delivering the services provided by a designated function ensuring continual improvement in efficiency and performance and compliance with regulations and the law. You will play a full leadership role within the office of the LFC as a member of the appropriate Departmental Management Team.

You would join the DACs’ operational rota and would be mobilised to operational incidents to perform monitoring and incident command functions and represent the LFB at Strategic Command. You would also play an integral role in managing the LFB’s Strategic Response Arrangements. These roles and responsibilities represent a significant operational and strategic management commitment and will require provision of a standby or call out base in London.

We will ensure our services are:
Modern and easy to access.
Designed to meet local and individual need.
Prioritised by levels of risk.

Our organisation:
Has a safe and professional culture.
Operates efficiently and effectively.
Works together and with other organisations to protect London.

The person:

Provide motivational leadership to the relevant function and secure staff commitment to support the delivery of the LFC aims and objectives.

Provide leadership to the Department as an integral member of the Departmental Management Team.

To lead, support and deliver corporate projects, as required.

To be a champion of diversity and equality of opportunity for staff and to ensure that that the LFC equalities policies are implemented effectively.

To ensure the relevant function’s resources (people and financial) are deployed and controlled effectively to secure the LFC overall business objectives and Integrated Risk Management Plan.

To maintain, under continuous review, the effectiveness of the role and responsibilities within the relevant function.

To ensure the development and implementation of programmes to drive efficiency and performance improvements and to ensure the effective development of strategic partnerships with government, local authorities, and other agencies to deliver improved service performance.

Eligibility

To be eligible to apply, all applicants must:
1. Be a serving wholetime operational, substantive, and competent Group or Area Manager/Commander in a UK local authority fire and rescue service.
2. Internal candidates, before submission of your application you will be required to undertake a professional development discussion for your line managers to support your application. Please factor this into your timeline.
3. Be Level 2 Incident Command qualified and in ticket.
4. Be free of any current formal disciplinary sanctions.
5. Applicants must hold a full UK driving licence.

Assessment Overview

Your application should include:

1. Your CV. Please include your current or most recent salary, and the name and contact details of two referees, one of whom must be your current line manager.

2. Your supporting statement evidencing suitability to be considered for the role of Deputy Assistant Commissioner. Please refer to 'role competencies to be addressed' document attached below. Your statement should not exceed 1,500 words.

Application closing date: 4 PM on 16 September 2024.

Please ensure you give yourself enough time to complete and submit your application. Late or un-submitted applications cannot be accepted.

Please note any correspondence received from us will be via e-mail and sent to the address you provide on your application form.

Assessment process

The assessment process will comprise the following five stages with expected timeframes.

Stage 1: W/C 16 September 2024

Initial shortlisting based on your CV and supporting statement. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to stage 2.

Stage 2: 30th September & 1st October 2024

Initial Sift Interview.

The interview will be based on the contents of your CV/supporting statement and allow you to expand on your relevant knowledge, skills, and experience at DAC level. A minimum of 70% is required. These short-listing (Initial Sift) interviews will last no longer than 30 minutes.

Stage 3: 10th & 11th October 2024

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Exercise (DEI) and Stakeholder Panel.

The DEI exercise will take the form of a case study which will be given on the day, the case study will include questions from the panel. Candidates will be required to achieve 75% or above. The exercise will last for one and a half hours.

The Stakeholder Panel will last for 40 minutes.

Stage 4: 14 October – 25 October 2024

Incident Command Exercise (ICE) and Knowledge test.

Incident Command - 75% or above is required. Those candidates that successfully complete all of the remaining stages and are deemed promotable will be enrolled on the level 3 incident command acquisition course.

Knowledge Test - A policy and procedure knowledge test, to demonstrate competence in the operational safe systems of work of LFB. A score of 75% or above is required before going on the run. We advise applicants to begin studying now against the policies provided below.

Stage 5: 6 November 2024

Final Interview and Station Visit Exercise.

Structured Interview questions will be based on the LFB values and will be relevant to the DAC role to provide an opportunity to the candidate to describe their experience, knowledge, and skills. This interview will last up to 50 minutes.

The station visit exercise will require you to meet with a real watch and present information provided, after which you will take questions from the watch in real time. This exercise will last up to 40 minutes.

If you are unable to attend the scheduled assessment dates provided, we may not be able to make alternative arrangements.

Additional Information

We value the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects our diverse communities across London. The London Fire Commissioner is an Equal Opportunities Employer, and we positively welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals, irrespective of people's age, disability, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances. We have guidance in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability.

Salary range £87888.00 - 108381.00

You will find information about the London Fire Brigade on our website, in particular the ‘About us’ page: http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/AboutUs.asp

To find out more information about our values, please visit https://www.london-fire.gov.uk/about-us/our-values/

Benefits of working for the London Fire Brigade

• Generous annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays
• Family (including maternity) leave and emergency support leave
• Flexible working
• Free access to the Brigade gym
• Use of the Brigade’s Medical Adviser/physios/fitness advisers
• Free counselling
• Season ticket loans
• Join social networks including our Equality Support Groups
• Contributory pension scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Staff discount scheme
• Opportunity to access affordable accommodation

In line with the Enhanced DBS employment checks will be completed by successful candidates, which will include a enhanced record check. Successful candidate will be required to declare any convictions for offences which are not spent under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and any offer of employment is subject to the LFC receiving a criminal records disclosure which it considers satisfactory.

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