Are you a dynamic and values-driven leader ready to take the next step in your Fire & Rescue career? Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service (MFRS) is looking for exceptional individuals for the key role of Station Manager.
As a Station Manager, you will have responsibility for the performance and development of your station and functional teams, ensuring our service continues to deliver for the communities we serve. This is an exciting opportunity to make a real impact.
We are seeking leaders who live and breathe our values and behaviours. You will inspire and motivate teams, fostering a supportive and inclusive working environment, and consistently uphold our high standards.
Crucial to the role will be your ability to lead effectively and work collaboratively with others to deliver for our communities.
As a Station Manager you will:
- Be expected to demonstrate exceptional leadership skills and the ability to inspire and maintain outstanding performance from others.
- Have excellent communication skills and an ability to engage constructively with internal and external stakeholders.
- Model our values and behaviours; promoting a culture which embraces collaboration, inclusivity, high performance and wellbeing, and you will strive to make a real difference to the communities we serve.
- Take responsibility for the planning and delivery of Station/Functional Delivery Plans and contribute to the achievement of the Services Community Risk Management Plan.
- Be committed to developing yourself and take an active role in developing your team.
- You will be required to manage and lead operational incidents as Incident Commander, or in other incident command support roles in accordance with the requirements of EFSM2 and local standard operating procedures.
Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service is an excellent place to work, but don’t just take our word for it; we would encourage you to spend some time with us to learn a little more about us, what’s important to us and how we do things.
The candidate pack, available as a supporting document should provide you with a good foundation, with lots of information and links to pertinent documents to help you get to know us much better.
We set high standards at Merseyside, and we’re not embarrassed to say so, our selection process will be challenging for all the right reasons and will reward the best candidate with a career with excellent opportunities and an ability to make a real difference.
Key Dates:
Closing Date: Midnight Sunday 29th June
Shortlisting: 30th June – 4th July
Command: 14th – 18th July
Interview & Presentation: 24th – 25th July
Please note, the Service is unable to offer flexibility or alternative dates outside of those listed above.
ELIGIBILITY
Candidates must be competent in the Watch Manager (Leading Others) role.
Candidates who are not currently employed by a Local Authority Fire & Rescue Service within the UK will not be eligible to apply.
Candidates who have a live/unspent disciplinary sanction or who are currently working under any capability (performance) related improvement note/plan will not be eligible to apply.