Corporate Assurance Officer – Maternity Cover – Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service

Hours: Full Time – 37 hours per week

Location: Service Headquarters, Salisbury – There will be a requirement to attend your centre of duty location at least one day a month, but this may vary from month to month depending on departmental needs. When you are not working from your centre of duty location there will be the flexibility to work from home / DWFRS Stations / Support Offices, and we will welcome a conversation with the successful candidate on what type of flexible working arrangement will work best for you.

Appointment Type: Temporary – 1 year fixed term contract (or until return of substantive postholder) – maternity cover

Contact: For a chat about this post, please contact Nick Sjogren, Head of Strategic Planning and Assurance on 07866 499551 / Nick.Sjogren@dwfire.org.uk

Closing and Interview date: The closing date for applications is 22 February 2026 (midnight). It is intended that interviews will take place on 6 March 2026. Should you be shortlisted for interview, further details regarding the interview format / location will be provided before the interview date.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service, an organisation that is passionate about changing and saving lives. Our corporate staff are absolutely vital in helping to make our communities safer and healthier. Without them, we couldn’t do it.

We offer a wide range of employee benefits and strive to ensure that staff are valued and rewarded. For example, we offer a flexi time scheme, Local Government Pension Scheme, a generous annual leave allowance, a variety of family friendly schemes including 39 weeks’ full pay during maternity leave (subject to qualifying criteria) and health & well-being services.

As a Corporate Assurance Officer in our Service Improvement department you will:

• Lead on the co-ordination of the HMICFRS inspectorate programme for the Service, acting as the main Service contact to the inspectorate
• Oversee the annual internal audit programme Service wide, liaising with auditors and senior managers to ensure appropriate arrangements are in place and audits are completed within expectations
• Support the Services approach to Risk Management and be the point of contact across the Service
• Deliver audits and assurance work that support good governance across the Service

What makes you our ideal Corporate Assurance Officer?

• Qualified to degree level, or equivalent qualification, or able to demonstrate significant level of graduate calibre experience at a senior level in a relevant sector
• Knowledge and understanding of assurance and corporate governance and risk management
• Knowledge and working experience of inspections and/or audit processes

For full details of the role and requirements please have a look at the job description and person specification.

Other Information:

• You must be able to fulfil the travel requirements of the role. There may be an occasional to travel to Service locations across Dorset & Wiltshire.
• If you are applying for a secondment opportunity you will need to notify your substantive line manager of your intention to do so at the earliest opportunity.
• A Standard Disclosure & Barring Service Check (DBS) clearance will be undertaken on the successful individual prior to offer of employment.
• Any offer of employment will be subject to full pre-employment checks which include identity checks, right to work in the UK, medical, receipt of satisfactory references, verification of employment history and an explanation of any gaps in employment in the last 3 years.
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