Deputy Assistant Commissioner – London Fire Brigade

London Fire Brigade (LFB) is seeking highly motivated, talented and adaptable applicants who have the vision, leadership skills, values 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 the best people 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, Directors and Assistant Commissioners, our Deputy Assistant Commissioners (DACs) have a strategic leadership role in ensuring that the London Fire Brigade 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 London Fire Commissioner’s 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 individual differences or protected characteristics 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 London Fire Commissioner (“the LFC”) as a member of the appropriate Departmental Management Team and the Senior Leadership 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 Brigade at Advanced Tactical and Strategic Command levels. You would also play an integral role in managing the Brigade’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