Development and Improvement Officer – West Midlands Fire Service

West Midlands Fire Service (WMFS) is the second largest fire and rescue service in England, serving an area of 902km square and a population of over 2.9 million people. Our vision is ‘Making the West Midlands safer, stronger and healthier’.
Description for External Candidates
Development and Improvement Officer

Professional 2A

Publish date: Wednesday 5 June 2025

Closing date: Wednesday 19 June 2025 at 12.00pm

Salary: £42,708 – £45,718

Hours: 37

Overview

West Midlands Fire Service (WMFS) is the second largest fire and rescue service in England, serving an area of 902km square and a population of over 2.9 million people.

Our vision is ‘Making the West Midlands safer, stronger and healthier’.

This vision and the strategic goals outlined in ‘Our Strategy’ are what drives the people, professionalism and pride with which we serve our communities.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Prevention Development and Improvement Team. As Development and Improvement Officer, the successful candidate will lead a small team of Development and Improvement Support Officers, working alongside Education and Quality Assurance and Evaluation Officers.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate extensive experience of leading, managing and developing people and in fostering a positive working environment for their team.

In this busy and varied role, you will be responsible for the performance of your team, prioritising, planning and allocating work aligned to ‘The Strategy’ and the Community Risk Management Plan (CRMP). You will be contributing to making the West Midlands ‘Safer, Stronger and Healthier’, through implementing changes to improve service delivery for partnerships, Prevention activities and education programmes.

You will need to ensure that the changes and improvements align to Government legislation, statutory guidance, NFCC guidance, local authority campaigns, organisational policy and emerging trends.

Key to success will be your ability to work collaboratively, developing and maintaining strong professional relationships with your team, the wider Prevention and Leadership Team, Operations and a range of internal and external stakeholders/partners.

Responsibilities

line management, support, direction, and development opportunities for the team to enable them to deliver against their roles and responsibilities. This includes managing capacity, capability, performance, and attendance of the team

management, oversight, and implementation of the workstreams in the Prevention Work Plan and for allocation to the appropriate teams and roles, based on risk and for completion within the agreed timescales and deadlines.

providing support for Project Management and the delivery of the outcomes and value release as a result

identification and management of risks, assumptions, issues dependencies and opportunities for partnership.