Group Manager – Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service

Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service is a bold forward-thinking Authority looking for highly capable and values driven individuals for the role of Group Manager. This is a key leadership role within our organisation which will allow motivated, innovative and talented individuals to shape our story, contributing to public service reform in order to save, protect and improve the lives of the people in Merseyside.

Crucial to the role will be your ability to lead collaborative approaches with partners in order to deliver an integrated and effective service to our communities – to help ensure their safety, improve the region’s health and economy and deliver significant social value, thereby ensuring the highest level of protection is afforded to the communities we serve.

•  You will be expected to demonstrate exceptional leadership skills and the ability to inspire and maintain outstanding performance from others.
• You will have a demonstrable ability to lead change in a complex and evolving environment.
• You will have excellent communication skills and an ability to engage constructively with internal and external stakeholders.
• You will have demonstrated high levels of ability with regard to the implementation and management of key projects
• You will 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.
• 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 22nd June
Shortlisting: 23rd – 26th June
Command: 7th – 11th July
Assessment Stage: 15th – 16th July
Interviews: 18th July

Please note, the Service is unable to offer flexibility or alternative dates outside of those listed above.

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to undertake a number of activities as part of the selection process. These include, Command Assessment, multi exercise Assessment Stage and a final panel interview.

We are Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service – be part of our future.