Station Manager (B) – Tyne & Wear Fire and Rescue Service

Role: Station Manager (B)

Salary: Development – £50,135 per annum (effective from July 2025) + benefits
Competent – £55,301 per annum (effective from July 2025) + benefits

Plus 20% Flexible Duty System Allowance & Essential Car User Allowance.

We are seeking to fill Station Manager (B) vacancies as part of our Flexi Duty Officer Cadre.

We also aim to identify a small pool of candidates that will be placed in a pool for up to 24 months to fill any future vacancies.

About the role

We are seeking to fill vacancies for the role of Station Manager (B), which is an integral part of the Service’s Middle Management Team and ensures the provision of a professional, inclusive, innovative and effective Fire and Rescue Service in accordance with all statutory and legal duties. You will need to be operationally and sector competent as the role carries a responsibility to deploy to operational incidents.

Operating in the context of a Fire and Rescue Service will naturally bring challenges as well as opportunities to really make a positive difference to the lives of your colleagues and the communities that we serve. To do this it will be critical for us to see how you have demonstrated effective leadership to deliver transformational change, underpinned as a minimum with competency in Level 1 Incident Command.

Reporting directly to the Group Manager or Head of Department, the successful candidate will be able to demonstrate a firm commitment to inclusivity, fairness, dignity and the highest standards of ethical behaviours and champion these in their day-to-day work in compliance with our ethical code of conduct.

We welcome applications from all sections of society with the necessary skills, qualifications and experience and encourage applications from underrepresented groups in our workforce or society.

About Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service

Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service are one of the UK’s leading Fire and Rescue Services for responding and innovation. We pride ourselves in striving to ‘Create the Safest Community’ and our dedicated, and diverse workforce are committed to delivering this.

Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service Headquarters are located in purpose-built premises based in Washington, within easy reach of the A1 and A19. On site facilities include a staff gym, ample free parking and canteen facilities.

As a Station Manager (B) you will:

 Provide Leadership & Management to your respective team
 Support the Vision and Delivery of Creating the Safest Community
 Contribute to our Strategic Goals
 Provide Operational Supervisory Cover on the Operational Officer’s Flexible Duty Rota.
To be eligible to apply you must:

 Be a substantive & competent Watch Manager, currently employed by a Local Authority Fire and Rescue Service within the UK.
 Be competent and experienced at managing Level 1 Incidents
 Hold at minimum Incident Command Level 1