Station Manager – Response (South West) – Essex County Fire and Rescue Service

The role:

Our Station Managers are vital to Essex County Fire & Rescue Service (ECFRS) in delivering our key objectives. As the leaders of our stations, departments, and teams, they are responsible for the delivery of station plans, whilst ensuring the wellbeing and development of their people, as well as being points of contact and subject matter specialists for the various areas of focus across the Service.

We currently have a substantive opportunity for a Station Manager within the South-West Command group of station managing Grays wholetime.

The right person:

As a role model to their teams, our Station Managers are accountable, credible, authentic and inclusive, able to demonstrate they live the Service Values and the Fire Service Code of Ethics.

We are looking for people who can demonstrate outstanding leadership and will use their personal impact as a line manager to support organisational change and improved community outcomes. You will be essential as we continue to develop cultural values and behaviours that make the fire and rescue service a great place to work for all our people, as well as develop ways of working that enhance our ability to be able to respond to service needs.

You will have a commitment to the safeguarding and wellbeing of our people, and will lead on developing others, with a commitment to the continuous improvement of services to the public by strengthening our ability to provide a good service by diversifying our workforce and developing new approaches and creating a fair and equal place to work.