Vacancy Details

Fire and Rescue National Resilience 

CBRN(e) Mass Decontamination Capability Adviser

Location: An agreed base of work, Requirement for National Travel

Salary: Group Manager B plus Flexi Duty

 Background

 The National Resilience programme is an essential part of Government’s arrangements to protect the national infrastructure in the event of catastrophic incidents. Within the Fire and Rescue Service the Government has invested over £200 million on vehicles, equipment, training and procedures to provide the best possible response capability. This includes equipment to deal with mass decontamination, urban search and rescue, flooding and command and control. A network of Capability Officers, Capability Advisers and National Strategic Advisers form part of the team to support the National Resilience programme.

The Role 

The role will appeal to a dynamic, self-motivated and innovative individual willing to play an influential role in providing effective National Resilience Capability assurance. The successful applicant will represent the National Resilience Assurance Team at meetings, seminars and conferences and provide operational cover on a rota basis in an Advisory capacity as detailed in the National Co-ordination and Advisory Framework (NCAF).

 The responsibilities will be as varied as they are challenging. National Resilience is committed to appointing on merit, seeking candidates from a diverse range of backgrounds and taking full account of equal opportunities.

 We would be looking for the successful candidate to start their secondment on 2^nd September 2019 or a date mutually convenient close to this.

  *Please note, the successful candidate will be seconded into Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service for administration purposes for the length of the secondment, you must be employed in a UK Fire & Rescue Service to be able to apply*.

The secondment is initially until 31st March 2022.  Any further extension will be dependent on Home Office funding.

All applicants must apply by submitting an application form via Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service's recruitment site.  Please note, we cannot consider CVs or any other form of application.

You must seek prior approval from your Chief Fire Officer / Employer to be released on secondment. 

Closing date: Midnight, Wednesday 31st July 2019

Interviews : Week commencing 12th August 2019 

Interviews will take place at Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service HQ.