As the Chief Fire Officer your responsibilities will include: 

• provide advice and insight on matters of operational practice that ensures continuous improvement, identification and implementation of innovative approaches that lift service delivery and safety outcomes;
• monitoring operational culture and implementing actions to drive positive cultural change;
• establishing and driving implementation of formal interoperability planning to support the integration of fire and emergency services;
• analysing lessons from major events, engaging with the capability framework, and applying innovation and best practice to identify and test solutions to enhance business and operational practices;
•  identifying opportunities to undertake research to inform future strategy.
  

To be eligible for appointment as Chief Fire Officer you must have:

• professional fire fighting experience; and
• incident control expertise; and
• fire prevention expertise.

To be successful in this critical role you will have:

• A record of success as a leader in a large and complex organisation with outstanding leadership ability;
• Extensive experience as a qualified professional fire officer and a background in strategy and policy implementation, service delivery and client service;
• A proven record as an agent of change in challenging environments and in fostering a confident and capable workforce.