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Queensland Fire Department

Status:

Contract Full-time

Tenure Period:

5 years

Classification:

SES4H

Salary:

$271,437.00 - $348,089.00 per annum

Location:

Kedron

Closing Date:

Midnight, Sunday, 18 August 2024

Reference No:

QFD/20082/24

Current Queensland Fire Department employees and volunteers must apply via their internal careers site

About Us

The Queensland Fire Department (QFD) provides fire prevention, preparedness and response services to fire in the built and landscape environments, as well as scientific and specialist capabilities to Queensland communities. The QFD provides a multi-hazard emergency response, including road crash rescue, bushfire, hazardous material, technical and vertical rescue, severe weather incidents, remote and Swiftwater rescue, and provides a number of functions supporting community safety outcomes.

The department encompasses Queensland Fire and Rescue (QFR), Rural Fire Service Queensland (RFSQ), as well as the broader department which work together to pre-empt, prevent, mitigate and manage the consequences of fires and other emergencies on Queensland communities and support our large volunteer membership across the state.

The QFD is an organisation that is focused on reframing the department’s relationship with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, communities, and organisations through the Path to Treaty, Closing the Gap and building our cultural.

Purpose of the role

The purpose of the role of Chief Fire Officer is to provide advice to the Commissioner about the fire services, including matters relating to service delivery, operational culture, innovation and research, and evaluation of strategies to ensure best practice processes meet current and future needs of the department. The role of Chief Fire Officer is established in the Fire Services Act 1990 and reports to the Commissioner, Queensland Fire Department.

The Chief Fire Officer is required to lead the performance of the Office of the Chief Fire Officer. At the direction of the Commissioner, specific Chief Fire Officer responsibilities will include:

Your key accountabilities

Your part in the ongoing success of our department in providing key frontline services, will see you responsible for a variety of work including, but not limited to:

Financial

Lead strategic resource planning processes for your function and manage the effective delivery of services through best use of the human, financial and capital resources, ensuring government and corporate objectives are met.

Stakeholder and outcome

Develop effective and professional internal and external relationships with a diverse range of significant stakeholders within Queensland and across jurisdictions including: staff; volunteers; other government agencies; industry bodies; unions; and associations.
Provide leadership regarding emerging trends in fire services and programs to identify opportunities to improve the department’s service delivery and maximise outcomes for the community.
Build and leverage cross-functional collaborative relationships and partnerships to drive interoperability planning and integration of services to achieve shared business and operational outcomes.
Represent the interests of the QFD and the state of Queensland effectively at public forums.
Provide leadership and drive performance and accountability throughout your function to contribute to the department’s strategic priorities and meet customer performance expectations.
Work closely and collaborate with all members of the senior executive and divisional heads in the development and implementation of key business strategies, particularly targeting operational capability and continuous improvement.

Internal business

Participate in the development and implementation of business and operational strategies at the senior management level.
Provide leadership within the department and across the community through the provision of insights and expert advice that ensure the delivery of contemporary fire services that deliver value-for-money and are professional, preventative and responsive.
Critically review strategies and programs in accordance with both the internal and external operating environments and assist to inform the direction of the organisation, its current and future services and the longer-term development of the organisation.
Through the provision of expert advice, ensure QFD’s compliance with relevant legislation, government policy, corporate direction and contemporary best practice in the delivery of fire and related services, with a commitment to continuous improvement.
Ensure that the Commissioner is provided with proactive and comprehensive high-level advice on a broad range of complex and sensitive issues.
Provide expert advice, forward planning and strategic decision making that has a significant impact and that is critical to the continued success of the department.
Monitor the implementation of strategic initiatives aimed at continuous quality improvement and aligning the organisation with relevant accreditation and legislative standards to ensure best practice.
Providing expert advice and oversight on strategies to address critical risk areas, including mitigation strategies and processes to monitor risk over time.
Monitor the external environment to enable anticipation of, and strategic responses to changes in government policy, and provide expert advice to ensure that all relevant legislative and regulatory obligations are met.
Act as an escalation point and oversee the management of, and accountability for operational and community safety initiatives.

Capabilities

Basis for selection

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

professional firefighting experience; and
incident control expertise; and
fire prevention expertise

The Chief Fire Officer is employed under the Fire Services Act 1990.

As a leader in the Queensland Government you will display: outstanding judgement; a high level of integrity; strong agility to adapt to a constantly changing environment; a strong achievement orientation; and excellent communication and negotiation skills.

You will lead by example and fulfil the responsibilities of this role in accordance with the departments values and behaviours and participate as an active member of the executive leadership team setting clear direction and vision, aligned to the organisation’s strategic objectives.

The position requires a person who will take personal responsibility for serving the government of the day and meeting the needs of Queenslanders. As Chief Fire Officer you will work towards a system of world class service delivery and public sector management.

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.

QFD actively encourages productive working relationships, a healthy work-life balance, workplace diversity and innovation. As such you will be committed to implementing a safe, healthy and secure workplace and flexible work and lifestyle options. You will be expected to embed quality of life principles into your working life and role model behaviours that demonstrate a work-life balance.

To determine your suitability for the role, you will be assessed on the following Leadership Competencies for Queensland behavioural profiles that link to the “key accountabilities” for this role:

Leadership Competency Stream – Executive (leading the function)

Vision

Leads strategically
Stimulates ideas and innovation
Leads change in complex environments
Makes insightful decisions

Results

Develops and mobilises talent
Builds enduring relationships
Inspires others
Drives accountability and outcomes

Accountability

Fosters healthy and inclusive workplaces
Pursues continuous growth
Demonstrates sound governance

Once you join us we will want you to exemplify the QFD shared values:

Respect
Integrity
Trust
Courage
Loyalty

Chief Fire Officer (SES4H) Queensland Fire Department

About Us

Purpose of the role

Your key accountabilities

Learning and growth

Capabilities