Deputy Assistant Commissioner – London Fire Brigade
We are looking for the best people to lead the organisation to shape our services to provide London with a world class fire and rescue service, which is trusted to serve and protect London’s diverse communities.
The role
Working with the London Fire Commissioner (LFC), Directors and Assistant Commissioners, our DACs have a strategic leadership role in ensuring that the London Fire Brigade is trusted to serve and protect London. DACs deliver this by ensuring the Brigade is a dynamic, forward-looking organisation of fully engaged people at the centre of the communities we serve, adapting to the needs of London. To support this, you will be responsible for the delivery of the LFC’s strategic aims of:
• Placing a premium on leadership skills and investing in leadership at all levels.
• Fostering and embedding a culture of togetherness so that every member of staff feels respected and valued regardless of their individual differences or protected characteristics and that everyone feels able to bring their whole self to work.
• Developing the Brigade’s long-term strategy to become a forward-thinking service led organisation, with communities at the heart of its delivery, prioritising the development, and delivery of its Community Risk Management Plan.
• Building on the Brigade’s improvement plans deliver continuous improvement across its operational and support functions ensuring excellence and efficiency in everything it delivers.
DACs are responsible for planning, directing, and delivering the services provided by a designated function ensuring continual improvement in efficiency and performance and compliance with regulations and the law. You will play a full leadership role within the office of the LFC as a member of the appropriate Departmental Management Team and the Senior Leadership Team.
You would join the DACs’ operational rota and would be mobilised to operational incidents to perform monitoring and incident command functions and represent the Brigade at Advanced Tactical and Strategic Command levels. You would also play an integral role in managing the Brigade’s Strategic Response Arrangements. These roles and responsibilities represent a significant operational and strategic management commitment and will require provision of a standby or call out base in London.
To be eligible to apply, all applicants must:
1. Be a serving wholetime operational, substantive, and competent Group or Area Manager/Commander in a UK local authority fire and rescue service.
2. Internal candidates, before submission of your application you will be required to undertake a professional development discussion with your line managers who must support your application. Please factor this into your timeline.
3. Be Level 2 Incident Command qualified and in ticket.
4. Be free of any current formal disciplinary sanctions.
5. Applicants must hold a full UK driving licence.
Salary: Salary range £91,404 - £112,717
Contract type: Full Time
Closing date: September 21 2025
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