Assistant Chief Fire Officer - Staffordshire Fire & Rescue Service

Are you an accomplished Strategic Leader seeking the opportunity to make a meaningful impact within public service?

Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service is seeking an Assistant Chief Fire Officer (ACFO) to join its Strategic Leadership Team to provide exceptional leadership and drive organisational excellence.

As ACFO you will support the Strategic Leadership team in delivering the Service's vision and strategic objectives. You will provide strategic leadership at the highest level, ensuring the successful delivery of the Community Risk Management Plan (CRMP), driving organisational transformation, fulfilling statutory requirements, and adhering to national guidance, while also serving as one of the organisation's Strategic Incident Commanders.

The role is a uniformed operational role and conditioned to The National Joint Council for brigade managers of Fire and Rescue Services constitution and scheme of conditions of service (Gold book) - sixth edition and thefirefighters pension scheme.

In this role, you will set and drive high performance across all aspects of service delivery, ensuring clear accountability, strong assurance and a culture where excellence is the standard. You will lead by example, consistently demonstrating and embedding the Core Code of Ethics in every aspect of your leadership, decision making and organisational influence.

You will operate confidently within a politically accountable environment, building constructive, trust based relationships with representative bodies, partners and stakeholders. Your leadership will be visible, credible and grounded in integrity, enabling you to inspire cultural change and strengthen organisational performance.

• Provide strategic leadership across all Service functions, ensuring alignment with organisational priorities and long term objectives.


• Ensure operational effectiveness and compliance with all relevant legislative and sector requirements.


• Promote a culture of safety, continuous improvement, accountability, and evidence based decision making.


• Build strong and effective relationships with partners, stakeholders, and elected members to support public safety, enable collaborative working, and strengthen stakeholder engagement.


• Represent the Service nationally, regionally, and locally, influencing policy and outcomes.


• Ensure compliance with health, safety, and welfare obligations.


• Provide senior strategic command at major and critical incidents, ensuring authoritative leadership and sound decision making. Oversee effective multi agency coordination to maintain operational assurance, public safety, and organisational resilience.


• Act as a role model for the Core Code of Ethics, ensuring ethical behaviours, fairness, integrity, and accountability across the organisation.


• Support the development of leaders at all levels, championing inclusion, wellbeing, and high performance.