Senior Assistant Chief Fire Officer

Reporting to the Chief Fire Officer, the Senior Assistant Chief Fire Officer will be required to lead a team in any of the main disciplines of the Fire Service: Operations, Prevention, Major Emergency Management, Building Control and Major Emergency Management. The Senior Assistant Chief Fire Officer has responsibility for managing the service delivery and development of functions in the areas as delegated by the Chief Fire Officer.

A full Job Summary/Description is available in the Information Booklet.

Main Duties of the Job

Responsibility for management of Health & Safety in Wexford County Fire Service in relation to training, policy development and implementation and accreditation of the Occupational Health & Safety Management System to OHSAS 45001 standard.

The management and supervision of staff and to ensure the development of such staff. Building effective teams, developing motivation and commitment and maintaining sound employee relations.

Mobilisation and communications.

Provision and maintenance of equipment.

A full list of main duties is available in the Information Booklet.

Information about the organisation

The Local Government sector in Ireland is made up of 31 Local Authorities and 3 Regional Assemblies. Local Authorities are the closest and most accessible form of Government to citizens. They have responsibility for delivery of a wide range of services in their local area with a focus on making cities, towns and countryside attractive places to live, work and invest. These services generally include housing; planning; infrastructure; environmental protection; and the provision of recreation and amenities and community infrastructure.

Wexford County Council consists of 34 members elected every five years, the most recent local elections having taken place in 2024. The county is divided into the 5 Municipal Districts of Wexford, Rosslare, Gorey-Kilmuckridge, New Ross and Enniscorthy with the local authority administrative headquarters located in Wexford Town.

County Wexford is in the province of Leinster and has a population of 163,527 persons (2022 Census). This represents an increase of 13,805 or 9.2% since the previous 2016 census.

An opportunity now exists in Wexford County Council for the position of Senior Assistant Chief Fire Officer.

Benefits

Salary Scale effective from 1st February 2026:

€79,881 – €82,330 – €83,503 – €85,968 – €88,454 – €90,933 – €93,430 – €96,567 (LSI1) – €99,695 (LSI2)

Hours of attendance will be fixed from time to time but will amount to not less than 35 hours gross per week.

The annual leave allowance for the position of Senior Assistant Chief Fire Officer is 30 days.

Selection Process Details

A ranking and or shortlisting exercise may be carried out on the basis of information supplied in your application form. The criteria for ranking and or shortlisting are based on the requirements of the post as outlined in the eligibility criteria and skills, competencies and/or knowledge section of this job specification. Therefore it is very important that you think about your experience in light of those requirements.

Failure to include information regarding these requirements may result in you not being called forward to the next stage of the selection process.

Local authorities are committed equal opportunities employers.