Debrief Facilitator

Surrey County Council; Reigate; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Part time

Job summary

A local government authority is seeking a Debrief Facilitator to join their Surrey Fire and Rescue Service in Reigate. The role involves analyzing responses to incidents, chairing meetings with stakeholders, and sharing operational learning. Candidates should have experience in emergency response organizations and possess required qualifications. This position offers an hourly rate of £28.61 plus annual leave allowance.

Benefits

Annual leave allowance

Flexible working requests

Qualifications

• Demonstrable knowledge and experience of command roles during emergency response.
• Experience working within frameworks for operational incidents.

Responsibilities

• Support the identification and sharing of learning from operational incidents.
• Chair meetings to analyze responses to complex incidents.
• Complete reports giving feedback and required improvement actions.

Skills

Experience in Blue Light response organization

Knowledge of FRS National Operational Guidance

Ability to chair meetings

Flexibility to provide ad-hoc services

A Level 5 coaching qualification or similar

National Police Debriefing Model qualification

Job description

• Salary: £28.61 per hour + annual leave allowance
• Category: Fire and Rescue
• Contract type: Bank
• Working hours: Bank
• Posted on: 2 October 2025
• Directorate: Chief Executive Office

Description

This role has an hourly salary of £28.61 per hour, plus an additional annual leave allowance.

We are excited to be hiring new Debrief Facilitators to join our fantastic Surrey Fire and Rescue Service, based in Reigate.

About the Role

Surrey Fire and Rescue Service provides a 24/7 emergency response to fires and other emergencies, in line with our Making Surrey Safer Plan.

As part of the Operational Policy, Assurance and Learning Team, you will support the identification and sharing of learning from operational incidents attended by our crews, to help improve the performance and response of the Service.

You will form part of a bank of experienced and qualified facilitators, to provide a neutral overview of command and control decision making at incidents attended by SFRS.

As a Debrief Facilitator, you will be required to chair meetings aimed at analysing our response to larger or more complex incidents.

You will be expected to identify areas of good / best practice, or operational learning that can be shared both locally and nationally.

You will be expected to complete reports giving feedback, and any improvement actions required based on the outcome of the debriefings that you chair.

As part of the role, you will also be expected to chair debriefings for other Category 1 responders who SFRS work with.

Shortlisting Criteria

In order to be considered for shortlisting, your application will clearly evidence the following skills and align with our behaviours:

• Experience of working within a Blue Light response organisation, with demonstrable knowledge and experience of command roles during an emergency response
• Knowledge and understanding of FRS National Operational Guidance, National Operational Learning and Joint Organisational Learning protocols, Joint Emergency Service Interoperability Principles, the nationally adopted Incident Command System for Fire and Rescue Services, and demonstrable experience of working within these frameworks or equivalent at operational incidents
• An ability to chair meetings with a range of stakeholders from operational fire crews to Chief Executives and national representatives, and produce reports that can be shared locally and with NFCC / other national bodies
• Flexibility to provide services when required on an ad-hoc basis, and work to deadlines set by the Head of Operational Policy, Assurance and Learning
• A Level 5 coaching qualification or similar
• National Police Debriefing Model qualification and experience, or similar

Contact us

Please contact us for any questions relating to the role. This could be to discuss flexible working requests, transferable skills or any barriers to employment.

This is a rolling advert that will remain open until we have recruited adequate numbers of staff, we will be reviewing applications as they are received.

An enhanced DBS 'Disclosure and Barring Service' check for regulated activity (formerly known as CRB) will be required for this role.

We look forward to receiving your application, please click on the apply online button below to submit.

Commitment Wording

We are a disability confident employer which means if you have shared a disability on your application form and have evidenced you meet the minimum criteria, we guarantee you an interview.

Your skills and experience truly matter to us. From application to your first day, we're committed to supporting you with any adjustments you need, we value inclusion and warmly welcome you to join and help build a workplace where everyone belongs.

Core Code of Ethics

At Surrey Fire and Rescue Service, we believe it is essential to embed our commitment to the Core Code of Ethics and particularly equality, diversity and inclusion, into every aspect of our work. This is a dual responsibility applying both to our outward facing, community-focussed activities, and to our internal responsibilities to people and volunteers.

Our vision is that everyone representing Surrey Fire and Rescue Service will be community role model.