Senior Assistant Chief Fire Officer

Local-Government-Jobs-Ireland; Donegal; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Donegal County Council seeks a Senior Assistant Chief Fire Officer to lead a team across Fire Prevention, Operations, Major Emergency Management, Building Control and Civil Defence. The successful candidate will play a key role in staff management and may act as Rostered Senior Fire Officer at operational incidents.

The role requires a clear understanding of local authority services, stakeholder relationships, and the strategic direction of the sector.

Qualifications

• Experience in fire service management.
• Ability to lead a team across Fire Prevention, Operations, Major Emergency Management, Building Control and Civil Defence.
• Understanding of local authority services and stakeholders.
• Knowledge of local government issues and strategic direction of the sector.
• Closing date and equal opportunity policy as stated in the information.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team in the main disciplines of the Fire Service specified by the role.
• Undertake the role of Rostered Senior Fire Officer at operational incidents.
• Manage service delivery and development of functions as delegated by the Chief Fire Officer.
• Demonstrate clear knowledge of local authority structures and relationships.

Skills

Team leadership

Staff management

Job description

Professional and Technical, Senior Management, Fire Services

Information about the Organisation:

Donegal is spatially unique, having the longest coastline in the State, sharing 93% of its land boundary with Northern Ireland and only 7% with the Republic of Ireland. As such Donegal’s natural functional area transcends its land boundary with Northern Ireland with substantial movement and interactions of citizens, goods and activities taking place across the region.

Donegal County Council provides a diverse range of services across a large geographic area. These services include the provision of physical and social infrastructure, housing, economic development and enterprise support, tourism development, community and cultural development, recreation and amenity services, emergency services and the enforcement of the planning and environmental regulatory framework.

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

Job Summary/Description:

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: Fire Prevention, Operations, Prevention, Major Emergency Management, Building Control and Civil Defence. The successful candidate will play an important role in the management of staff and will have to be capable of undertaking the role of Rostered Senior Fire Officer at operational incidents.

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. The role requires a clear knowledge and understanding of local authority services and its key stakeholders and relationships, local government structures and its democratic role and mandate, current local government issues, future trends and strategic direction of the sector, management and change.

A full list of essential requirements is available in the Information Booklet.

We are committed to a policy of equal opportunity and encourage applications under all nine grounds of the Employment Equality Act.

Closing Date: 3pm Thursday 1st October 2026

Further information is available in the Candidate Information Booklet available on the www.publicjobs.ie website.