Organisational Learning Officer – NFCC

Department: Guidance & Learning

Contract type: 12 months Fixed Term Contract/Secondment

Salary: £32,300 – £38,000 per annum

Hours: 37 hours/week

Location: Home Based (UK wide travel as required)

Reports To: Senior Organisational Learning Officer

The National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) works with all fire and rescue services and the fire and rescue community across the UK to provide best practice, share resources, and ensure continuous improvement to deliver our charitable aim. We are currently looking for two Organisational Learning Officers to help us achieve more together.

Organisational Learning (OL) is an integral part of ensuring continuous improvement of the UK fire and rescue service. It enables the identification of new trends and emerging risks, allowing lessons identified by fire and rescue services to be shared nationally and internationally where appropriate. The process is also a key component to ensure NFCC guidance, toolkits, and position statements remain current and up to date.

The team analyses learning submissions and follows up on learning to ensure lessons are learned and changes implemented in the fire sector. The role will be responsible for reviewing submissions from fire and rescue services and other member organisations, making recommendations, publishing learning, and ensuring learning is shared with key stakeholders such as JESIP.

To support Organisational Learning, and ensure we achieve excellence, we are looking for a team member to provide expertise in fire service operational effectiveness, review learning, and encourage submissions into the OL process.

The successful candidate will have:

1. You are an acting operational Watch Manager in a fire and rescue service.
2. You have experience of working in training, prevention, or protection environments (desirable).
3. You have experience investigating incidents, analysing trends, and evaluating outcomes.
4. You have experience of organising, planning, and prioritising work, with minimal supervision, to meet deadlines and standards.
5. You have experience of hazard and control measure approaches and an awareness of risk management systems such as HAZop, functional failure analysis, or barrier-based risk management systems such as bowties.
6. You have experience of using a wide range of information technology applications together with good keyboard skills and an understanding of how IT systems can be used in relation to the duties of this post.
7. You have experience of developing and maintaining effective working relationships with staff and stakeholders at all levels.
8. You have experience writing and presenting reports to committees and boards.
9. You have experience working with sensitive information and data.

If this sounds like the kind of opportunity that makes you excited, please have a look at the Job Description on the NFCC Website and apply.

How to apply:

Please complete the application form linked from the ‘apply now’ button on the NFCC Website. CVs will NOT be accepted for this position.

If you experience any difficulty completing our application form, or have any queries regarding the role, please contact recruitment@nfcc.org.uk.

Closing Date – 4th May 2025 with interviews in the week commencing 12 May 2025.

Selection will include an interview process held on Microsoft Teams and may include written tests and a presentation to senior officers.

PLEASE NOTE – THIS VACANCY WILL CLOSE BEFORE THE CLOSING DATE IF WE RECEIVE A HIGH NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS.

NFCC is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and adults and will require a DBS check to be completed prior to commencing in post.

NFCC is committed to being an inclusive employer. We comply with the Equality Act 2010, and we believe that everyone deserves to work in safe environments that are free from bullying, harassment and discrimination, abuse, and harm, where they feel supported, welcome, and able to thrive.

NFCC acknowledges the duty of care to safeguard, protect, and promote the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and is committed to ensuring safeguarding practice reflects statutory responsibilities, government guidance, and complies with best practice; all staff are expected to share this commitment.