Thames Valley Fire Control Service - Project Manager
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 22 Rhagfyr 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £46,142 - £51,356 per annum, |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 16 Ionawr 2026 |
| Lleoliad: | Reading, Berkshire |
| Gweithio o bell: | Ar y safle yn unig |
| Cwmni: | Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service |
| Math o swydd: | Cytundeb |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 25/67 |
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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Project Manager to join the Business Information and Systems team within Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service (RBFRS).
As a blue light service dedicated to ensuring the safety and well-being of our community, we are currently seeking an experienced and dynamic Project Manager to lead the delivery of a business-critical system replacement. This is a unique opportunity to make a significant impact on our operations and contribute to the enhancement of our service delivery.
Supporting Royal Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Services, Thames Valley Fire Control has been operationally live since 2015. The technology currently used to mobilise fire and rescue resources will be refreshed and the appointed Project Manager will lead this project through to successful delivery.
As the Project Manager, you will work at an enterprise level and create plans to implement safely. You will be responsible for delivering change, aligned to strategy, tracking delivery of the project, ensuring risks, issues and dependencies are identified and managed.
You will create a project team structure that fosters effective working relationships and establish strong relationships with stakeholders across the three Services. Your project will directly impact the three Services and the communities they serve, so establishing strong connections is critical to its success.
Working collaboratively, you will adopt best practice methodologies and use your skills to aid project scoping, planning, design, and delivery.
You will champion and adapt industry best practice to meet our specific needs, strengthening our approach to change and growing the project management capability within the Service, by proactively promoting best practice and sharing knowledge with key stakeholders. You’ll help the organisation understand complex problems and provide data and analysis to enable robust decision making and optimum ways of working.
Working with us, you’ll be part of an incredible team, and you’ll feel inspired to demonstrate and promote behaviours in line with the Job Profile and our Behavioural Competency Framework.
The key focus of this role is to:
• Plan the end-to-end project delivery.
• Deliver a robust command and control technology solution, effectively manage key stakeholder relationships, to ensure the project delivers, aligned to expectations.
• Track, monitor and report project progress.
• Track and monitor targeted benefits.
Key role requirements (knowledge, skills and experience):
• Professional Project Management qualifications, e.g. Prince2, AgilePM, APM.
• 5+ years’ project management experience, delivering technical and business projects.
• Experience delivering complex projects, preferably in a blue light service
• Hands on experience of working with a variety of Project Management methodologies.
• Strong stakeholder management skills.
• Core project management skills, including planning, project tracking, reporting, as well as budget, risk, issue and benefit management.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbally.
Application and selection process
The successful candidate will demonstrate and promote behaviours in line with the Job Profile/Person Specification and our Behaviour Competency Framework as attached.
The Behavioural Competency Framework allows us to easily identify the behaviours that drive successful performance and enables us to deliver an effective service. The behaviours detailed within the job profile will be assessed throughout the selection process.
If you are interested in applying for this position, click Apply Now
Please see the Job Profile/Person Specification on application.
Appointment is conditional upon undertaking a Standard Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
Rechecks will be required in line with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and Recruitment of Ex-Offenders Policy.
Please note we do not accept applications via Agencies or CV’s without an accompanying application form.
Closing date for applications is 16 January 2026.
It is anticipated that the assessment/interview process will run in February 2026.
Anticipated start date: April 2026, however this is subject to negotiation.
Please note that is your personal responsibility to check whether by applying / accepting this position it would result in any Annual Allowance implications. A breach in the Annual Allowance threshold could result in a Tax charge.
Please view our Applicant Privacy Statement on application
Our Commitments:
Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service values your individuality, your diversity and your dignity. All are welcome here. Inclusion, diversity and equality are principles which guide our decisions and will be visible throughout the Service, and we will continually work to improve in these areas.
We are committed to creating an inclusive culture of dignity and trust where everyone feels safe and comfortable to bring their whole self to work.
Simply: The communities we serve are varied and diverse, we should be too.
Applications are welcome for job-share or part time arrangements please enquire on application.
All applications are considered on merit alone. We are a Disability Confident Leader – if you meet the essential criteria of the role, you will be guaranteed an interview if you choose to opt into the Offer of an Interview Scheme (formerly known as the Guaranteed Interview Scheme).
To find out more: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, and all employees must share this commitment.
Please view our Safer Recruitment Statement via this link.
As a blue light service dedicated to ensuring the safety and well-being of our community, we are currently seeking an experienced and dynamic Project Manager to lead the delivery of a business-critical system replacement. This is a unique opportunity to make a significant impact on our operations and contribute to the enhancement of our service delivery.
Supporting Royal Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Services, Thames Valley Fire Control has been operationally live since 2015. The technology currently used to mobilise fire and rescue resources will be refreshed and the appointed Project Manager will lead this project through to successful delivery.
As the Project Manager, you will work at an enterprise level and create plans to implement safely. You will be responsible for delivering change, aligned to strategy, tracking delivery of the project, ensuring risks, issues and dependencies are identified and managed.
You will create a project team structure that fosters effective working relationships and establish strong relationships with stakeholders across the three Services. Your project will directly impact the three Services and the communities they serve, so establishing strong connections is critical to its success.
Working collaboratively, you will adopt best practice methodologies and use your skills to aid project scoping, planning, design, and delivery.
You will champion and adapt industry best practice to meet our specific needs, strengthening our approach to change and growing the project management capability within the Service, by proactively promoting best practice and sharing knowledge with key stakeholders. You’ll help the organisation understand complex problems and provide data and analysis to enable robust decision making and optimum ways of working.
Working with us, you’ll be part of an incredible team, and you’ll feel inspired to demonstrate and promote behaviours in line with the Job Profile and our Behavioural Competency Framework.
The key focus of this role is to:
• Plan the end-to-end project delivery.
• Deliver a robust command and control technology solution, effectively manage key stakeholder relationships, to ensure the project delivers, aligned to expectations.
• Track, monitor and report project progress.
• Track and monitor targeted benefits.
Key role requirements (knowledge, skills and experience):
• Professional Project Management qualifications, e.g. Prince2, AgilePM, APM.
• 5+ years’ project management experience, delivering technical and business projects.
• Experience delivering complex projects, preferably in a blue light service
• Hands on experience of working with a variety of Project Management methodologies.
• Strong stakeholder management skills.
• Core project management skills, including planning, project tracking, reporting, as well as budget, risk, issue and benefit management.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbally.
Application and selection process
The successful candidate will demonstrate and promote behaviours in line with the Job Profile/Person Specification and our Behaviour Competency Framework as attached.
The Behavioural Competency Framework allows us to easily identify the behaviours that drive successful performance and enables us to deliver an effective service. The behaviours detailed within the job profile will be assessed throughout the selection process.
If you are interested in applying for this position, click Apply Now
Please see the Job Profile/Person Specification on application.
Appointment is conditional upon undertaking a Standard Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
Rechecks will be required in line with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and Recruitment of Ex-Offenders Policy.
Please note we do not accept applications via Agencies or CV’s without an accompanying application form.
Closing date for applications is 16 January 2026.
It is anticipated that the assessment/interview process will run in February 2026.
Anticipated start date: April 2026, however this is subject to negotiation.
Please note that is your personal responsibility to check whether by applying / accepting this position it would result in any Annual Allowance implications. A breach in the Annual Allowance threshold could result in a Tax charge.
Please view our Applicant Privacy Statement on application
Our Commitments:
Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service values your individuality, your diversity and your dignity. All are welcome here. Inclusion, diversity and equality are principles which guide our decisions and will be visible throughout the Service, and we will continually work to improve in these areas.
We are committed to creating an inclusive culture of dignity and trust where everyone feels safe and comfortable to bring their whole self to work.
Simply: The communities we serve are varied and diverse, we should be too.
Applications are welcome for job-share or part time arrangements please enquire on application.
All applications are considered on merit alone. We are a Disability Confident Leader – if you meet the essential criteria of the role, you will be guaranteed an interview if you choose to opt into the Offer of an Interview Scheme (formerly known as the Guaranteed Interview Scheme).
To find out more: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, and all employees must share this commitment.
Please view our Safer Recruitment Statement via this link.
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