Senior Assistant Chief Fire Officer - Donegal County Council

Donegal, IrelandOn site25 Sept 2026

Job description

Department/Authority: Donegal County Council Location: Donegal Working pattern: Full-Time Accessibility Information: We are committed to a policy of ## What you'll bring is available in the Information Booklet. ## Equal opportunity and encourage applications under all nine grounds of the Employment Equality Act. Please see our Statement on Accessibility Please note that the language you choose to begin your application with cannot be changed once the "Apply" button is selected. If your application form is in English, your communications will be in English. To submit your application through Irish and receive communications in Irish, please ensure you are on the Irish language version of our website www.publicjobs.ie/ga before you access the vacancy you wish to apply for, and click "Déan iarratas" to apply. ## Job summary 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