National Operational Guidance; NOG Strategic Gap Analysis Officer

Job reference: REQ
000388

Date posted: 1312/2025

Final date to receive applications: 15/01/2026

Salary: £22,969 per annum rising to £24,791 per annum

Package: 24 hours per week

Basis:
Part time

Type:
Support

12 MONTH FIXED TERM CONTRACT – WITH POTENTIAL TO EXTEND

Hours:

24 per week over 3 days

This role provides critical support in ensuring the Service’s strategic alignment with National Operational Guidance through research, analysis, coordination, and effective communication across departments.

• Conduct research on operational procedures and guidance as directed by the Group Commander Strategic Support. Assist in the development, publication, and review of strategic and operational guidance in accordance with National Operational Guidance.
• Support Group Commander Strategic Support in reviewing National Operational Guidance strategic gap analyses to identify actions to ensure service compliance.
• Liaise with all Service departments on progress and alignment of tasks to ensure alignment and compliance with NOG providing support where necessary.
• Review and analyse National Operational Guidance Strategic requirements against the services current governance framework to identify any gaps and report these to the relevant stakeholder for review and action. Recording outcomes and provide recommendations of appropriate solutions to meet alignment to the national operational standards.
• Create, amend and maintain business process models around the implementation of NOG within the Service in order to show process flows and lines of authority and action.
• Identify service policies that require review against the appropriate strategic National Operational Guidance and provide reports to Watch Manager National Operational Policy Officer and relevant parties to ensure policies are aligned and updated.
• Attend NOG implementation and project board meetings as directed by Group Commander Strategic Support to provide advice, guidance updates on National Operational Guidance service implementation matters. To chair NOG implementation and project board meetings in the absence of Group Commander Strategic Support.

• In-depth experience of working in a Fire and Rescue Service strategic support environment.
• Comprehensive understanding of National Fire Chiefs Council – National Operational Guidance and operational Service policy.
• In-depth experience of analysing operational risk and guidance information.
• In-depth experience of writing or formatting the business process model.
• In-depth experience of Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills to work proactively, effectively prioritising to meet conflicting deadlines and manage multiple tasks.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate across all service levels.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

For full details about the key responsibilities and essential criteria required for the role, please see the attached job description and person specification.

If this role is of interest, please visit our website  for further information and to make a formal application. We ask that you include your full career history and reference your skills and experience in line with the job description and person specification within your application and supporting statement.

This post will be exempt from the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2023. Therefore, applicants are not entitled to withhold information about convictions which for other purposes are ‘spent’ under the provision of the Act.

The appointment will be made subject to satisfactory pre-employment clearances, including an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) clearance at the level required for the role security clearance.

Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service’s recruitment and selection procedures reflect our commitment to safer recruitment, and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of Adults, Children and Young People and all staff and volunteers are expected to share this commitment.

Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service is an equal opportunities employer that welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

As a Disability Confident employer, we guarantee an interview to disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role. Reasonable adjustments are available throughout the recruitment process.

As part of our commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant, we encourage applications from those who have served, are serving, or are part of a military family. Your skills and experience are valued here.