Leadership and Organisational Development Officer

An opportunity has arisen for an individual to join an inclusive and value driven public sector organisation with an outstanding organisational culture.

Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service are looking to recruit a Leadership and Organisational Development Officer to support the Learning Development Manager and wider team.

Job Details

As a Leadership and Organisational Development Officer, you will play a vital role in our people and leadership development, ensuring there is a shared understanding of talent, effective leadership, embedding our values and behaviours and promoting a performance management ethos.

About the Role

As a Learning and Organisational Development Officer, you’ll play an integral part in building Leadership and Development programmes, organisational polices and plans. Use data insights to inform the development of leadership development, and nurture and develop future leaders through developing talent.

The successful candidate will have the knowledge and understanding of this environment and will be customer focused with the ability to advise others and communicate effectively both internally within LFRS and externally.

We offer free car parking, a public sector pension and generous annual leave.

To be considered for this role, it is essential that you have 3 GSCE’s or equivalent including Maths and English and be a member of the CIPD or relevant degree or equivalent qualification.

How to apply?

External Applicants: Please click the above link on 'Apply Now' for the online application and further information.

Internal Applicants: Please apply via your MiPlace employee self service account. This ensures your application is saved within your account, and any personal information requested in the application form will automatically pre populate using the details stored in your MiPlace account. Please review and update these details if necessary.

Key Dates

Closing date for applications is 23:59 hours on 6 May 2026 however we reserve the right to close the advert prior to this if sufficient quality applications have been received.

We anticipate interviews to take place Tuesday 18 May 2026.

Further Information

This post is subject to a Standard check with the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Diversity Matters at Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service. We want to attract the broadest range of people to work with us and the more diverse the workforce, the better able we are to serve our community. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from all individuals regardless of gender, ethnicity, disability, sexuality, social background, religion and/or belief or age. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer.

This post has been advertised internally and externally.

*With effect from 6 July 2023, Fire & Rescue Authorities have been listed in Schedule 1 of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions) Order 1975, meaning that all LFRS roles are subject to a Standard Level Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check as a minimum. Some roles within the Service will be eligible for a higher level check depending on the duties of the role.