Assistant Fire Chief

City of Tempe

Human Resources

Contact Information

Address:

Website:

• www.tempe.gov

Phone:

• 480-350-8276

Fax:

• 480-350-8060

Email:

• jobs@tempe.gov
• hr@tempe.gov

Application Deadline:

• 01/24/25

Salary:

• $181,502 up to $196,385

  The City of Tempe offers a comprehensive benefits package including:

  • 13 Paid Holidays, 1 Personal Day, up to 8 hours Winter Holiday Leave
  • Vacation Accrual; starts at 9.33 hours/month or higher depending upon qualifying City service time.
  • Sick Leave Accrual; 8 hours/month
  • Uniform and Safety Boot Allowance
  • Medical, Dental and Vision Benefits
  • Tuition Reimbursement; $6,500/year
  • Public Safety Personnel Retirement System
  • Supplemental Retirement Plans through Nationwide; 457, 401K,
  • Position is eligible for 56 hours of additional paid leave.
  • Position is eligible for medical and/or vacation Performance Pay which requires 17 years in PSPRS and 1400 hours of accrued medical leave and/or maximum vacation accruals.

  To view the employee benefit summary, please visit: Employee Benefit Summary

Position Details

Job ID: 902242

The purpose of this position is to support and promote the mission and values of the City and the Department.  Work involves administrative responsibilities supervising, managing, and leading the activities and personnel of the Fire Medical Rescue Department.

Responsibilities include overseeing day to day operational functions of large divisions within the department and serving as part of the executive staff supporting the Fire Chief.

Duties include, but are not limited to the following:

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Work Experience:

Requires six (6) years of command and supervisory experience in an organized fire department, including three (3) years of administrative responsibility.

Candidates must have the minimum amount of work experience. Years of experience are based upon a full-time work schedule (2,080 hours per year).  The sum of an applicant’s full-time and/or part-time qualifying work experience must meet or exceed the stated minimum qualification. Education will not substitute for the required work experience; however, related unpaid and/or volunteer work experience may be used as qualifying work experience.

Education:

Requires the equivalent to a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in fire science, public administration, or a directly related to the core functions of this position.

The term “equivalent” means that directly related work experience exceeding the required work experience will substitute in equal time increments for college-level education, for example: one year of additional directly related work experience will substitute for one year of college education (30 credit hours).

Certifications, Licenses, and/or Registrations:

• Possession of a valid driver’s license
• Possession of or required to obtain within one (1) year of appointment, Incident Command System (ICS) 100, 200, 300, 400, 700 and 800 

Additional:

• Must pass police background examination
• Must not be on the Office of Inspector General (OIG) list of Excluded Individuals/Entities (LEIE)

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