Our Vacancies
It has never been a more exciting time to consider your future with Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service.
Our service is passionate about the communities we serve and dedicated to developing our workforce - if you're looking to progress in an inclusive, supportive, and dynamic fire service, we would like to hear from you.
Joining Cumbria Fire & Rescue Service
Following a significant period of change, Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service currently have an exciting opportunity to innovate, integrate, and do things differently, and we are looking for individuals who can demonstrate outstanding values, behaviours, and professionalism, in a trusted and community focussed service.
At a time of ongoing reform of public services, it has never been more important to ensure we have the right people in the right roles, and key to this is also supporting our internal talent to progress in both temporary and substantive positions, as well as welcome diversity, experience, and dedication for external applicants.
We are looking for staff who embody our code of ethics, who are passionate about truly making a difference in Cumbria, and who are focussed on demonstrating outstanding leadership, no matter their role.
Find out about our how we are an Inclusive and Supportive Employer here.
Our vacancies
Please see our current vacancies below.
We post all our vacancies here, as well as across our social media channels and key jobs boards we work with.
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CFRS0165 - Fitness Instructors INTERNAL ONLY
TWO OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE
Date Posted: 10/10/2025
Salary: £13.47 per hour
Hours: 0 hour contract
Contract: Initially Fixed Term, 12 months
Location: Countywide, ideally covering the Eden and South Lakes areas - more info on advert
Closing date: 11:59 on Sunday 2nd November 2025
Interviews: Interviews will be held virtually on Thursday 6th November 2025
**This post requires a Standard DBS check**
Station Manager Promotion Board
Date Posted: Wednesday, 22 October 2025
Salary: Development – £50,135 FTE (+ 20% Operational Allowance)
Competent B – £55,301 FTE (+ 20% Operational Allowance)
Contract: Permanent and fixed-term opportunities
Location: Our leaders work countywide and our headquarters are at Penrith, Cumbria
Closing date: 11.59pm on Sunday, 9 November 2025
Shortlisting: w/c Monday, 10 November 2025
Possible initial assessments: w/c Monday, 17 November 2025
Assessment Day: w/c Monday, 1 December 2025
CFRS0167 - Head of Finance
Date Posted: 30/10/2025
Salary: £65,873 - £68,775
Hours: 37 hours per week. We support part-time working, job-shares and other flexible options - these can be discussed at interview.
Contract: Permanent
Location: The Finance team is based at Carlisle East Fire Station, Penrith Headquarters, and home-working.
Closing date: Midnight on Sunday 16th November 2025
Interviews: Interviews will be held in-person week commencing 24th November 2025. The location will be confirmed with successful candidates at invite.
**This post requires a Standard DBS check**
CFRS0168 - Watch Manager L&D - Recruits INTERNAL ONLY
Date posted: 31/10/2025
Location: The L&D team are based out of Penrith Headquarters, but training is delivered all over the county. For any candidates concerned about travel or a different rota, please get in touch and we can discuss.
Salary: Watch Manager B Salary plus 10% L&D Allowance
Hours: 42 hours
Contract: Fixed term contract, initially 6 months
Eligibility: INTERNAL OPERATIONAL STAFF ONLY
Awareness Session - an opportunity to meet directly with L&D to learn about the role and ask any queries - Tuesday 11th November at 19:00hrs
Closing date: Friday 14th November 2025 at 09:00hrs
Shortlisting: Friday 14th November 2025 (Candidate Assessment information will be issued by EOD Friday 14th November 2025)
Interviews will be in-person on week commencing Monday 17th November 2025. (We will ensure all successfully shortlisted candidates have adequate prep time).
CFRS0169 - Watch Manager L&D - Incident Command Lead INTERNAL ONLY
Date posted: 31/10/2025
Location: The L&D team are based out of Penrith Headquarters, but training is delivered all over the county. For any candidates concerned about travel or a different rota, please get in touch and we can discuss.
Salary: Watch Manager B Salary plus 10% L&D Allowance
Hours: 42 hours
Contract: Fixed term contract, initially 6 months
Eligibility: INTERNAL OPERATIONAL STAFF ONLY
Awareness Session - an opportunity to meet directly with L&D to learn about the role and ask any queries - Tuesday 11th November at 19:00hrs
Closing date: Friday 14th November 2025 at 09:00hrs
Shortlisting: Friday 14th November 2025 (Candidate Assessment information will be issued by EOD Friday 14th November 2025)
Interviews will be in-person on week commencing Monday 17th November 2025. (We will ensure all successfully shortlisted candidates have adequate prep time).
Internal Expressions of Interest
INTERNAL EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
For short-term opportunities open to our internal staff, please take a look at the link below.
Linked here: Internal Expressions of Interest
On-Call Firefighter vacancies
Interested in joining us as an On-Call Firefighter? Find out more using the link below.
Wholetime Firefighter vacancies - CURRENTLY CLOSED
Learn about the role of a Wholetime Firefighter at Cumbria Fire & Rescue Service.
This page is currently being updated and the link wont work, however we will get this published asap.
Feedback
If you've been invited to take part in one of our processes, we would really welcome your feedback, as this helps us review our practices and make improvements. It also helps us remain committed to fair and inclusive processes.
If you'd like to give feedback, please complete the below Form. You can do this anonymously and this information is only accesses by the Resourcing and Talent team, who will capture data from it to inform our future work.
CFRS Resourcing Feedback Form 2024 (Microsoft Forms Link)
North West Fire Control - Control Room Operator
North West Fire Control is a regional emergency fire control set up exclusively by the Fire Services in the North West to jointly handle all 999 emergency calls and be responsible for mobilising firefighters, fire engines and specialist response teams to life threatening emergencies in Cumbria, Lancashire, Greater Manchester and Cheshire.
We work closely with other bluelight services and agencies and cover a large geographical area to deal with a range of emergencies. The area covered includes large rural areas, dense urban areas, airports and nuclear installations, not to mention a complex and busy motorway network.
North West Fire Control is looking for enthusiastic and committed individuals who want to make a difference to people’s lives and safety. Being a Control Room Operator is more than just answering calls, it’s about gathering and sharing critical information from a range of sources with emergency responders, supporting decision-making, providing ongoing incident support and helping to keep people safe.
We train and develop our people to provide a skilled, motivated and competent fire control professional.
If you want a career where you make difference, no day is ever same, and you work as part of an amazing team….please visit our website.
Our website can be found here: www.nwfirecontrol.com