Senior Officer Salaries 2026-27

Organisational chart showing the top three levels of management. — Strategic Leadership Team 2026-27

Publication of senior officer salary information

Purpose and scope

This publication provides senior officer pay information for Nottinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service in line with the Local Government Transparency Code 2015 and is intended as a Senior Pay Disclosure.

Reporting date

Information is shown as of 31 March 2026, unless otherwise stated.

Definitions

For the purposes of this disclosure, “senior officers” refers to the Strategic Leadership Team (CFO and Assistant Chief Fire Officers) and other employees earning more than £50,000 per annum, as set out below.

The following information relates to members of the Nottinghamshire Fire & Rescue Strategic Leadership Team. This incorporates the following roles:

Chief Fire Officer
Assistant Chief Fire Officer
Assistant Chief Fire Officer

The following table sets out information about the above roles:

This information is provided in line with the Code of Recommended Practice for Local Authorities on Data Transparency (2015)
Name	Job Title	Service area	Average Weekly Hours	Pay Range £000
Mr Craig Parkin	Cheif Fire Officer	Head of Paid Service	42*	£168,136 - £186,818
Mr Damien West	Assistant Chief Fire Officer	Strategic Director for Service Delivery	42*	£126,103 - £140,114
Ms Leila Berry	Assistant Chief Fire Officer	Strategic Director for Corporate Support	42*	£126,103 - £140,114

Pay ranges shown are the applicable annual basic pay ranges for the role (not individual take-home pay).
Average weekly hours reflect contracted hours for the role. Where an asterisk is shown, the role also provides continuous operational cover outside normal working arrangements on a rota basis.
No employees receive performance-related bonuses.

Chief Fire Officer

The Chief Fire Officer has a duty, on behalf of the Nottinghamshire and City of Nottingham Combined Fire Authority, to

Advise and support the Nottinghamshire and City of Nottingham Fire Authority in ensuring that it achieves its strategic aims and plans of the Fire Authority for the protection of communities and people it services
Be responsible for discharging, on behalf of the Fire Authority, the requirements placed upon it by the Fire Services Acts 1947, 1959 and 2004 and other appropriate legislation, as determined by the Fire Authority.
To ensure, in association with the Treasurer and the Clerk to the Authority, that the financial and formal administrative affairs of the Authority are properly carried out within the terms of the Authority’s Financial Regulations and Standing Orders and any appropriate legislation.

Strategic Directors

The Strategic Directors have budgetary and staffing responsibilities for the following areas on 31st March 2026. Job descriptions are attached as appendices:

Strategic Director for Service Delivery

Emergency Call Handling and Mobilising
Operational response
Fire Prevention and Community safety
Fire Protection
Fire Investigation
Resilience and Business Continuity Management

Strategic Director for Strategic Support

Risk and Operational Assurance
Resilience and Business Continuity Management
Health & Safety
Estates
Procurement and Stores
Fleet Management
Equipment
Information and Communication Technology
Planning and Programmes
Performance Management
Corporate Communications
Corporate Administration
Human Resources (Personnel, Occupational Health, Equalities)
Industrial relations
Organisational Development
Operational Training

Other roles

Additionally, under the Local Government Transparency Code 2015, it is recommended that the salaries of senior employees of the Service who earn more than £50,000 per annum should be published. These roles are listed below, and Role Maps/Job Descriptions are attached as appendices.

Strategic Management Team

Role	Basic Salary	Allowances	Total Remuneration
Area Manager x3	£67,792 - £74,360 pa	Flexi-duty allowance (20% of basic salary) Area Manager rota allowance Essential User Car Allowance	£90,844 - £99,645 £1,239
Area Manager (Head of Prevention, Protection and Fire Investigation) Day Duty	£67,792 - £74,360 pa	On-call allowance equating to 5% of basic salary Essential Car User Allowance	£71,181 - £78,078 £1,239
Temporary Area Manager (RMS Project) Day Duty	£67,792 - £74,360 pa	On-call allowance equating to 5% of basic salary Essential Car User Allowance	£71,181 - £78,078 £1,239
Area Manager (Head of People and OD)	£67,792 - £74,360 pa	On-call allowance equating to 5% of basic salary Essential Car User Allowance	£71,181 - £78,078 £1,239
Head of Finance and Treasurer	£67,792 - £74,360 pa	On-call allowance equating to 5% of basic salary Treasurer allowance Essential Car User Allowance	£80,406 - £87,302 £1,239

Basic salary, flexi-duty and essential car user allowances are determined by national pay agreements.

No employees recieve performance-related bonuses

Non Strategic Roles above the £50k threshold

There are 43 other employees whose remuneration is above £50,000 per annum as of 31 March 2026. These are detailed below and Role Maps/Job Descriptions are attached as appendices:

Group Manager x 7
Station Manager x 19
Head of Engineering
Estates Manager
Equipment Manager
Procurement Manager
Head of Digital
ICT Programme Manager
Inclusion and Organisational Development Manager
HR Manager
Assistant Head of Finance
Occupational Health and Fitness Manager
Strategic Support Manager
Corporate Programme Manager
HR Business Partner x 2
ICT Security Manager
Estates Project Manager x 2

The table below is included to ensure full compliance with paragraph 48(a) of the Local Government Transparency Code 2015.

The table shows the number of employees (headcount) whose remuneration falls within each band, as required by paragraph 48(a) of the Code.

Salary Band	Number of Employees
£50,000 - £54,999	6
£55,000 - £59,999	5
£60,000 - £64,999	9
£65,000 - £69,999	18
£70,000 - £74,999	0
£75,000 - £79,999	5