Fire Safety Manager (Interim)

Job Title: Fire Safety Manager (Interim)
Type: Contract (2 months)
Location: Bristol
Salary: £550 a day
Hours: Full Time (37 hours a week)

BRC are working closely with a a local authority in Bristol. This role involves ensuring the safety of the building, primarily for the safety of all occupants of multi-occupied residential buildings including Low-Rise Residential Buildings, High-Rise Residential Buildings, and Supported Housing for Older People (SHOP). During this role you will be responsible for meeting the clients statutory obligations for fire safety, in addition to being required to input on the the clients fire safety strategies and policies. There will also be a requirement to input on the Building Safety policies and procedures, as well as developing and updating fire safety strategies and working on fire safety aspects of building safety cases.

Duties:

1. Initiate and lead the delivery of Fire Safety internal projects, ensuring Fire Safety in line with the clients policies, ensuring effective and appropriate translation of Fire Safety Strategy into practical application through the active promotion of Fire Safety.
2. Drive the clients risk management approach ensuring the client remains compliant with cyclical fire safety programmes of work.
3. Strategic lead for Fire Safety, working with the Primary Authority Partners at Avon Fire & Rescue Service.
4. Developed and thriving stakeholder and partner relationships that engage with, inform, support and deliver the plans.
5. Ensure the client meets both statutory and non-statutory fire safety responsibilities, in line with legislation and associated building regulations.
6. Provide strategic, operational and technical direction/advice, to all stakeholders; subject matter expert for fire related matters.
7. Contract management accountability for the Fire Risk Assessment contractor and associated remedial actions.
8. To assist with resident engagement within high-rise and/or higher-risk housing stock, particularly in ensuring that fire safety concerns are recorded, monitored, and dealt with appropriately.
9. Work as the lead on developing procedures and processes to gather, interpret, and use information on vulnerable residents in relation to evacuation from buildings.
10. Undertake or procure a service to undertake 3rd party audits on fire safety related matters, inspections, and/or investigations.
11. Manage and respond to fire prohibition and enforcement notices received from Avon Fire & Rescue Service.

Requirements:

• Significant experience of effective fire safety management at a senior level in a social housing setting, with an in depth knowledge of relevant regulation and British Standards
• Fire safety related qualification, or equivalent. Minimum of a L4.
• Professional membership to IFE and/or IFSM, or equivalent
• In depth understanding of complex buildings, fire safety systems and remediation of fire safety issue.
• Ability to formulate and articulate strategies and plans
• Experience of managing and developing services to improve outcomes for citizens and customers.
• Ability to effectively plan and deliver complex projects and programmes.
• Ability to lead and manage, inspiring and motivating people across a whole service.
• Ability to manage performance effectively and to hold all team members to account.
• Ability to plan and manage all finance and budgets to meet performance targets.
• Ability to actively contribute to innovation and to take analytical approaches to solving complex and challenging problems.
• Experience of using digital technology to deliver and improve services.
• Experience of working in complex and diverse organisations.
• Ability to cope well with and overcome ambiguity through use of effective change management approaches.
• Ability to work effectively and credibly with diverse and complex stakeholders.
• Highly-developed advocacy, negotiation and presentation skills.

For more information, please call Meg Smith or Emma Keir on (phone number removed)

To apply, please submit your CV outlining your relevant experience and qualifications.

We will be reviewing applications on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.