Technical Coordinator (Fire Safety) in Manchester

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: £32,881 - £36,069 per annum (London weighted) or £28,886 - £31,876 per annum (Regional), dependant on experience

Grade: 6

Reporting Office: London, Stratford or Manchester, Trafford

Persona: Agile Worker – 20% to 40% of contractual hours to be worked from reporting office/working location (hybrid working)

Closing Date: 18 February 2026 at 11pm

Interview Dates: 25th/26th February 2026 (Interview via MS Teams)

Benefits include:

• Excellent pension plan (up to 6% double contribution)
• 28 days annual leave rising to 31 days with length of service + Bank Holidays
• Westfield Health Cash Plan
• Non-contributory life assurance
• Up to 21 hours volunteering paid days
• Lifestyle benefits
• Employee Assistance Programme

Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the advertisement and interview earlier than stated.

Previous Applicants May Not Apply – (if prior applications were regretted within 12 weeks)

Role and Responsibilities:

Join our Fire Safety Team at L&Q. L&Q is seeking a Technical Coordinator to join our Fire Safety Team within Property Services. In this role, you will support management in delivering the Fire Risk Assessment (FRA) Programme, with a particular focus on coordinating, reviewing and assigning fire safety actions across a large and diverse property portfolio. You will help ensure the timely delivery and completion of FRA actions including those of High Risk priority.

Working closely with the FRA Manager, Senior Fire Officers, and colleagues across the wider Fire Safety team, including Passive Fire, Active Fire, and Housing Management, you will play a key role in coordinating, monitoring, and reporting on fire safety actions that sit within the FRA team.

Your impact in the role:

• Allocate fire risk actions processed by external contractors to the wider business, oversee actions assigned to the FRA team, and monitor the resolution of high risk actions.
• Troubleshoot issues, identify blockers, and ensure compliance with current fire safety regulations.
• Demonstrate hands-on experience managing fire risk actions in a reactive environment, with strong problem-solving skills and working knowledge of fire safety legislation.
• You will also be responsible for coordinating the delivery of our Waking Watch Programme. This includes recording and monitoring buildings that require temporary waking watch arrangements, liaising with external stakeholders, and following up with internal teams to ensure they fulfil their responsibilities in line with the Waking Watch policy and procedure.

Your work will support the smooth, compliant, and effective operation of the programme.

To succeed in this role, you must have excellent administrative skills and be able to organise, plan, and prioritise your workload effectively. You will communicate confidently with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders. Strong proficiency in spreadsheets and digital systems is essential, along with the ability to analyse and present information clearly.

Experience using systems such as Arena, Keystone and ZetaSafe is desirable. You should also be proficient in the full Microsoft Office suite, including Word, Excel and Outlook.

What you’ll bring / Qualifications:

• Providing excellent technical administrative and co-ordination support
• Act as a point of contact for internal and external stakeholders
• Versatile, flexible regarding tasks covered, and willing to work as part of a team
• Provide a customer centred, professional and competent approach to all tasks
• Excellent communication skills, attention to detail, IT competent
• Delivers a high-quality service
• Passion for improving building safety
• Awareness of related legislation and guidance

How to apply / Reasonable adjustments:

If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage during this process, including application stage, please email lqcareers@lqgroup.org.uk

About L&Q:

We’re one of the UK’s leading housing associations and developers. We were founded on a simple belief: high quality housing is vital for people’s health, happiness and security. Everyone deserves a quality home that gives them the chance to live a better life. 250,000 people call our properties ‘home’, and we’re proud to serve diverse communities across London, the South East and North West of England.

People are at the heart of our business and our success depends on employing the best people and getting the best from them. The foundation of everything that we are is built on our corporate values and behavioural framework, which outlines our core expectations and should be demonstrated at all times, and all levels, when representing L&Q.

At L&Q, we know that diversity and inclusion make us stronger – and they’re at the heart of everything we do. When we recruit, we look at what really matters: your skills, experience, and potential. We’re proud to be recognised for creating an inclusive workplace. We’re a Disability Confident Leader (Level 3) and we’ve introduced our own Recruitment Advocate scheme to make sure every step of our hiring process is fair, transparent, and consistent. It’s all part of our commitment to ending discrimination and making L&Q a place where everyone feels welcome.

Sustainability is also at the heart of what we do. We recognise the responsibility we hold as one of the UK’s largest housing associations.