Fire Safety Officer in Manchester

Support our communities. See the difference you can make in our city. At One Manchester we are passionate about providing good quality homes, great services and real opportunities for customers and communities. We are more than just a landlord. We invest in new and existing homes, provide money advice and wellbeing, employment and training support and build strong partnerships to support inclusive growth.

We are looking to appoint a Fire Safety Officer who will play a key role in supporting the delivery of Fire Safety across One Manchester's (OM) portfolio of primarily low-rise buildings. Working as part of the Fire Safety Team you will be personally responsible for carrying out asset compliance inspections (including fire doors) and undertaking resident engagement where inspections and works are required. This is to ensure we are meeting our statutory obligations including safety processes, responding to operational needs and supporting compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements. This is a dynamic and varied role that requires awareness of building safety risk management, flexibility, strong organisational skills and a customer focused approach.

What we are looking for:

• Ideally have worked in the Social Housing sector within Building Safety, Compliance, Health and Safety, Maintenance, Neighbourhoods or Facilities
• NEBOSH Certificate in Fire Safety (or willing to work towards) or equivalent.
• Knowledge of UK Fire Safety legislation, including the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2025, Fire Safety Act 2021 and Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022.
• Ability to work independently, multi-task and prioritise work to ensure that deadlines are met
• Strong customer focus as well as being collaborative, personable and professional
• Have a full driving license and access to a vehicle insured for business use as you will be visiting sites across South and East Manchester

Why take up the challenge with One Manchester? This really is a great place to work. We’ve bags of potential and have huge opportunities waiting to be unlocked. Supportive and flexible, we’re rightly proud of our work and excited about the future. So, challenge yourself to be creative and ambitious and see the difference you can make in our great city.

If this sounds like you then apply today, we’d love to hear from you! We own and manage over 12,000 homes in central, south and east Manchester. We have one purpose: to provide good quality homes, great services, and real opportunities for our customers and communities. Our role as a trusted Registered Provider of Social Housing goes well beyond putting people in safe and secure homes. That’s not to say it’s not one of our key priorities, it’s simply one of the many things we do to help our customers live happy and fulfilled lives. We put people at the heart of everything we do.

We’re constantly evolving as a business to ensure we’re supporting our customers and communities. We focus on improving our communities by offering a range of services, including employment opportunities, building new developments, and ensuring our customers have safe homes to live in.

In accordance with the aims of our Equality and Diversity strategy and organisational commitment to address the employment of underrepresented groups, One Manchester is operating 'the Rooney Rule'. This means that we aim to interview at least one ethnically diverse candidate for all roles. We will also interview at least one female candidate for all our roles within our trades and facilities teams where we experience an under representation. One Manchester strives for equality, diversity and inclusion in all that we do. We positively encourage applications for employment from eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

We are transitioning to a culture where agile working will be a feature of many of our roles. We also try to support and promote a culture of flexible working where possible and practical. If you are interested in a role but require flexibility or part time hours please give us a call and we can let you know if this can be considered for a particular role.