Fire Safety Manager
Location: East of England
Rate: £53,051 - £55,224 per annum
Contract: Permanent
Spencer Clarke Group are supporting a local authority to appoint a Fire Safety Manager within their Housing and Property function.
This is a senior role leading the council's fire safety approach across its housing stock and related buildings. You will provide expert oversight on statutory compliance, develop and maintain fire strategies, lead a team delivering inspections and risk assessments, and manage a significant fire safety improvement programme and associated budgets.
Responsibilities include
* Acting as the council's lead fire safety specialist for housing stock, fulfilling delegated duty holder responsibilities
* Leading, supporting and performance managing a team of Fire Safety Surveyors, including workload planning and quality assurance
* Planning and completing fire risk assessments, then ensuring actions are tracked, allocated and closed out to a high standard
* Producing and maintaining fire strategies for a range of residential settings including sheltered schemes and general needs blocks
* Managing delivery of fire safety works and improvements, including budgets, supplier performance and consultancy support
* Working with internal teams and external stakeholders to maintain accurate building safety information and support Building Safety Act requirements
* Acting as the key contact for Fire and Rescue, supporting audits, responding to findings and coordinating remedial actions
* Supporting resident engagement and communications, and providing performance updates to senior stakeholders
* Ensuring ongoing compliance activity is maintained including checks, testing regimes, equipment maintenance and permit to work controls
About you
* Degree level or equivalent building-related professional qualification, with substantial post-qualification experience
* Strong experience of fire safety management within residential premises, ideally within social housing or a local authority setting
* Proven capability undertaking and quality assuring fire risk assessments and developing practical, compliant fire strategies
* Up to date knowledge of relevant fire safety legislation and associated compliance requirements
* Confident people manager with experience planning programmes of work across multiple sites and priorities
* Strong stakeholder management skills, including the ability to present clearly and influence at senior level
* IFE Level 4 Certificate in Fire Safety (desirable)
* NEBOSH Certificate in Fire Safety (desirable)
How to Apply
Send your CV or get in touch with Cameron Nicholls at Spencer Clarke Group on or cn
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