Fire Safety Manager

This role is within a unit where Surrey Police and Sussex Police work in collaboration, whilst remaining two separate legal entities/employers with different terms and conditions. Both Surrey Police staff and Sussex Police staff are employed in this unit on their own force terms and conditions. Successful candidates may be appointed on the terms and conditions of employment of either Surrey Police or Sussex Police, depending on organisational requirements. A discussion will be held with the successful candidate to confirm the details of location, salary, allowances and hours.

Division / Department - Estates and Facilities Management

Grade - Surrey Police Level 1 / Sussex Police M2

Status - Full Time or Happy to Talk Flexible Working

Contract Type - Permanent

Salary Grade Range - Surrey Police £45,374 - £57,478 / Sussex Police £55,944 - £60,912

Working Hours - 37.0 Hours per Week

Shift Allowance - No

Politically Restricted - No

Location - Lewes

The starting salary for this role will usually be at the bottom of the salary range and will be pro-rata if the working hours are less than full time.

Chief Constables' Message: We really welcome your interest in joining our Police Force. It is a privilege to lead the teams in Surrey Police and Sussex Police who continuously work selflessly and tirelessly in order to keep people in our counties safe. We are looking for talented and inspirational people who put the needs of the public at the heart of everything that they do and who want to make a difference. If you feel you are that person then we want to hear from you. We wish you all the very best with your application.

The Role & Key Responsibilities:

• Fire Competent Person in accordance with The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
• Principal professional lead for fire safety, assessing the impact of legislative change, regulatory updates and operational developments and ensuring that strategic fire risks are identified, evaluated, budgeted for and managed effectively across the Surrey and Sussex police estates.
• Responsible for the development, implementation and review of the joint Fire Safety Strategy, Policy, Fire Safety Management Plan and associated procedures across Surrey and Sussex Police, ensuring compliance with legislation, approved guidance and organisational requirements.
• Responsible for establishing and maintaining a consistent, force-wide approach to fire risk assessment, passive fire protection, evacuation, training, audit, inspection and remedial action management, providing clear governance, accountability and assurance.
• Responsible for providing strategic fire safety advice to the Police & Crime Commissioner, operational police leaders and project teams, ensuring that fire safety requirements are embedded within estate management, refurbishment, new works, workplace planning and operational decision-making.
• Responsible for liaising with partner organisations and other duty holders to ensure that fire safety responsibilities in shared, leased and co-located premises are clearly defined, co-ordinated and discharged.
• Responsible for ensuring that fire safety objectives are aligned with wider organisational priorities, supporting legal compliance, operational resilience, life safety and the effective management of estate-related risk across Surrey and Sussex Police.
• Responsible for providing professional leadership, direction and oversight to the Fire Compliance Assessor and others involved in fire safety activity, ensuring that work is planned, prioritised and delivered to the required standard across Surrey and Sussex Police.
• The Fire Safety Manager will also act as the Deputy for both water management (L8) and asbestos management and will support the L8 and asbestos responsible person in their duties and in their absence.
• The Fire Safety Manager may undertake other duties appropriate to the grade and character of work as may be reasonably required, including specific duties of a similar or lesser graded post.

Budgetary Accountabilities:

• To control and report expenditure on fire compliance related capital and revenue projects.

Skills & Experience:

• Fire Risk Assessor qualification FDIA or BRE Fire Door Inspection Certificate – or equivalent.
• NEBOSH General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety.
• Water hygiene / Legionella management qualification or training, or equivalent recognised training relevant to the deputy role.
• Member of the Institute of Fire Safety Managers (MIFSM) or the Institution of Fire Engineers (MIFireE).
• Recent experience in managing complex fire arrangements on large, diverse, 24/7 estates.
• Ability to balance complex workstreams and make clear, time dependent decisions regarding fire compliance.
• Proven ability to communicate effectively, openly and professionally with senior leaders, negotiate effectively at all levels of the organisation and produce clear and concise reports.
• Skills and proven experience of negotiating and influencing senior leaders and stakeholders to deliver successful outcomes.
• Recent experience of managing external consultants, design teams and internal clients.
• Proven experience of project processes e.g. risk management, issues resolution and program planning.
• Fully IT literate, with a good level of competency in key MS tools.
• Ability to listen, support, mentor and manage staff in a fair, open and constructive manner.

Why Work With Us?

Policing is an exciting 24/7 business and we all have commitments outside work. We’re invested in supporting people to balance their life with work and we encourage flexible working. We are open to conversations about job shares and part time working. We encourage agile working, giving you the opportunity to manage your own diary and work wherever you give the best service to the public. This may include flexi-time and home working.

We take pride in looking after our people and offer a variety of benefits:

• Career progression
• Contributory pension scheme (LGPS)
• Generous annual leave allowance
• Discounts for everyday spend
• On-site gyms and a range of sports clubs
• Generous and supportive parental leave
• Financial and mental wellbeing guidance and support
• Discounted contributory healthcare scheme

We are only as good as our people. It's important that our officers and staff can be themselves in the workplace and we know that as an organisation we'll grow from the variety of thinking, approach, and the skills that diversity brings; all of which help us to deliver a better policing service. We strive to ensure how we deliver our services, provide information and how we recruit is open and accessible to all. We have multiple staff support groups who help to improve our understanding of minority issues and ensure they are reflected in our work. We are proud members of Disability Confident, hold Race Equality Matters Trailblazer status, are a signatory of the Race at Work Charter and are aligned with the Armed Forces Covenant and the HeForShe movement. We are committed to being an anti-racist police service. We promise to challenge injustice, ensure fairness and to uphold anti-racist principles in both our organisation and our communities.

We value the differences that people bring from all backgrounds and communities. Regardless of age, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, disability, social status, or religious belief, we would love to hear from you.

Following submission of your application you will receive a confirmation email with a copy of your application attached. Occasionally emails from this address can fall into spam/junk folders so please ensure this is checked regularly. You may wish to consider adding noreply@policejobssurreyandsussex.as.recruitmail.com to your address/contact list to ensure you receive all communications.

This post is being advertised in parallel with Force redeployment processes. Any redeployees who are identified will be given preference. This may result in the post being withdrawn at any point during the recruitment process. Please note that not all jobs are available for internal candidates across both Forces, the current agreed recruitment principles are; vacancies in collaborated units are available to all officers and staff across both Forces vacancies in non-collaborated units are only available to officers and staff within the Force with the vacancy unless it is advertised externally if the vacancy is advertised externally and an officer or member of staff from the other Force is successful it will result in a transfer of employment. Surrey Police and Sussex Police Special Constables, Volunteers and Agency Staff (excluding self-employed workers) covered under the Agency Worker Regulations (AWR) are eligible to apply for internal advertised posts.