Fire Safety Manager

Adecco's specialist Property Services Division are proud to have been commissioned to partner with a National Housing Association to assist them in recruiting a permanent Fire Safety Manager to be based from their offices in either Bradford or Peterborough.

Duties

• Being the responsible person in regard to Fire Safety Management across the business, supporting teams, providing training and guidance and producing accurate reports.
• Ensuring our buildings and customers' homes are safe and receive the best service possible whilst working in partnership with our internal Fire and Safety Assessors and contractors across the following work stream areas: o Fire Risk Assessments inc Fire Door surveys & remedial works o Warden Call / Fire Alarm Testing / Emergency Light Testing o Fire door installation works
• Ensuring the Fire and Safety policy and procedure is reviewed, updated, tracked, monitored and fully implemented across all Fire and Safety regimes
• Developing, implementing and delivering a pro-active contract monitoring framework for effective management of all Fire and Safety regimes across the organisation.
• Being responsible for delivering all fire safety related planned and cyclical contract works
• Data and performance management, through our in-house ActiveH system and QlikView performance monitoring tool, to ensure all regimes, assets, attributes are captured and visible.
• Working in partnership with the Head of Building Safety and Information, Customer Safety Manager, Group Health and Safety Manager and regional Fire Safety Manager Head of Building Safety and Information teams, to drive a pro-active approach to Fire and Safety regimes, ensuring customers and their homes are safe
• Bringing our values to life through providing direction, coaching, support, empowerment and development to your team and other colleagues, enabling them to flourish and succeed, whilst creating a positive Fire and Safety Culture
• Being the key source of expertise on Fire Safety and maintaining an awareness of changing Fire Safety legislation and any potential impact on the organisation.
• Co-ordinating the delivery of a programme of fire risk assessments, fire door inspections and resulting remedial actions, covering all relevant domestic and commercial premises owned by or under the control of the organisations.
• Implementing any recommendations that arise from enforcement or improvement notice's
• Reporting to senior management regularly on any Fire and Safety related updates, including Building Safety
• Liaising with the Primary Authority for Fire Safety and maintaining the partnership arrangement
• Adequately communicating with customers and residents about fire and building safety and issues that may affect them
• Leading on producing, updating and maintaining an accurate Fire safety Management system for the organisation
• Keeping up to date with any changes in legislation and governance, ensuring that the wider business is aware and help plan for any related consequences

Candidate Requirements - Essential

• Relevant professional qualifications or experience and excellent knowledge of Fire and Building Safety Regulations
• Experience of managing and leading a team in the delivery of all aspects of Fire Safety, whilst developing your team and promoting personal development
• An inspiring and dynamic communicator, who's able to convey a clear vision of our approach to Fire and Safety
• Have a collaborative approach to working with colleagues across all areas of the organisation to achieve the best possible outcomes for customers

Salary & Benefits

• £56,000 per annum
• £1,250 car allowance
• 35 Hour working weeks
• 28 days paid holiday (pro-rata excluding bank holidays) per year rising by 1 day per year up to a maximum of one working week.
• A choice of Pension Schemes including a Defined Benefit Scheme with a 7.5% member contribution or a Defined Contribution Scheme with a 4% member contribution and 4% employer contribution. Both pension schemes provide Life Insurance Cover.
• Option to purchase additional holiday of up to 2 of your working weeks (at managers discretion.

To discuss the finer points of this fantastic opportunity please don't hesitate to contact me directly on or email to book in a conversation.