Fire Risk Assessor

Job description

Contract terms

Starting salary: PO7 (£57,663 – £60,819 + £6,000 Market Supplement for 24 months)
Work location: Alexandra House, 10 Station Road, Wood Green, London, N22 7TR
Hours per week: 36 per week
Contract type: Permanent
Closing date: Sunday, 22nd June 2025 at 23:59

About Haringey

Haringey is a fantastic place to live and work – the world in one borough. A place brimming with creativity, personality, radicalism, and community. It is a place where we stand up for each other. A place that is proudly distinctive. We’ll be celebrating all this and more as the “rebel borough” when we are the 2027 London Borough of Culture.

Our history champions change-makers and everyday rebels; revelling in our differences, battling discrimination, championing equality, and doing things our own way. Haringey’s people are a huge asset, with knowledge, expertise, and passion. Our staff members embody our organisational values: Caring, Creative, Courageous, Collaborative and Community-focused. These values keep us looking forward, ambitious for the future, and continuously striving to do our very best for all of our residents.

About the role

This is a fantastic opportunity to work within Housing Services and Building Safety Compliance, who are looking to recruit highly experienced fire risk assessors to join our in-house team of fire safety professionals to carry out type 1 and type 3 fire risk assessments on residential properties delivering fire class services to our residents. Manage and audit contractors and consultants fire safety standards to ensure compliance. Contribute to monitoring of existing and new development of processes and procedures to facilitate the management control of fire risks. You will be supported with continuing professional development. The team comprises of fire risk assessors, fire safety surveyors and compliance support officers.

About the team

You will be joining a dedicated team that collaborates with the wider organisation to ensure the safety of both the organisation and its residents, minimizing the risk of fire hazards. Reporting to the Fire and Asbestos Manager, you will work alongside a Fire Programmes Manager, a Senior Asbestos Surveyor, and two additional Fire Risk Assessors, contributing to a comprehensive approach to fire safety and risk management.

About you

To be successful in applying for this role, you must have experience in conducting fire risk assessments for various residential properties, be a member of a relevant professional body such as IFE, IFSM, or CABE, and possess extensive knowledge of the Regulatory Reform Fire Safety Order, Approved Document B, and British Standards. Additionally, a solid understanding of different construction methods and the application of both active and passive fire safety measures is essential.

Working for Haringey

At Haringey Council we are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce so welcome applications from all ethnicities and communities so that we continue to make a difference to our residents and community.  Our benefits package includes a leave entitlement of 31 days + bank holidays, potential hybrid working opportunities, health and wellbeing support, a generous local government pension scheme and a range of discount schemes across leisure and culture that provide both financial and money-saving discounts.

Please note: we reserve the right to end this advert before the noted deadline if we receive sufficient applications. If you wish to apply for this role, please ensure that you do so as soon as possible.  

Additionally, we are aware that automated emails may be diverted through to junk email folders.  Please continue to check these through the application process.  If you have any questions about the status of your application, please contact ResourcingHub@haringey.gov.uk