Fire Safety Manager

Job description

Contract Terms

Starting salary: PO7, (£57,663 – £60,819)
Hours per week: Full-time, 36 per week
Contract type: Permanent
Closing date: 6th March 2025

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

We are looking for a candidate who has experience conducting on site based fire risk assessments, fire safety inspections, and other general fire safety reports.  They will be key in identifying potential hazards and developing and implementing robust fire safety protocols and evacuation plans across the Council’s corporate portfolio of buildings.

The candidate will also be asked to monitor compliance with fire safety legislation and regulations and provide reports to management.  Some assistance in the specification, tendering and project management of fire safety-related works and projects, will also be required.

About the Team

The role will be situated within the Technical Compliance Team and will report to the technical Compliance Manager. The small, dynamic team consists of the Technical Compliance Manager, Asbestos Specialist, Fire Safety Manager, Data Officer and Safety and Compliance Officer.

About You

The successful candidate will have:

•    Level 4 Diploma in Fire Risk Assessment.
•    Qualification certificate from a valid fire safety organisation such as IFE.
•    Membership of a recognised fire safety organization.
•    A relevant Health and Safety qualification e.g. NEBOSH General Certificate and/or NEBOSH Fire Safety and Risk Management.
•    IFE Level 3 Certificate in Passive Fire Protection, or equivalent.

The candidate will preferably have at least five years’ experience in a fire risk assessor role, including the assessment of large, complex premises, including (high risk) premises that fall within the remit of the Building Safety Regulator & Building Safety Act 2022

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.