Job summary
We are seeking an experienced and dedicated Fire Safety Manager to ensure the implementation and maintenance of fire safety standards across our complex organisation, including both PFI and non-PFI estates. You will be responsible for ensuring legislative compliance, promoting fire safety practices, and contributing to the development of a safe environment for staff, patients, and the public.
Main duties of the job
We are seeking an experienced and dedicated Fire Safety Manager to ensure the implementation and maintenance of fire safety standards across our complex organisation, including both PFI and non-PFI estates. You will be responsible for ensuring legislative compliance, promoting fire safety practices, and contributing to the development of a safe environment for staff, patients, and the public.
About us
We are seeking an experienced and dedicated Fire Safety Manager to ensure the implementation and maintenance of fire safety standards across our complex organisation, including both PFI and non-PFI estates. You will be responsible for ensuring legislative compliance, promoting fire safety practices, and contributing to the development of a safe environment for staff, patients, and the public.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We are seeking an experienced and dedicated Fire Safety Manager to ensure the implementation and maintenance of fire safety standards across our complex organisation, including both PFI and non-PFI estates. You will be responsible for ensuring legislative compliance, promoting fire safety practices, and contributing to the development of a safe environment for staff, patients, and the public.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We are seeking an experienced and dedicated Fire Safety Manager to ensure the implementation and maintenance of fire safety standards across our complex organisation, including both PFI and non-PFI estates. You will be responsible for ensuring legislative compliance, promoting fire safety practices, and contributing to the development of a safe environment for staff, patients, and the public.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Fire engineering/fire safety qualification to Degree level or equivalent experience
- Membership of professional organisation (Institution of Fire Engineers; Institution of Occupational Safety and Health)
Desirable
- Training in healthcare fire safety
Additional criteria
Essential
- Knowledge and experience in the application of Firecode.
- Knowledge of risk management techniques.
- Experience and knowledge of undertaking fire risk assessment.
- Knowledge of:
- fire safety
- fire risk management
- fire legislation and codes of practice
- fire safety training.
- Experience of preparing and delivering training courses.
- Ability to undertake fire safety audits.
- Ability to process highly complex information into meaningful formats appropriate for the intended audience.
- Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
- Ability to make administrative procedural decisions and judgements.
- Ability to produce procedural documentation and protocols.
- Understanding of complex fire safety issues and risks which impacts facilities management, construction and building services
Desirable
- Practical knowledge and interpretation of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
- Practical knowledge and interpretation of the Building Regulations 2010.
- Skill in the use of various software, including spreadsheets, contract management systems, presentation software and databases, preferably Microsoft/Windows products.
- Overall understanding of current health service sector issues
- Understanding of Private Finance Initiative contracts and contract management from a clients perspective
Experience
Essential
- 5 years of experience in a Fire Safety Management role.
- 5 years of experience of operating in a management role.
- Awareness of fire safety and other risk issues.
- Experience of working across organisational boundaries to improve standards.
- Experience of working with external agencies and influencing internal change.
- Experience in working in a facilities management, construction or building services environment.
- Experience in presenting complex information to senior staff, responding to questions, and participating in decision making.
- Awareness of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, its practical implications and application.
- Ability to assimilate, analyse and present complex problems, identify necessary action, make recommendations and ensure actions are implemented.
Desirable
- Working experience within a large public sector organisation.
- Understanding of fire modelling techniques.
- Experience in a related area in a responsible capacity.
- Experience of Private Finance Initiative contracts and compliance management from a clients perspective
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Fire engineering/fire safety qualification to Degree level or equivalent experience
- Membership of professional organisation (Institution of Fire Engineers; Institution of Occupational Safety and Health)
Desirable
- Training in healthcare fire safety
Additional criteria
Essential
- Knowledge and experience in the application of Firecode.
- Knowledge of risk management techniques.
- Experience and knowledge of undertaking fire risk assessment.
- Knowledge of:
- fire safety
- fire risk management
- fire legislation and codes of practice
- fire safety training.
- Experience of preparing and delivering training courses.
- Ability to undertake fire safety audits.
- Ability to process highly complex information into meaningful formats appropriate for the intended audience.
- Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
- Ability to make administrative procedural decisions and judgements.
- Ability to produce procedural documentation and protocols.
- Understanding of complex fire safety issues and risks which impacts facilities management, construction and building services
Desirable
- Practical knowledge and interpretation of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
- Practical knowledge and interpretation of the Building Regulations 2010.
- Skill in the use of various software, including spreadsheets, contract management systems, presentation software and databases, preferably Microsoft/Windows products.
- Overall understanding of current health service sector issues
- Understanding of Private Finance Initiative contracts and contract management from a clients perspective
Experience
Essential
- 5 years of experience in a Fire Safety Management role.
- 5 years of experience of operating in a management role.
- Awareness of fire safety and other risk issues.
- Experience of working across organisational boundaries to improve standards.
- Experience of working with external agencies and influencing internal change.
- Experience in working in a facilities management, construction or building services environment.
- Experience in presenting complex information to senior staff, responding to questions, and participating in decision making.
- Awareness of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, its practical implications and application.
- Ability to assimilate, analyse and present complex problems, identify necessary action, make recommendations and ensure actions are implemented.
Desirable
- Working experience within a large public sector organisation.
- Understanding of fire modelling techniques.
- Experience in a related area in a responsible capacity.
- Experience of Private Finance Initiative contracts and compliance management from a clients perspective
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
