Fire Safety Administrator (Part-Time, Fixed Term)

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Fire Safety Administrator to join the growing Health and Safety team, on a fixed term basis.

We are seeking an enthusiastic team worker who can work independently and as part of a team. You will be friendly, proactive, and self-motivated. In addition, the successful candidate will possess excellent planning, organisation and communication skills.  

The role holder will work together with colleagues to provide administrative support and ensure day-to-day operational needs are met.

As an Administrator you will:

• Support the Fire Safety Advisor with administrative tasks
• Receive and respond to internal and external queries, providing advice and resolving both simple and complex issues queries
• Support the coordination of Fire Risk Assessments
• Monitoring budgets and raising purchases orders for the team.
• Maintaining databases
• Supporting with events and projects

You will bring:

• Extensive level of IT skills, including MS Office suite (e.g. Outlook, Word, Excel, SharePoint, and Teams)
• Ability to build working relationships within the department, contacts around the University and external suppliers
• Ability to work independently to resolve complex internal and external queries.
• Provide and maintain a high level of customer service whilst working to deadlines.
• Accuracy, reliability and the willingness and adaptability to learn new skills and procedures.

Why work for us?

• 27 days annual leave entitlement with an additional 5 University Closure days and Bank Holidays
• A benefits package including a contributory pension scheme and the opportunity to take advantage of salary sacrifice options, enabling you to save money on childcare, shopping, and services. 
• We are committed to staff development through the provision of training, continued support, and career progression opportunities. 

The post is offered on a fixed term contract until 31st July 2026 on a part time basis (29 hours per week). The role is offered with a hybrid approach, with a minimum of three days in the office, subject to operational needs.

Further details:

Our university is a supportive, inclusive, caring and positive community. We welcome those of different cultures, ethnicities and beliefs – indeed this very diversity is vital to our success, it is fundamental to our values and enriches life on campus. Visit our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion website.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) employer. Increasing the diversity of our community is extremely important to us and we are committed to the aims of Disability Confident Scheme. 

We are the first university to have achieved Athena Swan Gold Award.

To help you succeed, we published Candidate Guidance to provide support on the application and interview process.

Discover our benefits, visit Your Benefits website.

We welcome applications from UK, Europe and worldwide and aim to make your move to the UK as smooth as possible. Visit the Moving to Nottingham page for details.

This position does not fulfil the UK Visas & Immigration sponsorship criteria for Skilled Worker, therefore we can only accept applications from candidates who already have the right to work in UK.

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