Fire Safety Advisor

We’re expanding our Health, Safety and Wellbeing team and are now seeking another experienced and pragmatic Fire Safety Advisor to co-lead on fire safety matters across the university.

About the role

As a subject matter expert on Fire Safety, you'll be responsible for: 

• Acting as a main contact for all fire safety matters, providing advice and guidance, and acting as the University's appointed competent fire safety person.
• Developing and implementing the University's Fire Safety Management System and driving fire safety improvements to foster a proactive fire safety culture.
• Carrying out Fire Risk Assessments and supporting duty holders to address any areas of concern.
• Supporting and advising departments on fire safety matters in new building projects and refurbishments.
• Conducting fire safety audits to monitor practice and performance, identifying areas for improvement.
• Training: Developing, implementing, and delivering fire safety training.

This is a varied role based within the University's Safety, Health and Employee Wellbeing Service, and you’ll join a specialist team providing support, advice and guidance across the University.

The role is predominantly based on the University's Claverton Down campus, although there will be some scope for hybrid working (normally up to 2 days per week off-campus subject to role commitments). We are open to a job share arrangement for this role. Please state your interest within your application.

About you

We’re looking for significant experience of advising on fire safety within complex buildings (including high-rises and sleeping accommodation), across large organisations and a diverse range of activities.

Our ideal candidate will have:

• Comprehensive knowledge of UK fire safety legislation and requirements, and health and safety legislation especially in respect of fire safety management.
• Excellent written and verbal skills whilst working with, providing advice to, training, and promoting excellence in fire safety to staff members at all levels.
• A proactive approach to help foster a positive safety culture, especially among those managing estates-based health and safety hazards.
• The ability to empower others to improve performance and ensure compliance to relevant health and safety standards.
• Experience of collaborating closely with external regulatory authorities for Fire Safety. 

You will also need to have:

• A relevant fire safety qualification at European Qualification Framework Level 5 or equivalent (such as Level 4 Fire Safety Diploma).
• Demonstrable commitment to continuing professional development.  

Further information

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

We're very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant. an accredited Disability Confident Leader; autism friendly university, committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff. 

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