Fire Safety Advisor

The University of Nottingham is seeking a motivated, experienced and highly skilled Fire Safety Advisor.

The role will see you:

• Be the universities Competent Person under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
• Oversee fire safety for the university and deliver fire safety advice to the business units across the university portfolio
• Line manage and supervise the university fire safety officer
• Carry out, review and manage, fire risk assessments of the university portfolio, which includes areas such as labs, farms, medical facilities, storage/archives, halls of residence and lecture theatres.
• Developing and managing a training portfolio to the business units of the University.
• Work collaboratively with the wider Health and Safety Department and other stakeholders within the business

The successful applicant will help to oversee the fire safety of all the University of Nottingham's UK campuses and operations, which covers five UK campuses based around Nottingham and approximately 550 buildings, including a working farm.

You will be working for the Director of Health and Safety within the central Health and Safety Department to deliver fire safety advice to the business units, to allow them to meet their regulatory requirements and to help drive the continued improvement of safety throughout the university. Due to the wide range of activities and cutting-edge research that the university carries out, this is a varied and dynamic role.

The successful applicant will be based on University Park in the Health and Safety Department but will be expected to travel to all of the UK campuses. The University runs public transport between campuses for staff, so a driver’s license is not a requirement for this role. The University has a hybrid working policy which will allow for the successful applicant to work at home with agreement of their line manager and the departments requirements.

This is a full time (36.25 hours weekly), permanent position.

Informal enquiries may be addressed to the Fire Safety Advisor, Tim McGill, timothy.mcgill@nottingham.ac.uk. Please note that applications sent directly to this email address will not be accepted.

Further Information

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.

Your application will be considered on an equal basis, subject to the relevant permission to work in the UK as set out by UK Visas & Immigration.

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