Fire Risk Assessment Validator

Riverside; Liverpool; Hybride; GBP 50 000 - 55 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

The Riverside Group is seeking a Fire Risk Assessment Validator to lead validation of fire risk assessments for in-house and contractor work, ensuring compliance with legislation and BAFE SP-205.

Role includes desktop validations, on-site audits, and maintaining comprehensive validation records while supporting external audits and accreditation processes.

Qualifications

• Competency criteria for Fire Risk Assessors and FRA validators.
• Extensive experience in undertaking fire risk assessments including residential housing.
• Knowledge of quality assessment frameworks and related guidance such as BS8674:2025.

Responsabilités

• Validate documented fire risk assessments for internal and contractor work.
• Lead desktop validations and on-site audits.
• Maintain records of validation details (assessment id, premises, assessor, validator, dates).
• Support external surveillance audits and 3rd party accreditation (BAFE SP-205).
• Produce clear reports for management and regulators.

Connaissances

FRA validation

Residential risk assessments

Quality assessment frameworks

Risk assessment reporting

Formation

NEBOSH Fire Certificate/Diploma

Level 4 Diploma in Fire Safety

ASFP Level 3 in Passive Fire Protection

BS9792:2025 knowledge

Description du poste

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: £50,080.35 per annum (£55,293.71 is achieved after 12 months successful performance in the role)

Working Pattern: Monday-Friday/Hybrid

Location: Liverpool/National

The difference you’ll make as a Fire Risk Assessment Validator

You will implement robust quality control and validation for our in-house fire risk assessment department for low/medium risk buildings and outsourced high-risk buildings and build confidence in the quality of the services being provided. Ensure all fire risk assessment for life safety, are suitable and sufficient, consistently completed to a high standard and compliant with the requirements of the legislation and guidance and are certified by a competent person.

Act as the lead named person with responsibility and delegated authority to validate documented fire risk assessments on behalf of The Riverside Group and in accordance with our BAFE SP-205 Fire Risk Assessment Scheme.

This position reports to the Validation Manager.

About you

We are looking for someone with:

• Ability to meet the nationally recognized Competency Criteria for Fire Risk Assessors from the Fire Sector Federation or similar and meet the requirements of an FRA validator.
• Extensive experience of undertaking fire risk assessments, with experience in residential fire risk assessments and experience validating FRAs.
• Knowledge and experience in the application of quality assessment frameworks and techniques including BS8674:2025 Competence of Assessors.
• Experience of working as a fire risk assessor for residential housing and care and support schemes and evidence of applying BS9792:2025 and PAS 79-1.principles.
• Ability to carry out site visits and physical inspections of work, including accessing loft spaces by means of ladders.

Role Profile

• Deputize as the lead named person with responsibility and delegated authority to validate documented fire risk assessments on behalf of The Riverside Group.
• Support the implementation and review of an effective Fire Risk Assessment Validation process of all fire risk assessments completed in-house and by contractors including Managed Agents.
• Undertake fire risk assessment validations for internal and external FRA’s and provide feedback from the validation process to the relevant persons, agreeing changes to the assessment report where required.
• Support the timely program of desktop validations and on-site audit of risk assessment work carried out by each risk assessor when first employed and then repeated annually. The on-site audit shall comprise either an observed assessment of a premises undergoing assessment, or a review of a site previously assessed, witnessed assessments and post FRA site reviews.
• Support the implementation of procedures for inherently low risk premises (i.e. identical premises and the assessments are carried out by the same assessor) for an alternative approach to validating every report. All premises which are medium or high risk must be subject to validation.
• Maintain a record of your validation process for each fire risk assessment report. The records shall contain, as a minimum, the unique identifier of the assessment; the name of the premises; the name of the assessor; then name of the validator; the date of the assessment; the date of the validation; brief details of any significant errors and omissions where clarification was necessary
• Cooperate with any external surveillance audits by 3rd party accredited organizations.
• Assist with the procedure to retain all evidence gathered during the fire risk assessment including; observations, notes, photographs, copies of documents and information gained from third parties and ensure that it is maintained in a secure and accessible condition.
• Undertake desktop audits for a sample of fire risk assessment carried out and on the detailed notes and gathered evidence during the assessment i.e. observations, notes, photographs, copies of documents and information gained from third parties.
• Support the department with external 3rd party assurance audits and internal business assurance assessment audits, developing management responses to service failures and introduce improvement plans and associated communications to ensure awareness and adherence of standards and compliance requirements.
• Investigate formal standards/procedure violations as they arise, conducting root cause analysis and production of action plans to address and develop feedback and training as required.
• Produce clear, informative, and meaningful reports as required including statutory, internal and national standards compliance reports and performance reports for the management team.
• Support independent professional body reviews and 3rd party accreditation for the organisation and individuals such as BAFE SP205.
• Support line managers where necessary in assessing Fire Risk Assessors competence.
• Support where necessary with feedback to internal/external stakeholders on FRA reports and their content.

Person Specification

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Demonstrate the nationally recognized Competency Criteria for Fire Risk Assessors from the Fire Sector Federation or similar and meet the requirements of a FRA validator.
• Extensive experience of undertaking fire risk assessments, with experience in residential fire risk assessments and experience validating FRAs.
• Knowledge and experience of applying the relevant guidance to the premises, with particular emphasis on:
  • NFCC Fire Safety in Specialised Housing.
  • HM Government Fire Safety Risk Assessment Sleeping Accommodation.
  • Fire Safety in Purpose-Built Blocks of Flats.
• Knowledge and experience in the application of quality assessment frameworks and techniques.
• Experience of working as a fire risk assessor for residential housing and care and support schemes and evidence of applying BS9792:2025 and PAS 79-1.
• Ability to carry out site visits and physical inspections of work, including accessing loft spaces by means of ladders.
• Good understanding of risk mitigation and how it should be applied.
• NEBOSH Fire Certificate/Diploma or Certified in Applied Fire Risk Assessment (previously FRA and Fire Safety Management) or equivalent with ability to meet the criteria by application of evidenced Skills, Knowledge, Experience and Behaviours (SKEB’s).
• Level 4 Diploma in Fire Safety or equivalent / ASFP Level 3 in Passive Fire Protection or equivalent.
• Ability to achieve membership of Third Party Accreditation Scheme such as BAFE SP-205, Institute of Fire Engineers or equivalent.
• In depth knowledge of Fire & Building / Structural Safety within Social Housing, including government and industry guidance, relevant British Standards, Building Regulations and the requirements of The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, Fire Safety Act 2021, Building Safety Act 2022 and Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022, and an understanding of PAS 9980 with demonstratable knowledge of the Fire Sector Federation ‘Fire Risk Appraisal of External Wall Construction and Cladding of Existing Residential Flats – Code of Practice’ and appraisal of the external walls following the Code of Practice Decision Tree.
• High levels of literacy and excellent communication skills with a diverse range of people and ability to co-ordinate and manage internal and external stakeholders, including statutory organisations, with good presentation skills.
• An awareness of personal emergency evacuation plans (PEEP’s) and person-centred fire risk assessments (PCFRA’s), and who they are for and when they should be used and an understanding of the different types of evacuation strategies including simultaneous evacuation, planned evacuation, progressive horizontal evacuation and zoned evacuation.
• Customer Focused and an ability to present reports and data and to clearly explain to and influence a wide range of people in regard to fire safety and its management.
• Ability to use various IT systems, to interrogate database information to produce risk-based programs of works. To be able to update the database as work items are completed.
• Excellent team player with the ability to work under pressure, deliver to strict deadlines and manage conflicting priorities.