Fire Safety Lead

Government Recruitment Service; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A government agency in Sheffield is seeking a strategic Fire Safety Management Lead. The role involves managing a team and ensuring compliance with fire safety regulations across various premises. Key responsibilities include collaborating with consultants, driving performance, and maintaining essential KPIs. The ideal candidate will have experience in fire safety management and a strong understanding of regulatory requirements in this area.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing teams and providing technical advice on fire safety.
• Strong understanding of regulatory compliance in fire safety management.
• Ability to collaborate with various stakeholders effectively.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a small team of Fire Safety Management Business Partners.
• Collaborate with external consultants for the rollout of fire safety systems.
• Drive performance and compliance of fire safety management systems regionally.
• Maintain fire KPIs and produce reports for governance boards.
• Ensure legal compliance for fire safety management across the Department.

Job description

Overview

In terms of fire safety, the Home Office has a significant and complex portfolio of properties including high and medium risk premises. Our high-risk premises are over 18m high or 6 storeys, include overnight accommodation and/or cells and have areas that are public facing.

This role is strategic in nature. Whilst you will provide technical fire safety advice on occasion; this position is about ensuring that organisationally and strategically the Home Office is compliant with relevant regulatory requirements, has the necessary resource, technology and processes in place to ensure such – and helps to deliver a safe, compliant and welcoming estate for all that use it.

Key Responsibilities

• Line manage a small team of Fire Safety Management Business Partners (7 direct reports) who will be working on a regional basis;
• Work with external fire safety consultants and own team and relevant stakeholders in the rollout of the new triple pathway evacuation system across the Home Office campus and non-campus buildings. Leading a small number of pilots initially and then planning and rolling out the systems nationally;
• Be accountable for driving up performance and sustaining legal compliance of fire safety management system across the regions, both human and building elements. Will ensure the team rolls out and leads Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for similar buildings aligned to their fire safety conditions risk profile, low, normal and high;
• Be accountable for maintaining fire KPIs and reporting into various governance boards producing relevant reports and slide packs;
• Be accountable for ensuring the Department is legally compliant for fire safety management.