Fire Safety Specialist

JR United Kingdom; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading housing provider in the UK seeks a Fire Safety Specialist to ensure the highest fire safety standards across their properties. This role involves providing expert fire safety advice, conducting audits, and engaging with residents. Candidates should have experience in Fire Safety within the housing sector and a Level 4 qualification. The position offers hybrid working options and competitive benefits including a pension and life assurance.

Benefits

Pension

Life assurance

Birthday leave

Cycle to work scheme

Buy & sell annual leave

Season ticket loan

Qualifications

• Experience in Fire and Building Safety within the housing sector or similar industry.
• Level 4 Accredited Fire Safety qualification, member of an appropriate Fire Safety Body (Desirable).
• Experience of working with external service providers.

Responsibilities

• Ensure properties are maintained to fire safety standards.
• Provide fire safety advice and support to staff.
• Audit schemes to ensure fire safety documentation.
• Investigate fire incidents and report findings.
• Conduct resident engagements on fire safety.

Skills

Experience in Fire and Building Safety

Project management skills

Pragmatic problem-solving

Ability to manage multiple tasks

Knowledge of external service partnerships

Education

Level 4 Accredited Fire Safety qualification

Job description

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Client:

Southern Housing

Location:

london (city of london), United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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Posted:

06.08.2025

Expiry Date:

20.09.2025

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Job Description:

Permanent,Part Time- 21 hours a week

Farringdon, Croydon, Hastings, Maidstone or Sittingbourne

An exciting opportunity has arisen for aFire Safety Specialistto join ourdedicated Building Safety Team.

Youll ensure that all Southern Housings owned and managed properties are maintained to the highest possible fire safety standards, and that all fire safety policy outcomes, statutory and regulatory requirements are met. Youll be a go to person for fire specialist advice, delivering key fire safety activities and being a subject matter expert for fire safety.

Some additional key duties involve:

• Working with external fire safety partnerships and services, including FRS Primary Authority Partnership, Evacuation Management and Fire Authorities.
• Providing advice and support to other staff, both technical and non-technical, on fire safety related matters such as PCFRA, FRA, PEEPS.
• Performing audit schemes to ensure fire safety standards and documentation is in place.
• Investigating fire incidents, report findings and recommendations.
• Taking part in resident engagements advising residents on fire safety in their own home and at resident forums.
• Providing training to staff and contractors.

Please note, the role is being offered on a permanent contract working 21 hours a week.

The working days will need to be flexible to meet the demands of the team. Youll have a base at one of our main offices in either Farringdon, Croydon, Hastings, Maidstone or Sittingbourne, although the role will be field based predominantly covering London. You will also have the option for working in a hybrid way when appropriate and as agreed with your manager.

What youll need

• Experience in Fire and Building Safety within the housing sector or similar industry
• Level 4 Accredited Fire Safety qualification, member of an appropriate Fire Safety Body e.g. IFSM, IFE (Desirable)
• Experience of working with external service providers to ensure service requirements are delivered FRS, PAP & HSE
• Experience of maintaining and analysing stock data within the asset database
• Knowledge and experience of working in partnership with internal and external stakeholders to deliver improved services and performance
• Project management skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously
• Youll be pragmatic with a creative approach to problem solving and can quickly identify and evaluate problems to reach a solution
• A full UK driving licence & access to a vehicle.

Advert closing date: 10th August 2025 at 23:59 (We may close the advert early if we received a suitable number of applications).

About us

At Southern Housing, our residents are at theheartof everything we do. As one of the largest housing providers in the UK with over 77,000 homes across London, the Southeast, the Isle of Wight, and the Midlands, we give over 167,000 people somewhere affordable to call their own!We also understand the difference that safe, secure, and affordable homes can make to peoples lives.

A career at Southern Housing will allow you to make a difference every day you come to work. Working in the housing sector with us will bring fresh challenges and give you the opportunity to grow and develop, too.

What's in it for you

• Pension
• Life assurance
• Birthday leave
• Cycle to work
• Buy & sell annual leave
• Season ticket loan

Inclusion & Diversity

We work hard to create a diverse and inclusive culture and environment where people are respected for who they are. Encouraging inclusion is not just about protected characteristics, its about celebrating differences of thought, opinion, experience and perspective of each individual.

Were all different in our own way and we want our colleagues to feel comfortable, that they belong, and are safe to be themselves at work, without fear of being judged or excluded, but valued for their contribution to our One Team approach.