Head of Fire Safety & Asbestos - London/Nottingham, EC1N 8JS

Metropolitan Thames Valley; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 76,000 - 81,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading housing organization is seeking a Head of Fire Safety to ensure compliance and safety for residents in Nottingham. You will manage fire safety services, oversee contractor performance, and develop fire safety strategies. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in fire safety management and relevant legislation. This permanent role offers a competitive salary and hybrid working options.

Benefits

28 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays

Hybrid working options

Enhanced pension contributions

Health cash plan

Career progression opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in fire safety services and compliance.
• Proven ability to manage contractors effectively.
• Strong understanding of relevant legislation.

Responsibilities

• Manage and challenge the contractors' performance.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant statutory and regulatory requirements.
• Develop and deliver fire safety strategies.

Skills

Fire safety management

Regulatory compliance

Contractor management

Risk management

Education

Relevant degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Head of Fire Safety & Asbestos – London / Nottingham (EC1N 8JST)

About Us

Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing has a vision that "everyone has a home and the opportunity to live well"; that means working with partners to create sustainable and vibrant neighbourhoods where our customers want to live. With 57,000 homes and more than 120,000 residents and customers we have a real opportunity to make that vision a reality. Our people care, dare and collaborate to ensure we achieve this People Powered Living.

Location & Salary

Location: Waterfront House, Beeston or TJB, Farringdon. Permanent. Salary: £76,459 – £80,483 (Nottingham) or £85,067 – £89,544 (London).

Role Overview

We are seeking a dedicated and experienced individual to join our team as the Head of Fire Safety. Above all, your remit will be to keep our customers safe. You will be responsible for MTVH’s fire safety, and manage our internal FRA and remedial process. This is a critical role where you will ensure MTVH is compliant with all relevant legislation relating to these services, and liaise closely with our Building Safety directorate where support is required for HRBs. You are expected to proactively keep MTVH up to date on best practice for fire safety, in particular around Fire Risk Assessments and associated remedial works and the changes in legislation in the fire sector and ensure our fire safety service is fit for purpose.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and challenge the contractors' performance.
• Ensure MTVH are fully compliant with all relevant statutory, regulatory and corporate requirements.
• Ensure that all responsive repairs to fire equipment are carried out promptly to a high standard.
• Establish and deliver a programme of replacement works for capital renewals.
• Ensure staff performance is formally reviewed in accordance with MTVH policy and that regular one-to-ones are held with your staff.
• Be the responsible person for effective management of risk to the health and safety of customers in the homes we own relating to your remit.
• Ensure budgets are managed, and works are completed to the correct quality.
• Have oversight and co‑ordinate with technical professionals to make commercial decisions about out‑of‑scope works, based upon contractor / consultant reports.
• Visit sites as required to identify and rectify issues both proactively and in emergency.
• Lead on the procurement and commercial evaluation of contracts.
• Develop and deliver MTVH’s fire safety strategy in relation to Fire Safety including our internal FRA programme delivered through our Assessors.
• Review terms and conditions of leases and tenancy agreements, to ensure terms and conditions are uniformed to reflect management repair liability and charging processes.
• Ensure 3rd‑party stakeholders who are responsible for providing MTVH with FRAs, or responsible for FRA remedial works are compliant.

Benefits

• 28 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays (pro rata for part time) per year.
• 2 volunteering days per year for things like helping out in local communities.
• One additional "Beliefs day" per year to have an extra day off.
• Supported family‑friendly approach with extended parental leave.
• Enhanced pension with matched contributions of up to 9%.
• Option to buy or sell up to 5 days annual leave per year.
• Life assurance cover 3 x your salary.
• Cycle 2 work scheme.
• Hybrid working – dependent on job role and department.
• Health cash plan scheme for everyday healthcare needs which you can add your family members too.
• Tenancy deposit – interest‑free loan to help with rental deposits and season ticket loan.
• Access to extensive learning and training opportunities with Wisebox platform.
• Colleague virtual social platform with our workplace pages.
• Career progression across the organisation with mentoring/coaching programmes, apprenticeships and career planning support.
• Employee Assistance Programme – we are committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues and support this as an organisation.

Application Process

Interview date: TBC. The recruitment process for this role will comprise of two interview stages; the first stage will include a presentation task as well as competency‑based questions. Details of the task will be provided with the interview invite. Please note – we do not currently offer visa sponsorship. What you need to do now: if you’re interested in this role, take a look at the attached Job Description for more details and, if it’s the ideal job for you, click "apply now" to forward an up‑to‑date copy of your CV.

Equal Opportunity

We are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We work collaboratively "Serving people better every day" to educate, support and develop all of our diverse employees and the communities that we serve. We are also part of the disability confident employer scheme. Every employee and customer should feel comfortable enough to be their true self. We provide a platform of Network groups for employees to share views, tell us what we’re doing well and recommend improvements.

Networks

• Gender
• Ethnicity
• LGBTQ+
• Disability