What's involved with this role:
Fire Safety Officer Reference no: Greenwich RQ779027 Pay rate £308.99 per day PAYE Rate is negotiable To be responsible to the team manager and for day to day management of the health and safety of building projects, maintenance contracts and fire risk assessments across the borough. The allocation of work to property services officers/supervisors or external contractors/sub-contractors. To be responsible or established standards of work, cost, allocated building maintenance, building construction or related works within the team Key responsibilities:
- Carry out fire safety risk assessments, raising non-conformance reports and initiating mitigating actions and ensuring their implementation and ongoing compliance.
- To be responsible for maintaining and promoting your own knowledge of relevant legislation, guidance, best practice and attending relevant training.
- To represent the team at a range of meetings, chairing, delivering presentations and delivering reports as appropriate. Actively engaging as part of the Fire Safety Action Group (FSAG)
- To work with other local stakeholders to ensure strategies are in place to meet the needs of service users/residents.
- To work in partnership with the directorate/department's performance team to monitor performance indicators and other key data and to ensure that targets are met and performance is monitored.
- To deal with enquiries and complaints from members of the public, Members and MPs as requested. To advise and prepare replies/reports.
- To carry out home visits and to different establishments as and when required including work outside of the borough working remotely away from management supervision.
- To undertake any other work appropriate to the level and general nature of the post’s duties.
- Where necessary for the job role or appropriate for continued development in the role, the post holder may be required to participate in training and development courses made available via the Council’s Apprentice Levy funding.
- To undertake all duties with due regard to the provisions of health and safety regulations and legislation, Data Protection/GDPR, the Council’s Equal Opportunities and Customer Care policies
“Role Requirements” – to give yourself the maximum chance of success please try and ensure your CV addresses the following essential criteria:
- A NEBOSH Fire Certificate or equivalent as a minimum
- A knowledge and understanding of fire safety legislation, policy and best practice
- Good knowledge of fire risk assessments and building safety requirements
- Knowledge of BS 9999, Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) 2005 and PAS 79
- Knowledge of contract law, statutory regulations, guidelines, British standards and their implementation in relation to refurbishment and maintenance contracts
- Experience of carrying out FRA management within a housing service or similar customer focused organisation
- Significant experience in delivering a fire safety strategy in an repairs and investment environment
- Experience of working with complex social housing tenanted blocks
- Ability to plan and manage work to implement programmes and meet targets set by the Team Manager
NB: Please feel free to apply to us direct via jobs@tclrec.com by quoting the job reference and job title exactly. SEE DETAILS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS AD. If you have previously applied to one of our vacancies and have already sent the required supporting documentation to us, please make this clear when you re-apply as this will help speed up your application. To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would suggest that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, rather than as a PDF. If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.
Other “Essential Requirements” – Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:
- Our clients are generally seeking applicants who are reasonably local, so on that basis we would ideally like you to supply us with your address (or at least your post code) and a telephone number so that we can reach you during working hours.
- Your recent UK working experience going back at least 5 years, or full employment history if you have been working for fewer years than this.
- Your availability to work either immediately, or at short notice.
- Please refer to the Role Requirements section above - your CV must address the requirements listed.
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- Any local authority/public sector experience
- Any relevant qualifications held or being studied for.
ALD If you would prefer to send a CV straight to us rather than by way of an on-line application, you are very welcome to do so via jobs@tclrec.com but please quote both the job reference and job title exactly as they appear below:
Job Ref: Greenwich RQ779027
Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.
Please do try to resist contacting us with requests for progress updates. We really do read every CV sent to us. All applications will be acknowledged by a human, not a robot, provided the job remains live and provided your CV meets the “Essential Requirements” listed. Please note that we do our level best to take down ads as soon as roles have been filled. We are not in the business of harvesting CVs.
Important: We will interpret your application as being permission to submit your CV to this role (with the right to represent you) unless you advise us to the contrary.