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MMP Consultancy currently have an opportunity for a Head of Fire Safety / Fire Safety Manager to join a local authority based out of Nottingham.
Title: Head of Fire Safety
Salary: 650 per day (Inside IR35) - Neg.
Location: Nottingham
The Role:
- Manage the clients response to fire safety within the Housing stock, including devising strategies, policies and assurance processes to ensure compliance with all statutory fire safety laws/regulations/codes of practice and guidance.
- Manage the clients housing fire risk assessment programme.
- Manage the delivery of all programmes of work and actions arising from fire risk assessments, ensuring they are undertaken within appropriate timescales.
- Work closely with the Executive Head of Governance and Housing, EMT and Housing Service Managers on all aspects of fire safety and related works.
Job Purpose:
- Lead and manage the clients response to fire safety in the housing stock.
- Lead, manage, plan and deliver the clients programme of fire risk assessments across all housing stock.
- Manage the implementation of all work programmes and actions arising out of fire risk assessments including tendering projects, ensuing that fire safety work is undertaken to the required standard.
- Work directly with external Fire Safety experts in the implementation of fire safety works and best practice.
- Responsible for formal project control processes ensuring these are updated regularly and acted upon.
- Manage the staff including internal and external responsibilities.
- Monitor all fire safety project activity, including against budgets and delivery of targets in accordance with agreed timescales.
- Lead on fire risk management strategies and policies for the Housing Service in line with fire safety legislation/regulations/ codes of practice/ guidance.
- Responsible for implementing new fire safety legislation and best practice, liaising closely with the Executive Heads, EMT and Housing Services and recommend appropriate courses of action. .
- Regularly advise senior management and the Executive Management Team (EMT) of performance relating to fire safety against best practice and legal standards.
- Produce clear, concise and regular reports for senior management and the Executive Management Team on fire safety compliance.
Qualifications:
You will preferably hold either of the following qualifications:
- Member of the Institute of Fire safety Managers (MIFSM)
- Member of the Institute of Fire Engineers (MIFireE)
- Level 4 Diploma in Fire Safety
