Fire Safety Officer

1 month’s contract with the Royal Borough of Greenwich Council_

**Job Summary**:

- 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.
- Surveying or building experience preferably with some knowledge of the principles of Fire Safety in Purpose built blocks of flats.
- Training will be provided as a minimum requirement to carry out fire risk assessments.
- 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.
- Ability to supervise and support a team of staff and contractors.
- Ability to plan and manage work to implement programmes and meet targets set by the Team Manager.
- Expected to input on current FRA template and make improvements where necessary and work on improving processes/policies.

**Key Duties/Accountabilities**:

- 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/departments 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.

**Essential Experience Required**:

- Experience of working with complex social housing tenanted blocks.
- Significant experience in delivering a fire safety strategy in an repairs and investment environment.

**Essential Qualifications Required**:

- Qualified fire risk assessor.
- A NEBOSH Fire Certificate or equivalent as a minimum.
- Need to be a member of IFE (Institute of Fire Engineers).

**Additional information to note**:

- Rate is negotiable
- This post is “Cover Vacant Post”.Fire Safety Officer