Fire Safety Inspector

**Are you looking for a new challenge?**

**Do you want to make Greater Manchester a safer place?**

If so there has never been a better time to join GMFRS Protection Department as a Fire Safety Inspector recently rated as ‘Good’ by HMICFRS we want you to help us become Outstanding. Our Protection Teams work to ensure compliance with fire safety laws and offer advice and support to a wide range of commercial and residential premises. We have changed our delivery model to ensure our Fire Safety Regulators can focus on key areas and now have specialised Fire Safety Teams, including a Risk Reduction Team proactively auditing from our Risk Based Inspection Programme, an Investigations and Enforcement Team that tackles non-compliance, a Technical and Consultations Team who lead on influencing the safety of the built environment and Higher Risk Team who lead on the regulation of high rise buildings, hospitals and other high-risk sites.

As a Fire Safety Inspector your core role will be to audit premises, provide advice and guidance to responsible persons and take enforcement action where necessary. You will play an integral role in engaging with businesses this may be through delivering presentations, arranging events, or working on guidance.

You will work with partners to ensure that fire safety for the public and firefighters is considered through their work this may be responding to consultations, developing new ways of working or participating in multi-agency initiatives. As you develop your skills and experience you will be involved in complex enforcement including carrying out investigations.

Our Protection Teams are based at a variety of locations and you will need to be prepared to work all over Greater Manchester. These roles attract essential car user allowance and you must have a valid driving licence and be able to provide a vehicle for work purposes.

**About you: We are more interested in what you can do than what you know.**

We will provide you with the essential training and support you need to be an effective Fire Safety Inspector. Once you have mastered the basics, we will continue to provide you with access to training and continuous professional development. You can then progress to being a Senior Fire Safety Inspector by taking a lead on improving our services.

**About us**:This is an exciting time to join fire safety as we continue to evolve the way we deliver our services in line with the HMICFRS recommendations, find new ways of developing our staff and continue to deliver core fire safety enforcement and business support activities. We are investing in fire safety teams to ensure that we have an agile workforce capable of responding quickly and effectively to risk and that we deliver an effective regulatory function which is accessible, effective, targeted and proportionate.

We are committed to developing our Fire Safety Inspectors ensuring that everyone has the ability to carry out the core work with opportunities to become a specialist.

These are career-graded positions which mean that you will develop as a fire safety practitioner in line with the Competency Framework for Fire Safety Regulators developed by the National Fire Chiefs Council. Once you have been authorised to take formal enforcement action you will progress through the pay bar at £31,164. Progression from Fire Safety Inspector to Senior Fire Safety Inspector will require you to obtain the necessary qualifications and demonstrate your experience and competence through a formal progression framework.

We are committed to supporting the development of our Fire Safety Regulators and you will be able to access a range of training and development opportunities and have a personalised CPD Budget putting you in control of your personal development.

**Available roles**:We have several roles available for Fire Safety Inspectors. If successful your induction will begin the week commencing 20th January 2025 and you will nee to be available to start on that date and be available to attend training courses between 27th January - 7th February and 17th March - 21st of March 2025.

Roles in our Investigations and Enforcement Team require out-of-hours working on a self-rostering shift system for which a 10% enhancement is paid. In a 12-week period Fire Safety Regulators are required to work 16 late and 6 weekend shifts, these shifts are worked between 2pm and 10pm.

**Interviews will be held the weeks commencing the 11**th** and 18**th** of November 2024**

**About us**:
As an employer, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) is made up of a number of key Greater Manchester strategic functions and service providers including; Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS); Waste and Resources; Environment; Work and Skills; Research; Public Sector Reform; Police, Crime and Criminal Justice; Homelessness; the Greater Manchester Ageing Hub and the Commissioning Hub.

**Our offer**:
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