Job Title: Head of Fire Safety
Head Office Location: Brindley Place, Birmingham
Job Location: Brindley Place
Salary - £81,900 (+2,500 Car Allowance) per annum
Contract type - Permanent
Working hours - Full Time
About the role
Keeping customers, colleagues, contractors, and visitors safe is our top priority at GreenSquareAccord (GSA).
As Head of Fire Safety, you will be responsible for safeguarding people`s lives and protecting property by developing and leading GSA`s fire strategy and acting as GSA`s subject matter expert in all matters relating to fire safety.
Working closely with the Property Team (which co-ordinates the delivery of fire safety works), this role plays a crucial part in the delivery of our fire safety arrangements, including ensuring that works are prioritised in order of risk.
You will provide leadership and expertise to teams across the business to ensure that all requirements relating to fire safety are effectively managed, communicated and delivered.
Please note that if you are successful in this role, we will require a DBS check to be completed. Further details will be sent following offer.
About you
You will have a Level 6 Diploma in fire safety or fire engineering.
You will have a HNC/D in a building related subject or qualified experience.
You will be a member of the Institute of Fire Safety Managers or an equivalent membership body.
You will be an expert at interpreting fire safety legislation, law and technical standards to provide practical advice and strategic guidance to teams across the business.
You will have significant experience of fire risk assessments and complexities applicable for a range of risk scenarios.
You will have the ability to work strategically and tactically with teams to ensure the fire safety of GSA properties and the people within them.
You will be a proven leader, an excellent communicator, and an adept problem solver.
Please note that if you are successful in this role, we will require evidence of the required certificates and qualifications for this role. Without this evidence, you would be unable to commence employment at GreenSquareAccord.
About us
GreenSquareAccord is one of the biggest social housing and care providers in England.
We believe passionately in our mission to build better lives and provide social housing and support services to 54,000 people across our four localities. We are proud to play an active role in helping people to deal with the consequences of the housing crisis by providing affordable homes for people in our communities who need them most.
We also provide care and support to some of the most vulnerable people in society. This includes support for people who are homeless, experiencing domestic violence or are part of the criminal justice system.
Our purpose
We are proud to be able to support tens of thousands of people across England by providing affordable housing and care to help people live independently.
Our focus is on building better lives. Everything we do is about people - whether that`s providing a good quality, safe home or providing care which helps someone to live an independent life.
Our colleagues live and breathe this social purpose and we need great people, with skills across a range of disciplines, to make this happen.
Working for GreenSquareAccord gives you the chance to bring your skills and expertise and make a real difference. It doesn`t matter which role you are considering applying for, your work will help thousands of people build a better life.
The GSA Way
We know that how we do things is just as important as what we do. To help us make a difference, together, we created the GSA Way.
A culture we commit to, aspire to, and live and breathe. Commitments and behaviours which together make our organisation what it is.
Our five core commitments are:
- We believe our customer is everything
- We are one team
- We are supportive and caring
- We are business-minded for social purpose
- We are curious and ambitious.
You can read more about the GSA Way in our recruitment pack.
Benefits
In support and recognition of our colleagues who will help us deliver our employer strategy, we offer a fantastic benefits package. This includes; annual holiday entitlement (plus statutory bank holidays); a defined contribution pension scheme; trust based flexible working and a Confidential Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
GreenSquareAccord also offer a non-contractual performance-related bonus scheme. Further details will be made available upon joining, along with supporting documentation which can be found on the GreenSquareAccord intranet site.
All individuals who apply to work at GreenSquareAccord are considered on their merits in line with our Diversity and Inclusion strategy and policy.
GreenSquareAccord are a Disability Confident Employer therefore we actively encourage applications from individuals with disabilities and try to provide access, adjustments, equipment or other practical support where required. All applicants with a disability who meet the `essential eligibility criteria` for the role, as detailed in the job description, are guaranteed an interview.
If you need any assistance, adjustments or adaptations throughout our selection processes please let us know.
