Job Description

Job title: Building Fire Safety Advisor

Location:

Canterbury Fire Station -

mixture of office and home working - 3 days per week in office

Hours:

Full time - 37 Hours per week

Pension:

Automatic membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme - career average pension scheme with 17.5% employer contribution

Holidays:

In addition to entitlement to bank/ public holidays you will receive

28

days holiday

Base salary:

Grade 4 -

28,302 - 31,242

per annum

depending on experience

Being a part of Kent Fire and Rescue Service

Everyone is unique. Everyone has value. Everyone helps to make Kent Fire and Rescue Service a great place to work. We are one team. Together with our customers we are creating a safer future for Kent and Medway.

Being a 'Building Fire Safety Advisor'

Are you an enthusiastic, outgoing team player, looking for a rewarding role, supporting the Kent and Medway business community to provide a safe environment from fire for their customers.

This role offers an exceptional opportunity for you to liaise and engage with a variety of stakeholders, customers, and diverse communities to enhance their knowledge and understanding of fire safety, business resilience and continuity, to help their businesses to thrive.

The successful applicant will respond to enquiries from businesses/responsible persons with regards to fire safety, work with partner agencies, in identifying and disseminating information and knowledge relating to fire safety risks and businesses' regulatory responsibilities. You will also deliver educational messages through a multitude of different platforms, including in person, social media outlets, seminars, as well as contributing to designing campaigns and risk reduction initiatives.

Although the post holder will be based at Canterbury, they must be available to work from various locations across the County. You will be required to travel to other offices and locations, therefore a UK driving licence is essential.

What you'll do

Provide advice to businesses Attend workshops and seminars to support delivery of engagement opportunities for business within the community Information sharing and sign posting to national and technical guidance Working collaboratively with The Service's engagement and communication teams to create content for web pages for internal and external customers including but not limited to, fire safety risk reduction initiative and any activities as appropriate and support other defined fire safety work streams

This position requires travel across Kent and will need a full driving licence

What you'll bring

Ability to manage your own time effectively and be able to quickly prioritise workload Ability to work to agreed deadlines, in line with set Local Performance Indicators (LPI's) Ability to operate individually, as well as part of a team Ability to check your own work and good attention to detail Confidence in engaging with a diverse range of audiences Enthusiasm and be highly motivated

Benefits

Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme Generous annual leave entitlement Blue light card discount scheme A range of family friendly policies including promoting work life balance Access to health and wellbeing services and advice Access to LinkedIn Learning on-line training

How to apply

Please complete an on-line application form and CV by

midnight

on

30th June 2025

.

Interviews will take place on

15th, 16th

and

17th July 2025

. A presentation will form part of the interview.

Inclusion is at the heart of everything we do. We know that great minds don't think alike, so we rely on diverse thoughts, feelings, beliefs and backgrounds to create the best working environment that we can possibly offer.

Kent Fire and Rescue Service, its employees and volunteers, are committed to safeguarding, protecting and supporting children, young people and adults at risk. As part of our safer recruitment process, we will undertake pre-employment checks to verify your suitability for the role.

These checks will include your references and a standard or enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Enhanced DBS check with barred lists are carried out for roles with direct and unsupervised access to children, young people and adults at risk. Risk assessments will be undertaken on any disclosures identified as part of the pre-employment checks.

As a Public Sector organisation with added responsibilities under the Equality Act, 2010 the candidate must demonstrate an understanding of what is meant by Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and how these fit in with their everyday work.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: 28,302.00-31,242.00 per year

Benefits:

Additional leave Company pension Employee discount Enhanced maternity leave Free parking Health & wellbeing programme On-site parking Sick pay Work from home
Schedule:

Monday to Friday
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Canterbury CT1 2NH

Application deadline: 30/06/2025
Reference ID: R000867