Job Description

Working hours:

Minimum of 35 hours per week

Interview Date:

To be confirmed


We are looking to recruit a

Fire Safety Manager

to be the Property fire safety expert for The Salvation Army, providing advice to colleagues and senior leaders, incorporating any updates in law into the fire safety strategy, policies and systems and advising colleagues.


Oversee quality assurance of specialist fire safety contractors delivering fire risk assessments, surveys and servicing works to fire safety systems, which will include undertaking pre and post inspection of works to ensure high levels of quality control.


Create and maintain a fire safety strategy for the organisation, which would include:

Auditing the organisation's fire safety management system and making recommendations to ensure that the system is adequate including: Drafting a new Fire Safety Policy for the organisation Reviewing fire safety procedures Review existing risk assessment methodology for fire risk assessments, ensuring the quality of service provided by contractors by setting up a quality specification for FRAs, reporting, proportionate remedial works, and extrapolating data to develop a central register of FRA actions. Collate and report MI on compliance with actions from FRAS to the Safe Mission Council and the Risk Management Committee.

You have...

Extensive experience of working successfully in a similar fire safety management role, with expert level knowledge and experience in strategic fire safety in domestic dwellings, multi-occupied sleeping premises, commercial/operational buildings such as office premises, churches, shops and community centres and construction, monitoring and risk mitigation. BSc/NVQ Level 6 Fire Safety Management or equivalent, and professional membership with an accredited organisation such as the Institute of Fire Engineers or Fire Safety Managers Extensive experience of working successfully with senior management and working with, liaising and representing organisations, providing verbal, written technical reports/advice on fire safety matters, and leading and overseeing formal responses relating to external enforcement authority visits and contact. Experience of maintaining or reaching externally audited management standards such as ISO 45001 A full UK driving licence (or valid equivalent) and the willingness and ability to travel throughout the Territory

In order to complete your application please download and read the job profile and any other attachments.

In the job profile you will find the criteria required for the role please make sure that you address this in your supporting statement as this forms the basis of our shortlisting.

Appointment subject to satisfactory references, proof of right to work in the UK and relevant qualifications

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and please note that we are unable to offer sponsorship.

Please note that any Salvation Army employees who are under notice of redundancy and apply for this position will be given priority consideration.

We reserve the right to close this advert earlier if we feel that we have received sufficient applications.

Promoting equality in the workplace and as a disability confident leader scheme employer, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet all the minimum essential criteria for the vacancy.