Deputy Fire Safety Manager

Finegreen are currently supporting a large NHS organisation in the appointment of a Fire Safety professional, to ensure the organisation continued compliance with the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (RRO) and Firecode HTM-05-01 Managing Healthcare Fire Safety.
Key responsibilities will include:

To support the Fire Safety Manager in establishing and leading a “fire safety management system” across the organisation and building key working relationships internally and externally;
Responsible for ensuring the organisation meets its statutory obligations in respect of fire safety and advising the relevant Committees of the effects of new or amended legislation and on the effectiveness of compliance;
Manage, organise, implement, co-ordinate and maintain full and efficient fire prevention and fire precautions and the training of staff in all premises managed by the Trust;
Responsible for implementing and undertaking fire training for all Trust staff in premises managed by the Trust and maintaining an up to data database recording all training undertaken;
To provide expert advice and guidance to managers and staff at all levels of the organisation, identifying fire safety priorities and assisting in the overall prioritisation within the Trust’s Fire Safety Capital programme;
Responsible for providing accurate fire risk assessments and action plans;
Produce comprehensive reports for communicating to all levels within the Trust including Executive Committees and Trust Board and external organisations;
To act independently in the management of fire safety risk issues in response to issues raised to and including the authority to require the cessation of work by in-house staff and contractors if warranted;
The ideal candidate will have:

Fire Service or NHS Fire Safety Advisor background, will need a professional qualification in relation to Fire Safety, ideally Membership of the IFE or equivalent;
Ability to demonstrate significant Fire safety experience within the NHS or other large public sector organisations;
Experience in the application of fire safety legislation, Firecode and other fire related guidance documents;
Comprehensive working knowledge of fire detection, emergency lighting and other active systems in relation to fire safety measures;

If you are interested in the role, please contact Donna Larder on (phone number removed) or send your to (url removed)