Title: Strategic Fire Safety Advisor Contract: Permanent, Full Time 35 Hours Location: West Ham Lane, Stratford, London (E15) or Sale Point, Sale, Manchester (M33 6AG) Persona: Agile Salary: London Weighted - £45,762 pa depending on experience Outside London - £39,969 pa depending on experience Strategic Fire Safety Advisor - Role Profile.docx Closing date for completed applications: 28th August 2024 at 11:59 pm Interview date: 3rd September, 2024 via Microsoft Teams **Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the advertisement and interview earlier than stated. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Strategic Fire Safety Advisor to join our specialist Strategic Fire Safety team. This role is crucial in supporting our second line of defence as you will be involved with designing and implementing fire safety policies, providing expert guidance and support, managing risks, implementing the audit programme, monitoring compliance, and promoting best practices. The Strategic Fire Safety team is made up on eight people. Reporting into one of the teams two Senior Strategic Fire Safety Advisors, you will provide advice and support on fire safety to frontline staff and management teams as required at all levels The main duties of the role will include: Driving exemplary fire safety practise across all of L&Q’s workplaces Regularly monitoring and ensuring compliance with fire safety regulations and standards Designing and delivering fire safety training sessions and auditing operational teams in the delivery of fire safety tasks. Being personable, a good communicator, team player and a passion to improve our fire safety arrangements are essential. Your experience must include: Minimum of NEBOSH Fire Certificate (or equivalent) and be affiliated with a recognized fire safety institute. Previous experience in a Fire Safety Advisor role within a multi-site environment (essential) ideally in the Housing Sector (desirable) In-depth knowledge of building regulations and British Standards in relation to fire safety IT literate – familiar with Microsoft and have previous experience using this to deliver the safety message through reports, statistics and training. Your approach and attitude will be equally as important to us as your academic qualifications. You will be a strong team player who is happy to have a hands-on approach in helping to achieve a ‘safety culture’ within our organisation. You will be willing to undertake personal development as necessary. If you are interested in this role and have the experience required, then apply without delay! Please note - you may be required to travel to other offices, our residential properties or even attend resident meetings as determined by the business need. Therefore, it is desirable that you are able to legally drive in the UK and have access to a vehicle on a pre-arranged basis. Salary & Benefits: We offer a competitive annual salary and benefits package which includes: 28 days annual leave rising to 31 days PLUS bank holidays Agile/hybrid working Excellent pension scheme and non-contributory life assurance Investment in your career development with continued support and training (in-house & external courses) Employee assistance programme Health & Wellbeing program Employee discount scheme Up to 21 volunteer hours per year Strong family-friendly policies Our commitments: At L&Q, people are at the heart of our business and our success depends on employing the best people and getting the best from them. This is why we are committed to developing our people. It's only by investing in a well-trained and motivated workforce that we can continue to prosper and sustain business success. We are committed to supporting your work-life balance and recognise the changing demands and circumstances in life. Please let us know during the recruitment process if you’re interested in part time working or job sharing. In addition, should your circumstances change once you have joined L&Q, you can also request flexible working arrangements, e.g. a change to working hours - if it’s feasible then we’ll make it happen. We are recognised externally for our commitment to inclusion. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Disability Confident (Committed) employer and have signed the Time to Change Employer Pledge to demonstrate our commitment to end mental health discrimination in the workplace. We expect all of our employees to support our environmental policy and social responsibility work. We are an employer committed to environmental and social responsibility. L&Q is a regulated charitable housing association and one of the UK’s most successful independent social businesses. The L&Q Group houses around 250,000 people in more than 97,000 homes, primarily across London and the South East. As a charitable organisation, our role goes beyond providing homes and housing services. We are a long-term partner in the neighbourhoods where we work. We hope to build aspiration, opportunity and confidence in our communities through our £250 million L&Q Foundation and our skills academy. In response to the housing and affordability crisis, we will build 100,000 new homes over ten years. Of these, 60,000 homes will be built or funded by L&Q, whilst a further 40,000 will come through partnerships. Crucially, at least 50% of these new homes will be genuinely affordable, with a target of 60% in London. Our vision is that everyone has a quality home they can afford, and we combine our social purpose with commercial drive to create homes and neighbourhoods everyone can be proud of.