Fire Safety Officer

As a Fire Safety officer you'll thrive on ensuring fire safety within Leeds City Council corporate building, and that all staff and customers are as safe as possible during there time within our buildings It's not about just undertaking Fire Risk Assessments, its about ensuring that all our buildings and there occupants are as safe as they can be during there time within them., As our next Fire Safety Officer you'll be a key person in Leeds City Council strategy in ensuring fire safety throughout Leeds City Council corporate estate. This would entail undertaking fire risk assessments and inspections at various corporate properties, and ensuring that occupants of our buildings know who their competent persons regarding fire safety is., Undertake inspections and risk assessments to council assets in order to manage the corporate risk arising from fire safety, determine stock condition, defects and risk, then identify, diagnose, and develop solutions to assist the overall asset management of the authorities housing, corporate and educational stock in line with, legislation, internal policies and procedures. Provide advice, training, and expertise to divisional colleagues upon actions to take to improve fire safety, produce specifications and schedules of work where required. Responsibilities:

• Frontline delivery of the service and collection of asset related information in-line with council and departmental performance standards, values, policies and priorities.
• Manage all activities in compliance with legal, regulatory, contract and internal requirements.
• Support the delivery of service plans in-line with council objectives in order to achieve excellence.
• Continually drive a value for money, customer focussed service.
• Take ownership for operational issues and manage relationships with all stakeholders to ensure effective and efficient service delivery.
• Ensure the ordering and delivery of works within individual delegated budgets and agreed budget profiles, including the prioritisation, and planning of work.
• Take accountability for the outputs of all duties
Please note this is not an exhaustive list of responsibilities. The responsibilities below are generic that would be expected of LCC employees
• Flexible and adaptable to change to assist other services as required commensurate to grade.
• Participate in appraisal, training and development activities as necessary to ensure up to date knowledge and skills.
• Improve own practice through observation, evaluation, discussion with colleagues and development programmes.
• To work collaboratively with colleagues, knowing when to seek help and advice.
• Contribute to the overall ethos, work, and aims of the service by attending relevant meetings, training days/events as requested.
• Be aware of and comply with Leeds City Council policies and procedures e.g., child protection, health, safety and security, confidentiality and data protection, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person.
• Be aware of and support difference and ensure equality for all working in an anti-discriminatory manner, upholding and promoting the values, standards and equal opportunities of Leeds City Council.
• Recognise and appropriately challenge any incidents of racism, bullying, harassment or victimisation and any form of abuse of equal opportunities, ensuring compliance with relevant policies and procedures.
• The Council has adopted a flexibility protocol and this role will be expected to work within these parameters.
The duties outlined are not meant as an exhaustive list and will also comprise any other duties within the spirit of the post commensurate with the job evaluation outcome for this post. Qualifications Technical Qualification in the field of fire safety management, such as NEBOSH Fire Safety and Risk Management Certificate or IFE course.

As a Fire Safety Officer, you will bring to the role:
• Technical Qualification in the field of fire safety management, such as NEBOSH Fire Safety and Risk Management Certificate or IFE course.
• Passion for ensuring all occupants of building are safe
• Ability to communicate and ensure any actions required are closed within a reasonable time frame
• Committed to continuous improvement.
• Ability to understand and observe Leeds City Council Equal Opportunities Policy, Able to plan and organise own workload in a busy environment
• Ability to diagnose and develop solutions to technical repair problems
• Developing and maintaining working relationships with suppliers and staff,
• Able to assess building related hazards through a standard risk assessment procedure and prioritise follow on actions accordingly
• Experience of using Microsoft packages to record and present service information.
• To contribute to delivering a team culture that is focussed both on customers and quality
• Able to develop timely and cost-effective solutions to operational problems
• Able to negotiate on day-to-day operational issues with suppliers in order to develop favourable outcomes for the council and for customers
Knowledge Required
• Technical Qualification in the field of fire safety management, such as NEBOSH Fire Safety and Risk Management Certificate or IFE course.
• Strong knowledge of building defects / construction techniques
• Strong knowledge of landlord's responsibilities in relation to repairs and maintenance
• Up to date knowledge of social housing and issues affecting the sector
• Strong knowledge safe construction Health and Safety procedures
Experience Required
• Experience of working within a fire safety management field
• Experience of carrying out Fire Risk Assessments of in an asset management related service area
• Experience of working jointly with staff and contractors from different teams/organisations in order to achieve common goals.
Behavioural and other Characteristics Required
• Committed to continuous improvement.
• Ability to understand and observe Leeds City Council Equal Opportunities Policy.
• To carry out all duties having regard to an employee's responsibility under Health & Safety Policies.
• Willingness to actively participate in training and development activities to ensure up to date knowledge, skills and continuous professional development
• Understand and embrace our values, behaviours, and codes of conduct.
DESIRABLE REQUIREMENTS: It is desirable that the candidate should be able to demonstrate the following criteria for the post within the context of the specific role. Candidates are not required to meet all the Desirable requirements however these may be used to distinguish between acceptable candidates.,
• Produce clear and concise, basic reports in relation to the service in a timely and accurate manner.
  
  Leeds City Council is one of the largest employers in the region with over 14,000 employees. We seek to recruit and develop talented individuals who embody our council values and ambitions.
  
  a competitive salary and annual leave entitlement plus statutory holidays
• membership of the West Yorkshire Pension Fund with generous employer contributions
• flexible and hybrid working arrangements subject to service requirements
• a clear career pathway and continuing professional development opportunities
• a range of staff benefits to help you boost your wellbeing and make your money go further