Fire Safety Surveyor - Brighton and Hove, United Kingdom - Brighton & Hove City Council

Brighton & Hove City Council

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Fire Safety Surveyor:
Posted on 20 October 2023 Apply

Directorate

BHCC:
Housing, Neighbourhoods and Communities

Salary £35,411 £38,29
Contract Permanent

Location:

Housing Centre, Moulescoomb, Brighton

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Job Summary:

Job reference orbis/TP/25296/37086
Positions available 2
Working hours 37
Closing date 15 November 2023
Job category
Housing
Organisation
Brighton & Hove City Council
Job introduction:Brighton & Hove is a great place to live, learn, work and visit. Our diverse and vibrant community is passionate about the city and there's a shared commitment to celebrating and promoting all that makes Brighton & Hove so unique.

We are committed to delivering an outstanding service to our residents and to making the Fire Safety Team within our Housing, Neighbourhood and Communities Directorate the first choice for you to work.

If you are an experienced Fire Safety Surveyor looking for an exciting new challenge, then we would be delighted to hear from you.

For an informal discussion, please contact Geof Gage - Head of Housing Investment & Asset Management on

About the role:

You will have proven experience of working in a fire safety role.

Your experience will have given you an excellent knowledge and understanding of how to plan and deliver fire safety programmes, including writing specifications, contract monitoring and compliance, and financial management.

You will be comfortable in having responsibility for delivering high-quality fire safety compliance, inspecting and controlling contractors, and ensuring that our residents' safety is at the forefront of your work.

You will be part of the Housing Investment and Management Service which delivers a wide range of projects across asset management, Sustainability and energy, mechanical & electrical and planned and major capital works for our housing stock of approximately 12,500 properties.

The aim of the service is to focus on improving housing quality and supply, achieving carbon reductions, improving the services, and living conditions of our residents and reducing homelessness across the city.

Now is a great time to join Brighton & Hove City Council as we expand our housing team to deliver our exciting strategic plans for Housing into the future.

The role of the Fire Safety Surveyor will be to:

Take responsibility for matters relating to fire safety in our housing stock
Manage resident engagement with fires safety matters
Undertake fire safety audits on site, report deficiencies and monitor repairs
Comply with the Fire Safety Act and Building Safety Act
Work seamlessly with the Fire Safety Manager to schedule and monitor fire safety works and fire risk assessments, working within budget

In return, we can offer you a competitive salary, training, career progression with the opportunity to become involved and lead on bespoke projects, flexible working, a generous annual leave allowance with the opportunity to buy extra days, staff discounts, and admittance into the Local Government Pension Scheme.

For more information about the organisation and the specific roles please download the job description / person specification.

Additional information:

Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term-time only.

We are a workplace that supports flexibility and employee wellbeing in the way we work whilst providing the best service for our customers.

Team and service working arrangements are designed to support both employee work life balance and team collaboration.

These would be part of your individual working arrangements alongside any personal preference agreed with your manager in advance of joining.

For more information about our values and the benefits of working at the council, visit Why work for us (brighton-)

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Find out more about our commitment to being a fair and inclusive place to work where everyone can achieve their potential by reading about our fair and inclusive actions, our anti-racism strategy and the work we are doing to encourage a diverse workforce (brighton-).