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    Senior Fire Safety Officer - Milton Keynes, United Kingdom - UK Civil Service

    UK Civil Service
    UK Civil Service Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

    2 weeks ago

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    Job summary

    The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office pursues our national interests and projects the UK�s role in the world.

    We promote the interests of British citizens, safeguard the UK's security, defend our values, reduce poverty and tackle global challenges with our international partners.

    The Fire Safety Officer will help shape and implement the UK Estate Fire Strategy to improve all life safety systems and processes, assessing risk and implementing appropriate mitigations or procedures. The post holder will also support the delivery of the wider Estate Operations FCDO estate activities, to act as Intelligent Client Function for Capital Projects ensuring that fire safety is embedded in the design and or processes to ensure a government soft landings approach is followed.

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    Leading on Fire Safety you will Chair the Fire Safety Working Group and own the Fire Safety Risk Register for the UK Estate driving improvements to mitigate and or eliminate risk. This will extend to identifying and prioritising life cycle replacements for all life safety systems and building business cases to justify such investments.

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    The job can be based in London or Hanslope Park near Milton Keynes, but regular travel between these sites is expected and occasional visits to Abercrombie House (East Kilbride) will also be required. The post holder will be expected to prioritise duties based on fire risk considering a risk averse approach from FCDO senior management, and the role will report into the Head of Operations UK & Deputy Engineer.

    Job description

    Roles and Responsibilities

    The successful candidate will:�

  • Act as Subject Matter Expert for Fire Risk Management and lead on the development and implementation of the Estates, Security & Network Directorate (ESND) Fire Strategy.
  • Provide assurance to FCDO that compliance with statutory duties as prescribed by the Regulatory Reform Fire Safety Order and Fire Safety England Regulations are met.
  • Manage the ESND Fire Safety Risk Register to track risk and progress mitigations to an acceptable level of risk, reporting and escalating areas of operational concern.
  • Develop and implement fire safety policies and procedures, liaising and engaging with FCDO departments & stakeholders to align with security constraints and �Business as Usual�.
  • Conducting Fire Safety Inspections and audits to ensure departmental compliance with Health & Safety obligations.
  • Work with service delivery partners to ensure contracted duties to manage fire risk are discharged including maintenance, testing, exercise, and training.
  • Investigate & report on all fire safety related events.

    • Person specification

    You must be a British Citizen at the time of application and, if invited to interview, you will need to bring proof of identity (British Passport/Driving Licence etc.) with you.

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    This role requires you to attain Developed Vetting (DV) security clearance.

    It is essential in your application that you provide evidence and proven examples in each of the following Minimum Criteria, the Behaviours and the Technical question as far as you are able to do so. These responses will be further developed and discussed with those candidates invited for interview.

    Minimum Criteria

  • Expert level understanding of relevant UK Fire related regulatory requirements, along with a sound working knowledge of wider UK statutory compliance requirements, as applicable to running an effective operational estate, for example RRFSO, , , etc.
  • Holding or working towards a relevant, recognised qualification in Fire Safety (for example Level 3 or 4 Diploma in Fire Science & Fire Safety or related building industry qualification with related experience in designing or managing fire safety).

    • Behaviours

    We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

  • Communicating and Influencing
  • Making Effective Decisions
  • Delivering at Pace
  • Working Together

    • We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:

  • Communicating and Influencing
  • Making Effective Decisions

    • Technical skills

    We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

  • Expert level understanding of relevant UK Fire related regulatory requirements, as applicable to the built environment RRFSO, , , etc.
  • Holding or working towards a relevant, recognised qualification in Fire Safety Level 3 or 4 Diploma in Fire Science & Fire Safety or related building industry qualification with related experience in designing or managing fire safety.
  • You will be asked a Motivation question at the interview.
  • An in-tray exercise on the day of the interview. This will consist of a practical exercise assessing fire risk.

    • We only ask for evidence of these technical skills on your application form:

  • Expert level understanding of relevant UK Fire related regulatory requirements, as applicable to the built environment RRFSO, , , etc.
  • Holding or working towards a relevant, recognised qualification in Fire Safety Level 3 or 4 Diploma in Fire Science & Fire Safety or related building industry qualification with related experience in designing or managing fire safety.

    • Benefits

    Alongside your salary of �46,750, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office contributes �12,622 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. � A Civil Service Pension.
    � 25 days Annual Leave per annum.
    � 9 days Public and Privilege holidays per annum.
    � Learning and Development tailored to your role.

    See the attached candidate pack.
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