Fire Safety Officer - Liverpool, United Kingdom - Regenda Group

Regenda Group

Verified Company

Liverpool, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Annual salary of £32,500 (FTE):

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Permanent role:

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Full-time (35 hours), flexible working patterns available
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Liverpool city centre office base, hybrid working

Proposed Interview Date: 23rd & 24th November 2023

The role

The purpose of the role is to ensure effective delivery of the actions deriving from Fire Risk Assessment across the Regenda Groups portfolio.

We are seeking a customer focused Fire Safety Officer who will play a key role in ensuring our homes continue to be safe from fire and up to standard.

You will ensure works undertaken to the Groups properties are undertaken to good standard and are free from significant risks of fire.

You will ensure that all statutory consumer standards are delivered with regards to fire safety, fire and building safety legislation and fire risk assessments that are required for the Regenda Group Working as part of the Building Safety team and wider Asset department.

The Fire Safety Officer will play a pivotal role in supporting and providing guidance and assistance to the building safety Manager in the management of fire safety across the Groups portfolio of properties.

You will help develop and promote a positive fire safety culture and ensure best practice fire safety management.

The right fit

You will have a comprehensive understanding of fire safety legislation and guidance, in particular those relevant to social housing.
You will be discharging all fire risk assessment actions using our inhouse systems, to the appropriate person and be able to use fire safety guidance to mitigate risk where applicable.
You will schedule and attend site familiarisation visits to assess risk whilst engaging with housing officers/scheme managers across the group.
You will schedule and commission suitable and sufficient post work inspections in line with Regenda fire safety policy.
You will monitor contractor performance engaging in regular meetings following post inspections developing processes and procedures where necessary.
You will develop and deliver appropriate fire safety training to relevant persons across the Regenda group.
You will provide technical knowledge and support to the immediate team and wider group including our customers.
A selfstarter being able to manage your own workload and working to tight deadlines with limited guidance/instruction.
You must be able to assist the building safety manager in the conducting of desktop reviews of fire risk assessments.
You will undertake relevant continuous professional development and a willingness to undertake additional courses to stay competent within the role.

Who we are

Regenda Homes is an award-winning Registered Social Housing provider with around 12,000 homes in Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Cheshire and Lancashire.

We provide additional support to residents including finding work, money advice or dealing with anti-social behaviour. We work in partnership with residents to scrutinise services and make sure we perform to a high standard.

Regenda Homes is part of The Regenda Group; we work in places where we can make a difference and operate across the housing and construction sector, in care and support, and in education, training and careers.

Next steps

What we offer

Regenda Homes really is a great place to work - and you don't have to just take our word for it We're an accredited Best Companies Top 100 employer and have achieved Investors in People Gold status.

We can offer you a working environment where you can enjoy yourself, develop yourself and be yourself and where you really can make a difference to people's lives.

We also offer a fantastic reward and benefits package which, amongst other things, includes:

A range of flexible working options.
27 days paid annual leave each year (rising one day per year up to a maximum of 32 days after five years) in addition to 8 bank holidays.
6 additional days for volunteering.
Up to 9% employer's contribution to the pension scheme (match funded).

- £250 annual 'Live and Learn' allowance to spend on learning any new skill.

Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay schemes.
Employee Assistance Programme and health and wellbeing initiatives.
A wide variety of exciting learning and development opportunities.
Interest free loans to assist with the purchase of computer equipment and travel season tickets.
Monthly staff lottery scheme.

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"We regenerate places and create opportunities for people"_**INDHP

The Regenda Group is a great quality, forward thinking housing business, building, managing and maintaining the homes people need.

We own or manage around 13,000 properties across the region, including social rented housing, housing for older people, supported housing, private rented property, shared ownership and housing for sale.

The Regenda Group is made up of Regenda Homes and its wholly-owned subsidiaries M&Y Maintenance and Construction, Redwing