Fire Risk Officer - London, United Kingdom - Tower Hamlets Homes

Tower Hamlets Homes

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Fire Risk Officer (Safety)

Location:
East London with some remote working

Salary:
£50,757- £53,799 per annum

Full time - 35 hours per week

Permanent
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Fire Risk Officer to join Tower Hamlets Homes.

We are an award winning Housing ALMO (Arms Length Management Organisation) and are looking for a true team player who is passionate about improving fire safety acrossour housing stock.

As a Fire Risk Officer, you will work with colleagues to ensure that our homes are safe for our residents to live in.

This will include managing fire risk assessments and ensuring their recommendations are completed.

You will carry out technical and general fire safety inspections inside buildings and prepare simple specifications of works and reports where appropriate.

You will also post inspect works and ensure they have been completed to a satisfactory standard.

Your role will also include visiting residents' homes and providing assurance on fire safety related issues.

You will work closely with a wider asset management and compliance team, ensuring that THH meets all its legal requirements including the Building Safety and Fire Safety Acts.

You will also work with other teams across the organisation providing technicaladvice and also training where necessary.

About You

We are looking for a highly motivated individual, who will value the challenge of the role and the opportunity to make a difference.

You must have a qualification in either fire safety or a related technical field or substantial relevant experience. Previous experience in fire safety is essential, in either an enforcement role or in a technical role.

You will have a good level of technicalknowledge and experience and a broad understanding of fire safety standards and compliance generally.

You will have good IT skills being able to write reports and use data to inform the role. You will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and be able to interact positively with internal and external customers. The role requires the abilityto influence residents and others to improve fire and building safety.

A good understanding and commitment to working in line with THH values and Ways of Working is essential.

Our Offer to Applicants

At Tower Hamlets Homes, people are at the heart of our business, and our success depends on employing the best people and getting the best from them.

We are committed to developing and investing in our workforce - in return for you choosing to work withus, we will offer you a range of great benefits, including:

26 days holiday rising to 31 days with length of service, bank holidays and statutory/concessionary days, plus an additional day of annual leave (pending for 2023)
Access to an excellent pension scheme;
Access to 24/7 confidential Employee Assistance Programme
Amazing commercial discounts, including discounts at many gyms, shops and restaurants;
Your voice heard through our staff forum and networking groups for women and LGBT staff
Established staff support networks supporting mental health and domestic abuse
Supporting your professional growth through a range of learning and development opportunities, online resources and access to mentoring programmes
We're happy to talk flexible working

Many of our staff are now hybrid working.

In this role there is some flexibility of location - some of this role can be done successfully from home or remotely although there will be an expectation that the postholder meets face to face with colleagues andcustomers in order to maintain service delivery, relationships, collaborate and support other colleagues.

We expect that on average the postholder will spend approximately a minimum of 2-3 days per week onsite.

Equally, we have modern, recently refurbished offices in London E1 and London E14 and will soon be moving to offices based at Whitechapel in Spring 2023, which are Covid secure, where this work can be wholly performed.

The postholder will be provided witha corporate laptop on which to do their