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Fire Safety Advisor (part-time, fixed-term role) - CC11264

Bristol

Fire Safety Advisor (part-time, fixed-term role)

Job title Fire Safety Advisor (part-time, fixed-term role)

Department Human Resources

Salary Starting from £37,099, rising to £44,263 pro rata

Grade Grade 7

Placed on Tuesday 05 December 2023

Closing date Tuesday 19 December 2023

Interview date To be confirmed

Reference CC11264

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As our joint Fire Safety Lead, you will provide a consultancy service which will include carrying out comprehensive fire risk assessments and identifying requirements for control measures across a range of building types and processes. Developing positive actions and behaviours throughout your audits, inspections, and awareness campaigns, you will develop innovative ways to foster a proactive fire safety culture.

You will be experienced in providing fire safety advice within a complex organisation with a wide range of facilities. You will have a comprehensive knowledge of current fire safety legislation and standards, and experience of carrying out fire risk assessments.

You will take end-to-end ownership of your work and be a key member of our Safety, Health and Employee Wellbeing Service.

You will also have:

• excellent written and verbal skills whilst working with, providing advice to, training, and promoting excellence in fire safety to staff members at all levels.
• a proactive risk-based approach to help foster a positive fire safety culture, across a wide range of buildings, facilities, and operational matters.
• a NEBOSH National Certificate in Fire Safety or similar level fire safety qualification.
• a commitment to your own personal continuing professional development and to mentoring others.
• the ability to empower others to improve performance and ensure compliance to relevant fire safety standards.
• experience of collaborating closely with external regulatory authorities for Fire Safety and related matters.

Further information

This is a part-time role, working two days a week (0.4 fte) for a fixed-term period of 6 months

Primarily based at our Claverton Down campus, you will also need to travel to our other properties in Bath.

For any informal discussion about the role please contact Chris Young, HR Deputy Director, Safety & Wellbeing Services (rcy20@bath.ac.uk) or Mark Burton, Fire Safety Advisor (mcb52@bath.ac.uk), however, please ensure that your application is submitted via the University website.

What we can offer you

• a very generous employer contributory pension scheme
• generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• we are a family-friendly University and with an increasingly agile workforce, are open to flexible working arrangements
• an excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
• a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities

We aim to be an inclusive university, where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students, so we encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on our teams. 

We are very proud to be an autism friendly university and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

Find out from our staff what makes the University of Bath a great place to work. Follow us @UniofBath and @UniofBathJobs on Twitter for more information.

Closing date for applications: 13-12-2023

Salary: Starting from £37,099, rising to £44,263 pro rata

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