Fire Safety Manager

Grade J scp 35 £47,665 to scp 39 £51,928, essential car user allowance up to £963pa
Contract: permanent
Hours: 37 per week
Essential requirement: full driving licence, DBS
Essential qualification: Relevant fire safety qualification (e.g. Level 4/5 Fire Safety or equivalent), NEBOSH Fire Certificate or equivalent).
Interview date: TBC
For further information about this role, contact: Dean.kendall@bolton.gov.uk

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The Role

The Fire Safety Manager will play a pivotal role in protecting people, property and services across a diverse estate of civic buildings. The role will provide specialised technical expertise, leadership and governance for fire safety management across council-owned properties. This includes developing and implementing a corporate fire safety strategy, ensuring statutory compliance, managing fire risk across the estate, and supporting the Council’s operational and strategic objectives

About You

You will be an experienced fire safety professional with a strong understanding of fire safety legislation, risk management and compliance within a complex property environment. You will have the ability to interpret fire risk assessments, technical reports and legislation, translating them into practical, proportionate solutions that support the safety of people and buildings.

You will be confident managing fire safety information, compliance data and asset records, with the ability to identify trends, assess risk and drive improvements across a diverse property portfolio. Strong organisational skills are essential, enabling you to manage multiple priorities, oversee compliance programmes and ensure actions are delivered effectively.

You will be a confident communicator who can build positive working relationships with colleagues, contractors, consultants and stakeholders, providing clear technical advice and influencing decision-making at all levels. A proactive and solutions-focused approach is important, alongside the ability to challenge recommendations where necessary, ensure value for money and maintain high standards of compliance and governance.

Experience of developing fire safety strategies, managing contractors and delivering fire safety improvements across a varied property estate will be highly beneficial, together with a commitment to continuous professional development and best practice.

About Us

This is your opportunity to join us at an exciting time as we have strong ambitions for the borough.

Bolton is a great place to work. We are a welcoming organisation that wants to contribute to a place where people feel active, connected and prosperous. We are passionate about improving the outcomes and experience of Bolton people. We want Bolton to be a vibrant place built on strong cohesive communities, successful businesses and healthy, engaged residents.

As an employer we want to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment, by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits, including discounts and exclusive gym membership prices and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition, we offer a generous annual leave allowance, flexible work opportunities, access to a Pension Scheme, as well as a range of employee wellbeing and support services.

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) clearance - this post is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (amended in 2013). Employment offers are conditional subject to satisfactory clearances. For roles where a criminal records check from the DBS is required, this includes satisfactory clearance of this check. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily bar an individual from working with us. This will depend on the nature of the position and the circumstances and background of an individual’s offence/s. Information provided by you or the DBS will be dealt with in a confidential manner and in accordance with the DBS Code of Practice which can be viewed here. Bolton Council’s policy on the Employment of Ex-Offenders is available here.

This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English as per the person specification.

This organisation has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. That means we will recognise your continuous or ‘unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester local authority or NHS organisation that has signed the commitment, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority, giving you access to our service-related benefits. Please see the home page of greater.jobs for more information.

For more information about working for Bolton Council, please see greater.jobs; for advice and support with your application, contact recruitment@bolton.gov.uk