Discover Sheffield: A City Where You Can Thrive

Sheffield is the “Greenest City in Europe” and the only major UK city with the Peak District on its doorstep. With a strong community feel, great culture and easy access to nature, it’s a fantastic place to live and work.

Why Join Sheffield City Council?

Make a real difference for Sheffield residents—while being supported to do your best work. We offer:

Supportive, inclusive culture with flexible working
Generous annual leave and a competitive pension
Training, professional development and clear progression opportunities
Strong focus on wellbeing, diversity and work–life balance

Join a team committed to high-quality services making Sheffield safer for everyone.

About the Role

Help keep residents safe and support our commitment to building safety. We’re looking for a qualified Fire Risk Assessor to deliver Type 1 fire risk assessments across our housing portfolio, produce high-quality reports, and work with colleagues to drive practical improvements.

What you’ll be doing

Carry out Type 1 fire risk assessments across housing properties
Produce high-quality written reports, including clear recommendations, priorities and associated costings to inform delivery of remedial works.
Identify and communicate actions required to reduce risk, providing advice on practical solutions to internal customers across Housing services.
Manage your workload independently, planning site visits and completing report write-ups in line with service timescales.

About You

NEBOSH Fire Safety and Risk Assessor qualification or equivalent.
Registered with a professional body (e.g. IFSM).
At least 2 years’ experience carrying out Type 1 fire risk assessments.
Experience in working (or with) local authorities, fire and rescue services, housing associations or NHS-type organisations.
Able to produce clear, accurate reports with recommendations and costings, and communicate effectively with internal customers.
Organised and self-motivated,

Working arrangements
Work is citywide, with flexibility to plan your own schedule of visits. You can complete report write-ups from the office or home, and you’ll work closely with internal customers within Housing services.

Ready to apply?
Apply now and help us deliver a high-quality fire risk assessment programme that makes a real difference improving lives for residents in Sheffield.

Closing date: Monday 1 June

Interview date: Tuesday 16 June

Location: Sheffield (flexible hybrid working options)
Contact: Paul Campbell, Compliance Risk Assessment Manager – for further information or an informal discussion: Paul.Campbell@sheffield.gov.uk

We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.

It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application.

Under the Guaranteed Interview scheme, applicants who are disabled, care leavers, or armed forces veterans will be guaranteed an interview if they meet the essential criteria and indicate their eligibility on the application form. Sometimes, if lots of people apply, we might not be able to interview everyone who qualifies for the Guarantee. In these cases, we’ll interview the candidates who best meet the essential criteria for the job.

Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.

If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide payslip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.

Equality of pay is extremely important to us. All roles at Sheffield City Council are going through an evaluation process which may result in changes to some pay arrangements from 2026. Find out more on our Sheff news page.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all individuals, ensuring a safe and supportive environment for everyone and where appropriate to the role the successful applicant will be required to undertake relevant safeguarding checks.