Fire Safety Manager

Queen Mary University of London - Health & Safety Directorate

About the Role

The Health and Safety Directorate provides Queen Mary University of London with competent health & safety and fire safety advice, training, and support.

The Fire Safety Manager position will work across all our campuses and will be a professionally qualified role within the health & safety team, working to support the development of service delivery and compliance with current and future fire safety legislation, professional standards, and best practice.

The main function of the role will be to drive compliance with fire safety across all university activities at a strategic level.

About You

The postholder will need to be in possession of a minimum Level 4 qualification in Fire Safety (or equivalent standard), and proven experience of carrying out and reviewing complex fire risk assessments in organisations similar in size/complexity to Queen Mary, University of London. Also, a working knowledge and an understanding of building guides (ABD) and British Standards pertaining to fire safety (BS 9999 / BS 9991), including relevant up-to date fire safety legislation.

About the Department

The Health & Safety Directorate provides a comprehensive advisory health, safety and fire safety service to all Queen Mary University of London staff and students. The Fire Safety Manager supports the HSD Team in achieving this objective. The directorate has 14 staff and is part of the Office of the Principal, which is a central Professional Services department. This post reports to the Head of Fire Safety.

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

Our reformer heritage informs our conviction that great ideas can and should come from anywhere. It’s an approach that has brought results across the globe, from the communities of east London to the favelas of Rio de Janeiro.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.