Fire Safety Manager
At Accent we believe everyone has the right to a safe, secure and warm place to call home. Are you ready to go above and beyond to ensure our customers receive a best-in-class Fire Safety service?
We’re looking for a Fire & Safety Manager to join our Assets and Compliance team in Peterborough or Bradford.
About the role and person:
- 35 hours per week
- Permanent
Our Fire & Safety Manager will ensure that fire and safety responsibilities are fully understood across the business so that our buildings and customers’ homes are safe and receive the best service. You will lead and inspire colleagues to ensure that a proactive approach to customer safety, in particular, fire and safety management, is fully embedded. Your objective will be to minimise risk by ensuring a proactive approach that no fire risk assessment is ever overdue and that all resulting remedial work is completed within target deadlines.
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Salary
The spot salary for this post is £56,089 per annum for applicants who fully meet the requirements of the post. Applicants, who do not meet all the requirements of the post, will start 5% or 10% below the spot salary.
You’ll also receive an additional £1,250 essential car user allowance.
What will you get from us?
In addition to a competitive salary and agile working, we also have a focus on employees’ development. We support both professional and personal development, ensuring everyone has a development plan and provide access to a wide range of internal and external learning resources.
You’ll also receive:
- 28 days paid holiday plus bank holidays per year (pro-rata for part time) rising by 1 day per year up to a maximum of one working week.
- A choice of Pension Schemes including a Defined Benefit Scheme with a 7.5% member contribution or a Defined Contribution Scheme with a 4% member contribution and 4% employer contribution. Both pension schemes provide Life Insurance Cover.
- Option to purchase additional holiday of up to 2 of your working weeks (at managers discretion).
- Employee Assistance Programme.
- "Hapi" Benefits App with multiple discounts.
- Cycle to work scheme.
What skills/behaviours do you need to be a Fire & Safety Manager?
- Relevant professional qualifications or experience and excellent knowledge of Fire and Building Safety Regulations
- Experience of managing and leading a team in the delivery of all aspects of Fire Safety, whilst developing your team and promoting personal development
- An inspiring and dynamic communicator, who’s able to convey a clear vision of our approach to Fire and Safety
- Have a collaborative approach to working with colleagues across all areas of the organisation to achieve the best possible outcomes for customers
This role is subject to a successful DBS check.
Location
The successful candidate will be required to live within a commutable distance to our Bradford or Peterborough office with the flexibility to travel to sites across Accent operations as required.
We’re a keen promoter of agile working and encourage working from home, as long as we meet our customers’ needs.
We’ll provide you with the equipment and software you’ll need for the purpose of your role however it will be your responsibility to have an appropriate space to work from as well as a suitable broadband connection/provider.
Interview Process
Interviews will take place via Teams on 7th November and will consist of a Presentation and Competency interview.
Who are Accent?
We own around 20,400 houses across the North, East and South of the country. They are home to over 41,000 customers. We exist to improve lives, providing people with high quality homes, affordably. Whatever their housing need, whether family, single, older or more vulnerable – our customers come first. They are always at the very heart of our business.
If you feel great about putting customers first, then we feel great about you joining the Accent team.
And we are a team. We live and breathe our values – we are Smart, we are Driven, we are Caring and we are Inclusive – are you? If you can do what’s right and challenge what you think is wrong, relish the opportunity to work with some fabulous colleagues to improve the customer experience and make sure we keep to our promises, then you are the person we are looking for.
If you require reasonable adjustments to any part of our recruitment process, please let us know we will ensure requirements are met.
Please don’t delay in submitting your application. Where roles are urgent or we receive a high volume of applications, we may interview and conclude the process prior to any closing date indicated.
If you have any queries about the role, please email:
"PeopleServices@accentgroup.org".
Please note candidates must have current eligibility to live and work in the UK, Accent do not currently hold sponsorship.
Join us and start your own journey with Accent. We aim to be number one, and you could help us get there.
