Fire Safety Adviser

About this role

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced fire safety professional to join the University’s Health and Safety Team. We are a small team of health, safety and fire professionals who provide a crucial service to the University in shaping and driving its health and safety culture and ensuring that it remains a sustained strategic priority.

The Fire Safety Adviser is a vital, high-profile role, you will take the lead on fire safety, using your specialist fire safety knowledge to:

• Act as the University's appointed competent fire safety person
• Develop and implement the University’s Fire Safety Management System
• Implement and manage the Fire Risk Assessment programme
• Support and advise upon fire safety in new building projects, refurbishments etc.
• Conduct fire safety audits to monitor practice and performance
• Develop, implement and deliver fire safety training
• Be the main contact for all fire safety matters.

About you

This is an exciting opportunity to build, develop and continually improve fire safety management at UWE Bristol. It will suit a well-rounded, highly motivated fire safety professional who is able to engage and influence at all levels and has a pragmatic customer-focused approach to fire safety. 

You will have substantial experience and a comprehensive practical knowledge of fire safety in the UK, having worked within large, complex organisations with a broad range of fire safety risks. Ideally, you will have an IQ Level 4 Diploma in Fire Safety or other equivalent level 4 fire safety qualification. You will meet the competency criteria for fire risk assessors and be at least a graduate member of the IFE or other relevant professional body.

Where is this role based?

This post is based at our lively Frenchay campus where we have invested in the latest facilities and resources to give both our staff and students access to everything they need to succeed. 

Why UWE Bristol?

We are one of the largest providers of Higher Education in the South West with 38,000 students and 4,000 staff from right across the globe

We offer a wide range of employee benefits including progressive pay rates, generous annual leave and career average pension schemes as well as retail savings, onsite nursery and opportunities for training and personal development.

We particularly encourage applications from global majority candidates as we are currently under-represented in this area of the organisation, however all appointments are made strictly on individual merit.

As a Disability Confident employer, we welcome applications from those who identify as having a disability.

Further information

If you would like to speak to us to find out more about this role please contact Alison Weeks on 0117 328 2076 or email: alison.weeks@uwe.ac.uk

Interviews are provisionally scheduled to take place at our Frenchay during the week commencing 10^th March 2025.

This is a full-time, permanent post, working 37 hours per week.

This post is not available on a job share basis.

Given the nature of this role it is campus based.

Right to Work in the UK

The University has a legal responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK. You will therefore be required to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK, please refer to the Home Office Right to Work Checklist for information on which documents are acceptable.

Advert information