Regional Fire & Building Safety Officer

Job Description

About The Role
The Regional Fire & Building Safety Officers role is to support the Building Compliance Manager, to ensure the safety of the building, primarily for the safety of all occupants of multi-occupied Residential Buildings and designated building types to comply with Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022. This post will work within the Building Compliance team, developing, managing, and distributing information related to the design, construction, and maintenance of high-rise residential buildings service delivery and maintaining technical documentation associated with the management of landlord requirements of Buildings. This role is home-based with the expectation to travel to all of our Salvation Army Homes sites across the South of England, including Birmingham and North of London.

About The Candidate
You will instinctively work in a manner that aligns fully with Salvation Army Homes values and behaviours, demonstrating energy and passion, along with a positive, can-do attitude in your daily contribution as an Administrator to transforming lives. You will be a confident communicator, with good verbal and writing skills, and able to deal successfully with a variety of people. We also need you to:

1. Have a good knowledge of UK health and safety legislation and best practice in relation to housing management.
2. Be IT literate and be comfortable using MS Office applications.

We really want you to succeed in your work with Salvation Army Homes, so in return for helping to transform lives, we want to help you to transform your lifestyle by giving you access to some meaningful, additional benefits. This includes, for example:

1. 26 days annual leave rising to 31 days.
2. An extra day off on your birthday.
3. A High Street discount scheme (great savings both on and off-line).
4. Pension with life assurance.
5. Discounted private medical insurance.
6. Loans available for financial emergencies.
7. Occupational Sick Pay.
8. A full induction package and training relevant to the role.
9. Long service awards from 2.5 years.
10. Support to learn and develop your career.

About The Company
A registered social landlord and one of the leading providers of supported housing in the UK, Salvation Army Homes is dedicated to transforming lives by providing accommodation and support for some of the most vulnerable members of society - mainly people with complex needs and/or experiencing homelessness. Our aim is to work with individuals to build on their strengths, creating person-centred, individualised strategies and plans that transform lives, support recovery, and enable positive behaviour.

In order to succeed, however, we need the right people in place. Our workforce is one of our greatest assets, but only by recruiting the very best can we continue to deliver comprehensive, good quality housing services, support, and resettlement services.

That’s where you come in. As an equal opportunities employer, Salvation Army Homes is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, maternity, or belief, race, or marriage and civil partnership. We invite and welcome applications to apply for Salvation Army Homes opportunities without concern of bias or discrimination. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.