Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: Championship Way, Leicester Road, Glenfield, Leicestershire LE3 8RA
Worker Category: Fixed Location Worker
Salary: £38,700 - £41,373 per annum (pro-rata for part-time)
Working Hours: 37 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 14th November 2024
Interview Date(s): TBC
Are you looking for a rewarding career where you can make a difference?
Do you want a job where no two days are the same?
About the Role
To act as lead competent person on mitigation of fire risk in building design for Leicestershire County Council (LCC). To manage the risk from fire effectively, to protect and safeguard vulnerable individuals from the risk of fire, advise on fire related statutory compliance in accordance with LCC policy to ensure business continuity, efficiency and safety across the LCC building estate.
About You
To apply for this post, you must:
* Hold Membership of Institute of Fire Engineers and NEBOSH Fire Safety & Risk Management Certificate
* Demonstrate extensive experience of working in fire safety
* Practical experience of fire engineering principles & project management
* Experience of the design process and the principles of risk reduction
* Extensive knowledge of the Regulatory Reform (fire safety) Order 2005
* Building Regulations (Part B) and associated legislation and guidance documents such as BB100
* Ability to manage relationships with internal customers and external partners
You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.
In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.
Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.
Interested in Flexible Working?
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.
Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site.
For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:
Stephen Linnett, Regulatory Compliance Manager
Telephone: 0116 3056828
Email: stephen.linnett@leics.gov.uk
How to Apply
Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.
To apply for this job, please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site.
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.
If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format, please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning 0300 3030222 (select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal:
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This is a featured job (LCCFJ).
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