Fire Safety Business Partner

Home Based covering North and North West

Stonewater are now seeking a Fire Safety Business Partner - someone to provide technical advice and assurance regarding the fire safety of our residential and commercial properties.

As Fire Safety Business Partner, you will undertake desk top reviews of proposed new build and refurbishment schemes and provide commentary and recommendations regarding design standards and specifications. You will review resident alteration requests to ensure that proposals do not enhance the risk from fire within the dwelling or the building as a whole and undertake fire safety assurance audits across the residential building stock to ensure fire safety risks are being robustly managed.

Reporting to the Head of Fire Safety, you will support the Building Safety Programme Lead in attaining access to flats to complete the flat entrance fire door safety programme, and audit and maintain the contents of secure information boxes where installed in 11-18m blocks of flats, within your allocated operational area. You will also support the Head of Fire Safety in ensuring that fire evacuation strategies for blocks of flats are documented and maintained and take responsibility for the implementation and management of interim measures, following completion of an FRA/compartmentation survey which has identified defects in a buildings fire protective measures.

The ideal candidate will:

• Be a member of the IFE at Graduate grade (or higher).
• Hold a Level 4 qualification in fire safety management, risk assessment or engineering. (Those with a Level 3 qualification but hold Associate membership or full member status, with relevant experience in a similar role will also be considered).
• Have demonstrable experience of working within a social housing organisation in a similar role.
• Be able to demonstrate detailed knowledge regarding fire safety statutory instruments, British Standards and Sector guidance.
• Be able to demonstrate an understanding of building pathology.
• Understand The Building Safety Act and Social Housing Act.
• Understand JCT and other contract forms.
• Have experience of carrying out site inspection and audits to monitor change and ensure the quality of delivery.
• Be able to communicate effectively at all levels and produce coherent, written documentation.
• Be able to translate technical content for non-technical stakeholders in an informative and engaging way.
• Be able to work effectively in partnership with multi-disciplinary teams and external stakeholders.
• Be able to monitor and coordinate key programmes of work.

Appointment to this role will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check, satisfactory references and possession of a valid Right to Work document.

Discover Stonewater:

Stonewater is a leading housing provider. We manage around 36,000 homes, serving 78,000 customers across our portfolio of affordable properties for general rent, shared ownership and sale, alongside specialist accommodation, with an ambitious house-building programme.

Our mission is to provide quality homes and services for people whose needs are not met by the open market. Stonewater was one of the first social housing providers in the UK to adopt the Sustainability Reporting Standard (SRS), published by Good Economy. Using the Housing Association’s Charitable Trust (HACT) Value Insight model, we calculated that we made an impact of over £28m during 2022/23. We know that life can be hugely challenging for many of our customers right now, and we are pleased to say that more than 400 customers have been supported into work, education, training and independent living. If you would like to read more please visit: Stonewater's Social Value Report

We’re looking for like-minded people to join our team of over 800 talented colleagues who embody our values of being ethical, ambitious, passionate, agile and commercial, as well as people who want to make a difference and transform people’s lives.

Stonewater supports equality of opportunities and are dedicated to being a diverse, inclusive, and supportive workplace. We are a Disability Confident employer.

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Stonewater reserve the right to bring the closing date forward should enough quality applications be received prior to the current closing date.