Fire Safety Manager

Goldsmiths, University of London is seeking to recruit a Fire Safety Manager to lead on fire safety management across the University’s diverse portfolio of activities, buildings and estate.

Goldsmiths is proud of its reputation for innovative and challenging thinking across its wide range of disciplines.  Our courses and research activities span the arts, humanities, social sciences, cultural studies, computing, business and management across 18 academic departments.  Based across a diverse London campus of over 100 buildings, The QS World Rankings place us in the top five UK Universities for Art & Design and Communication & Media Studies.

Working within the Estates and Facilities Department, the Fire Safety Manager is specifically employed as the “competent person” to advise and lead Goldsmiths in all areas of fire safety management.  The postholder will take lead responsibility for the development and management of Fire Safety policies, procedures and technical notes to ensure that the fire safety management system practices comply with all aspects of the Fire Safety legislation and best practice.  You will lead on the identification of transformation and performance improvement initiatives resulting in best practice behaviours and compliance in relation to fire safety at Goldsmiths.

We are seeking an individual with significant experience in a fire safety management role across a complex organisation with a high-footfall, multi-building estate portfolio.  You will have track record of delivering fire safety management initiatives resulting in best practice fire safety management and measurable adherence to compliance.  The role calls for an individual with excellent interpersonal and communication skills, as the ability to influence stakeholders and ensure compliance through a collaborative and engaging style is crucial.  It is anticipated that potential candidates will hold a relevant professional qualification in the fire safety industry with demonstrable evidence of a commitment to fire safety related CPD.

This role represents an exciting opportunity for a highly-motivated Fire Safety professional to take up a client-side role within a dynamic and diverse organisation. 

For a briefing discussion please contact our retained advisor Matt Giles  at The Management Recruitment Group on 0203 962 9900.  Applications should consist of a CV and should be sent to Matt Giles.

Closing date for applications is 26^th September 2021.  Interviews are scheduled to take place during the week commencing 11^th October 2021.