Overview of your role
As the Technical Compliance Officer - Fire Safety, you will play a pivotal role in supporting fire safety remediation works and ensuring robust compliance across the Council's property portfolio. Your responsibilities will include addressing issues identified through fire risk assessments, working collaboratively to implement corrective actions, and assisting in benchmarking the estate to maintain and enhance fire safety standards. You will actively contribute to developing and monitoring compliance frameworks, ensuring that all properties meet legislative and best practice requirements relating to fire safety. By liaising with colleagues, contractors, and stakeholders, you will help foster a culture of safety, vigilance, and continuous improvement throughout the organisation.
What will you be doing?
- Support fire safety remediation works across the Council's property portfolio.
- Ensure robust compliance with fire safety legislation and best practice standards.
- Address issues identified through fire risk assessments and implement corrective actions collaboratively.
- Assist in benchmarking the estate to maintain and enhance fire safety standards.
- Contribute to developing and monitoring compliance frameworks for fire safety.
- Liaise with colleagues, contractors, and stakeholders to promote a culture of safety, vigilance, and continuous improvement.
- Help foster and embed a robust culture of fire safety throughout the organisation.
The above duties are an illustrative outline and are not an exhaustive list. You will be expected to become involved in a range of work to enable the service to respond effectively to the changing requirements of the Council and changes affecting the workforce.
What we expect of you
You will:
- adopt a customer focused approach when delivering your service, ensuring engagement with service users and maintenance of an appropriate personal profile,
- act as an advocate for your service and work collaboratively with colleagues across the whole Council to meet the needs of the people of Shropshire,
- meet individual, service and personal development targets agreed through the Personal Development Review Process, learn from experience and are committed to continuous improvement individually and as an employee of the Council,
- work with colleagues to meet your team's key performance indicators, support a culture of team working and ensure the team functions successfully in support of the Council's corporate and service objectives.
- meet the behaviours and competencies adopted by the Council in the way in which they achieve their objectives and carry out their work.
- A priority for the Council is the protection of vulnerable people, ensuring they are able to live as independently as possible. The post-holder will promote and engage with Council's responsibility to safeguard the welfare of children, young people and adults, and protect their right to be safe from harm.
- Expected to undertake all relevant training requirements specifically to the role including formal Hearing / Investigating Officer training relating to Disciplinary / Grievance policies and procedures.
