NHS National Services Scotland
Assistant Fire Safety Advisor
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NHS Scotland Commitment
NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.
Assistant Fire Safety Advisor
On 1 April 2026, NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) and NHS Education for Scotland (NES) became one national organisation, focused on continuity today and a stronger, more connected service for tomorrow.
As part of this transformation, NSS and NES have joined to form a new organisation: Public Services Delivery Scotland (PSD Scotland). This new organisation will play a pivotal role in supporting the renewal and ensuring the long-term sustainability of health and care services across Scotland.
About The Organisation
PSD Scotland unites expertise from NES and NSS in a way that will allow us to accelerate national programmes to support the NHS to deliver better care, now and in the future.
We support staff with education and training, provide the tools and data that improve services, and run vital national functions such as procurement, logistics and blood, tissue and cell services.
The Post
The Assistant Fire Safety Advisor will work within the Architecture and Design team and will report to the National Fire Safety Advisors. The post holder is also expected to support senior staff with the management of a range of contractors/consultants and the delivery of outputs required from these contractors.
The role will involve varied work, including:
- Providing advice, guidance and support on a broad range of fire safety issues.
- Supporting and providing technical assistance to the Design teams, fire safety advisors throughout the delivery of the Public Services Delivery Scotland Design Assessment Process (NDAP) and NHS Scotland Assure Key Stage Assurance Review (KSAR) process.
- Assisting with the development and administration of NHS Scotland Guidance documentation.
- Contributing to key initiatives by assisting in the research of good practice and innovative thinking in the field of fire safety relating to building design.
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The Candidate
The candidate is required to have a degree in fire engineering or a related subject or can exhibit equivalent demonstrable experience in the fire safety sector.
Suitable candidates with fire safety sector experience and a willingness to learn will also be considered.
Location and Working Pattern
The post holder will be based within a Public Services Delivery Scotland office but may be required to travel nationally in the course of the duties involved. An element of home working will be a feature of the role.
The work pattern for this post will be Monday to Friday, 36 hours per week.
It is a condition of this employment that you must live and remain a resident within the UK and have entitlement to work in the UK for the post in which you will be employed.
Benefits
Our benefits package includes:
- Pension scheme
- Comprehensive range of work-life balance policies
- Occupational health services
- Learning resource centres
- Discounted leisure, financial and shopping benefits
Inclusion
Public Services Delivery Scotland is a national organisation and, as an anchor institution, it is our ambition to be a diverse and inclusive organisation where everyone feels welcome. We recognise that flexible working creates an inclusive workplace where employees can thrive and feel confident about their ability to balance their personal and professional responsibilities. This is supported through Once for Scotland flexible working policies. PSD Scotland has made a long-term commitment to staff health and well-being and offers many learning and development opportunities to support and improve our approaches to diversity, inclusion and mental health in the workplace. There are a number of equality staff networks in place which all staff are welcome to join. We are also an equal opportunities employer and as such aim to guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for our vacancies. As an accredited Disability Confident Leader, it is the aim of PSD Scotland to offer a fully accessible and inclusive recruitment service that supports applicants on their candidate journey. If you are interested in any reasonable adjustments, please contact the Recruitment Team on NSS.wfrs@nhs.scot
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Further Information
For an informal discussion on the post, please contact Bill Connolly on Bill.Connolly@nhs.scot
Closing date for completed applications is 11 September 2026.
Please note that the majority of correspondence is sent by e-mail only, so please check your e-mail regularly (including junk folders).
We are an equal opportunities employer and as committed participant in the disability confident scheme, guarantees to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for our vacancies however, where exceptionally high application volumes make this impracticable, a fair and proportionate shortlisting approach will be applied in line with Disability Confident guidance
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