EFCD is a complex division that provides numerous services across the trust and is comprised of four key departments.

• Estates: The key role of the department is to service and repair all aspects of our modern healthcare facility.
• Facilities: The teams provide services to our entire site, including waste, portering, security, cleaning, and catering.
• Capital Projects: The team is employed to manage the design, construction and development of a new building or the major alteration and refurbishment of the existing estate.
• Compliance and Business: The compliance department's role is to ensure EFCD’s compliance with legislation, regulations, policy, and good practice

The role involves:

• Undertaking/updating/managing fire risk assessments and supporting departmental managers to ensure that all resulting actions are completed, staff are trained in fire safety and evacuation procedures.
• Giving expert guidance on all matters relating to fire safety within the Trust to ensure compliance with Regulatory Reform Order 2005, Health & Safety Legislation, Building Regulations, and HTM Fire-Code.
• Assisting the Fire Safety Advisor in developing, implementing, evaluating, and reviewing the fire safety management strategy, policy, framework, procedures, training, and effective fire safety management practices throughout the Trust to deliver fire safety compliance.
• Being self-motivated and able to work with a multi-disciplinary team of diverse professions.
• Interpreting complex construction and engineering services drawings, whether paper or computer format and providing viable and cost-effective solutions to complex building services.
• Having excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and being able to present in a training environment.
• Having a proactive approach to managing workloads with the flexibility and ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.
• Having a high standard of IT skills, numerate, and IT literate (capable of producing own reports/documents/presentations, etc., as appropriate).

In This Role, Your Key Responsibilities Will Include

• Assisting the Trust Fire Safety Advisor, to organise, implement, co-ordinate and maintain full and efficient fire prevention, fire precautions and the training of staff in all premises managed by the Trust.
• Providing developed knowledge of fire safety across a range of work procedures and practices to support the Trust Fire Safety Advisor, other managers, and staff within the Trust, particularly the Estates, Facilities & Capital Development Department.
• In conjunction with the Fire Safety Advisor, carrying out fire safety inspections and fire risk assessments on all Trust properties and those managed by the Trust.
• Assisting the Fire Safety Advisor in providing fire safety advice to consultants and/or colleagues in respect of statutory fire safety in existing and new buildings, incorporating HTM 05 (Fire Code) and Building Regulations Part B requirements.
• Ensuring all Trust staff have access to annual fire training and monitoring the uptake of training to assist the Fire Safety Advisor with providing Fire safety compliance reports by division & department to the Director of Estates, Facilities and Capital Development and such groups as Compliance & Governance, Fire Leads and Health and Safety group meetings.
• Sharing responsibility for the delegated budget for fire safety, understanding cost monitoring and control, being able to analyse final account information and prepare reports for audit purposes.

We Are Seeking Someone With

• A degree or industry equivalent of knowledge, experience and understanding within Fire safety.
• Membership of the Institute of Fire Engineering (IFE), IFSM, IFPO, NAHFO or industry equivalent.
• Comprehensive knowledge of current fire safety legislation and guidance, particularly within a healthcare or similar acute complex environment.
• Experience in conducting fire risk assessments and developing action plans.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to provide clear and authoritative advice, support, and instruction at all levels.

Person Specification

Qualifications, Knowledge and Experience

Essential Criteria

• Degree level of qualification or equivalent level of knowledge with demonstrable vocational training or equivalent experience in relevant Fire Services
• Hold relevant teaching/trainer qualification, or other appropriate experience
• NEBOSH general certificate working towards a training qualification
• Have highly specialist theoretical and practical knowledge of fire safety services, project management related disciplines, legal compliance in accordance with the various acts of parliament and local by-laws required under health & safety
• Understanding and compliance with British Standards, Codes of Practise, the Building Regulations and all current relevant statutory regulations
• Be able to interpret, complex construction and engineering services drawings whether paper or computer format and provide viable and cost-effective solution to complex building services problems

Desirable Criteria

• Evidence of recent and ongoing CPD/learning
• Have experience with working with HTM 05-03 Fire code