Fire Quality Assurance Manager

About Us

The Guinness Partnership is one of the leading providers of social housing and care services in England. We build and manage homes and provide housing services to around 140,000 customers nationwide. Of our 70,000 homes, more than 70% are let at a social or affordable rent, while around 10,000 are owned or part-owned by the people who live in them.

Our vision is to deliver great service, provide great homes, to be a great business and to be a great place to work. Because everything we do is about our customers, our communities and our people, any profit we make is re-invested in new and existing homes and improving services.

About the role

We have an exciting opportunity for a Fire Quality Assurance Manager to join the Guinness Team. This is a permanent, full-time vacancy based in either our Oldham, Bower House office or our London, Euston Road office. We are currently working to a hybrid working style.

The overall purpose of the role is to lead a national team delivering Fire and Building Safety services and ensuring compliance with statutory, regulatory and corporate standards, including the Building Safety Act 2022. Ensure a safety culture by leading a customer focused, performance driven, competent, efficient team. Incorporate innovation in technology and ways or working to further champion Guinness as a leader in this field.

What we’re looking for

We know that how we do things is just as important as what we do, so you’ll not only be highly self-motivated with the rigour to pursue goals, but you’ll also be a confident collaborator, networker and relationship builder with a willingness to go the extra mile to get the job done.

You’ll be able to demonstrate: 

Essential:

• Knowledge of current Fire Safety legislation and regulations.
• Experience of successfully leading, managing and motivating teams.
• Experience of effective budget management.
• Experience of effective contractor management.
• Track record of delivering results and high-quality services.
• Track record of creating proposals for investment options.
• Experience of working with Local Authorities and Fire & Rescue Services.
• Experience of co-ordinating major works programmes.
• Excellent oral and written communications.
• Good IT skills and knowledge of Microsoft Office (particularly MS Excel) housing and property management systems.
• Demonstrates the Guinness Behaviours.
• Demonstrates the Guinness Leadership and Management Standard.

Desirable:

• Experience of delivering excellence in a technical role.
• Experience of Quality assurance systems.
• Experience of using RiskHub.

Qualifications

Essential:

• NEBOSH qualification in Fire Safety (NGC1 & FC1&2) or equivalent.
• Fire Risk Assessment accreditation.
• Membership to IFSM (AIFSM or MIFSM) or to IFE (GIFireE, AIFireE or MIFireE).

Desirable:

• Degree in building construction /surveying or equivalent.
• Excellent knowledge of BS 9999, Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 & PAS 79 & 9980.

*If your base location is our London, Euston Road office you will receive an additional £6,000 London Job Supplement, making the total yearly salary £75,074*

If you’re interested in finding out more about the key responsibilities of the role and/or to ensure you meet the essential criteria, please review the attached role profile.

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