Overview

In terms of fire safety, the Home Office has a significant and complex portfolio of properties including high and medium risk premises. Our high-risk premises are over 18m high or 6 storeys, include overnight accommodation and/or cells and have areas that are public facing.This role is strategic in nature. Whilst you will provide technical fire safety advice on occasion; this position is about ensuring that organisationally and strategically the Home Office is compliant with relevant regulatory requirements, has the necessary resource, technology and processes in place to ensure such – and helps to deliver a safe, compliant and welcoming estate for all that use it.Key Responsibilities

Line manage a small team of Fire Safety Management Business Partners (7 direct reports) who will be working on a regional basis;Work with external fire safety consultants and own team and relevant stakeholders in the rollout of the new triple pathway evacuation system across the Home Office campus and non-campus buildings. Leading a small number of pilots initially and then planning and rolling out the systems nationally;Be accountable for driving up performance and sustaining legal compliance of fire safety management system across the regions, both human and building elements. Will ensure the team rolls out and leads Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for similar buildings aligned to their fire safety conditions risk profile, low, normal and high;Be accountable for maintaining fire KPIs and reporting into various governance boards producing relevant reports and slide packs;Be accountable for ensuring the Department is legally compliant for fire safety management.

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