Fire Safety Advisor
Department
Human Resources
Salary
Starting from £47,389, rising to £56,535
Closing date
Thursday 19 March 2026
Were expanding our Health, Safety and Wellbeing team and are now seeking another experienced and pragmatic Fire Safety Advisor to co-lead on fire safety matters across the university.
About the role
As a subject matter expert on Fire Safety, you'll be responsible for:
- Acting as a main contact for all fire safety matters, providing advice and guidance, and acting as the University's appointed competent fire safety person.
- Developing and implementing the University's Fire Safety Management System and driving fire safety improvements to foster a proactive fire safety culture.
- Carrying out Fire Risk Assessments and supporting duty holders to address any areas of concern.
- Supporting and advising departments on fire safety matters in new building projects and refurbishments.
- Conducting fire safety audits to monitor practice and performance, identifying areas for improvement.
- Training: Developing, implementing, and delivering fire safety training.
This is a varied role based within the University's Safety, Health and Employee Wellbeing Service, and youll join a specialist team providing support, advice and guidance across the University.
The role is predominantly based on the University's Claverton Down campus, although there will be some scope for hybrid working (normally up to 2 days per week off-campus, subject to role commitments). We are open to a job share arrangement for this role. Please state your interest within your application.
About you
Were looking for significant experience of advising on fire safety within complex buildings (including high-rises and sleeping accommodation), across large organisations and a diverse range of activities.
Our ideal candidate will have:
- Comprehensive knowledge of UK fire safety legislation and requirements, and health and safety legislation, especially in respect of fire safety management.
- Excellent written and verbal skills whilst working with, providing advice to, training, and promoting excellence in fire safety to staff members at all levels.
- A proactive approach to help foster a positive safety culture, especially among those managing estates-based health and safety hazards.
- The ability to empower others to improve performance and ensure compliance to relevant health and safety standards.
- Experience of collaborating closely with external regulatory authorities for Fire Safety.
You will also need to have:
- A relevant fire safety qualification at European Qualification Framework Level 5 or equivalent (such as Level 4 Fire Safety Diploma).
- Demonstrable commitment to continuing professional development.
Further information
We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.
We're very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant, an accredited Disability Confident Leader, and an autism friendly university, committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.
What we can offer you
We're continually expanding our benefits package to better support you and enhance your experience with us and the below is just an example of some of the many great benefits we offer:
- Free counselling services through Health Assured
- Cycle to work scheme
- Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
- Staff discount at Team Bath gym
- Staff discounts on postgraduate tuition fees
- Staff discount on language courses
- Generous employer contributory pension schemes
- Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
- A wide range of personal and professional development opportunities, including Apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning and more
- Free entry to the Holburne Museum in Bath
- Local discounts and more
- A family-friendly workplace
- An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
- Relocation allowance
- Visa reimbursement and Interest-Free Loan to help with the cost of some immigration expenses
Find out more about our benefits on our website and watch the video to hear from our staff about what makes the University of Bath a great place to work as well as following us on X and LinkedIn.
Right to Work in the UK: We do not assess immigration or right to work status until offer stage. Being invited to interview does not guarantee you are eligible for visa sponsorship, and all offers are conditional on meeting right to work requirements. Further information is available on our application support webpage.
Anonymous shortlisting: We are constantly seeking to reduce the unconscious bias that enters any assessment process, with the goal of creating an inclusive and equal assessment process. To support this, personal details such as your name, may be removed from application forms at the initial shortlisting stage.
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