Job Title: Principal Fire Officer
Location: Manchester
Salary: £46,735 - £57,422 per annum depending on experience
Job type: Full Time, Permanent (1 FTE)
Closing date:30th July 2025
The Role:
We are looking to recruit a Principal Fire Officer with significant experience of fire safety management to join our Client Services team, who are committed to supporting the University's core aims of excellence in Research, Teaching, and Social Responsibility. The University of Manchester is a top-ranking research-intensive university with the largest and one of the most internationally diverse campuses in the UK. Your role will be important in ensuring high standards of fire safety are maintained for the University's staff, students and visitors across our extensive building portfolio.
Reporting to the Head of Client Services, you will be responsible for advising the University on fire safety strategy and management. As well as providing competent technical advice, this will include developing fire safety standards, monitoring and auditing our fire safety systems and ensuring we maintain auditable records of our fire safety arrangements, including up to date records of fire risk assessments, fire strategies and fire evacuation plans. You will work closely with Professional Services colleag...