Head of Fire Safety
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About the role
Job Title: Head of Health and Fire Safety
Department: Community & Children's Services Department
Office Location: Barbican Estate Office Lauderdale Place
Salary: £77,400 - £87,880 inclusive of all allowances
Contractual hours: 35
Work Pattern: Monday to Friday, 9:15am – 5:00pm
Basis: Full -Time, Permanent
Workplace category: Workplace Based (as the start of the contract) then moving into Hybrid
Workplace role categories describe our approach to workplace attendance.
Attachments: Job Description and Person Specification
Summary of Terms and Conditions of Employment
We reserve the right to close the advert earlier should we receive a high number of applications. We encourage you to apply early.
We are looking for an influential and forward-thinking leader to set the direction for health and fire safety across Community and Children’s Services. As a senior competent person and Head of Profession, you will provide trusted advice, strengthen assurance and lead a culture in which safety, wellbeing and continuous improvement are central to every service. This high-profile opportunity to make a lasting difference for residents, service users, colleagues and partners across a diverse, complex organisation, helping to shape safer homes, services and workplaces
What you will do
- Develop and deliver an ambitious health, fire safety and wellbeing strategy and improvement plan.
- Provide authoritative advice and assurance to residents, colleagues, senior leaders and Members.
- Strengthen risk management, governance, incident reporting and legal compliance across housing and other services.
- Influence stakeholders, regulators, partners and suppliers on complex safety matters.
About you
You will be a credible senior leader with the judgement, confidence and communication skills to turn complex requirements into practical action. You will bring:
Essential qualifications and expertise
- A relevant degree or substantial equivalent senior-level experience.
- A recognised occupational health and safety qualification, such as the NEBOSH National General Certificate, with appropriate fire safety expertise.
- Strong knowledge of health and fire safety legislation, risk management and assurance in complex, multi-site services.
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
What you will bring
- A successful record of leading health, fire safety or comparable risk-based services in a large, complex organisation.
- Experience of shaping strategy, leading organisational change and improving services .
- Strong people, programme, performance and budget management skills.
- The ability to influence, negotiate and build trusted relationships at every level.
- Excellent judgement and communication, with the ability to present complex information clearly to a variety of audiences.
- A collaborative, customer-focused approach and the confidence to challenge constructively and act decisively.
Closing date: 23:59pm on Monday 21st September 2026
Provisional interview date: 9th & 15th October 2026
The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required have also been included. Workplace role categories describe our approach to workplace attendance
Level of DBS required for this role: Standard
Level of vetting required?: No security vetting is required
Is this a politically restricted post?: No
Does this post require a Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) check?: No
The City of London Corporation is committed to Equal Opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
We reserve the right to close the advert earlier should we receive a high number of applications.
Because our roles are so varied, we don’t have a ‘one size fits all’ policy for workplace attendance. How many days a week you’ll be required to attend your workplace will depend on the requirements of your role. It’s important that you understand the requirements before applying to ensure you are able to meet them. We are committed to considering requests to work flexibly and job share. Requests will be considered by the recruiting manager in line with our policies and business needs.
For more information on our categories for workplace attendance, please view our guide here.
We will be reviewing this policy and approach at regular intervals to ensure we’re meeting our attendance needs.
This description is the source posting as it read when we added it. We are not affiliated with City of London Corporation, so check their own site for the current details.
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