Fire Safety Manager

Fire Safety Manager

Location:        Homebased with travel as required
Contract:       Full-time 37.5 hrs per week | Permanent
Salary:            £71,200 per annum inc car allowance

Lead the fire safety culture that protects residents, colleagues and homes

We are looking for an experienced Fire Safety Manager to lead our fire safety operations and strengthen compliance across a diverse national housing and care portfolio. Your expertise will directly shape a proactive, high‑performing safety culture and ensure our buildings remain safe, resilient and fully compliant with evolving regulation.

About the role

You’ll take responsibility for ensuring Fire Risk Assessments (FRAs) are completed on time, actions are prioritised and closed, and our fire safety management systems remain robust and forward‑thinking. You'll lead and develop our Fire Safety Assessors, maintaining high technical standards through robust competency, quality assurance and continuous improvement arrangements. Also working closely with Building Safety, Health & Safety and customer‑facing teams to embed a culture of accountability and resident‑centred safety.

You'll act as Anchor's internal fire safety specialist, monitoring regulatory changes, supporting compliance with the Building Safety Act, supporting PEEPs and PCFRAs, overseeing fire door surveys and emergency systems testing, and maintaining strong relationships with Fire & Rescue Services and regulatory bodies.

What you’ll be doing

• Managing all fire safety operations across homes and buildings.
• Ensuring FRAs and resulting actions are completed on time and remain suitable and sufficient.
• Leading, coaching and developing Fire Safety Assessors, maintaining competency frameworks, quality assurance processes and continuing professional development programmes.
• Developing and implementing fire safety strategies, assurance frameworks and improvement plans to strengthen organisational compliance and resident safety.
• Reviewing and updating Fire Safety Policy in line with legislation.
• Coordinating fire safety training and awareness programmes.
• Acting as the organisation’s fire safety expert and trusted advisor, providing fire safety expertise in support of Building Safety Act compliance, including Safety Cases, higher-risk buildings and Accountable Person responsibilities where applicable.
• Liaising with Fire & Rescue Services, regulators and the Primary Authority.
• Supporting resident engagement and communication on fire safety matters, ensuring concerns are addressed and safety information is accessible.
• Analysing fire safety performance, trends and risks to inform strategic decision making and continuous improvement.
• Managing and assuring external fire safety providers, ensuring quality, value and compliance.
• Providing technical oversight and quality assurance of Fire Risk Assessments and associated remedial programmes, supporting complex assessments where specialist input is required.

What you’ll bring

• Level 4 Fire Safety qualification (minimum).
• Membership of, or eligibility for membership of, IFE, IFSM or an equivalent professional body.
• Proven experience managing fire risk in residential housing.
• Experience leading teams and developing competence.
• Ability to travel as required

We are unable to offer sponsorship for this position. Therefore, candidates must be able to demonstrate their legal right to work in the UK without requiring sponsorship now or in the future

Anchor – a great place to work

Anchor is England’s largest not-for-profit providers of care and housing for older people. Our heartfelt ambition is to transform housing and care so everyone can have a home where they love living in later life.

We’re not-for-profit which means every penny we make or save is invested in the people who live with us, the places they live and the people who work here. That means a better standard of care and customer service, better wages, more investment in training and development and improved facilities.

Our values

Every one of us can make a difference to our residents and play a part in shaping homes and services around their needs.

Our Anchor values of being Accountable, Respectful, Courageous and Honest apply to us all, whether you manage colleagues as part of your role or not.

Displaying our values can influence those around us to do the same. We can all be leaders at Anchor and should all be driven by the same customer ethos.  Our Anchor Leadership Framework helps align these values with the skills and behaviours we demonstrate.

A rewarding environment

From health and happiness to finance and your career, we’ll give you all the support you need.

Health & happiness

• Gym, fitness and wellbeing discounts
• Mental health support
• Flexible working options
• Access to online GP appointments

Finance

• Pension plan – contribute between 4% and 8% and we’ll match it or better
• Quick and easy pension transfer service
• Savings and financial advice, loans, free life assurance
• Discounts on shopping, holidays, phones, technology and more
• Free Blue Light Card

Career

• Ongoing personal and professional development programme
• Leadership Pathways online learning resources
• Career progression and promotion opportunities

To see our full range of benefits, check out our dedicated being well website Please follow the link or copy and paste https://anchorbeingwell.co.uk/ into your browser 

Celebrating diversity, celebrating you

Anchor is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We aim to celebrate diversity and inclusion in all that we do, as we know that the more diverse our colleagues are, the better care and support we can give to our residents and each other.  

We are proud to have an LGBT+ group for our residents, and also Disability, LGBT+ and race and ethnicity colleague networks. These work to celebrate diversity, address concerns, review policy and practice and empower their members.  We also have an Inclusive Ambassador network to allow all colleagues to be part of promoting diversity and to be an ally to others.

We are a Gold Standard Inclusive Employer, a Stonewall Diversity Champion, and a signatory to the Care Leaver Covenant, HouseProud Pledge and Age Friendly Employer Pledge schemes.