Fire Doorset Officer

Job Summary:

Salary range: £35,223 - £38,934 per annum

Work location: London

Hours per week: 36

Contract type: Temporary up to 24 months

Vetting requirements: Standard DBS Check

Closing date: 19th May 2024

Interview date: Week commencing 27th May 2024

About Us:

In Kensington and Chelsea, we put local people at the heart of decision-making. Our work has a real impact on the day-to-day lives of residents, so we’ve made it our mission to provide them with the best quality services possible. Our Neighbourhood Services team does incredible work, ensuring that residents across Kensington and Chelsea can count on safe, secure, high-quality accommodation.

The Role:

As a Fire Doorset Officer, you’ll be at the centre of this work. Acting as a liaison between the Fire Safety Team, leaseholders, contractors, and Project Managers, you’ll manage the doorset installation process for leasehold front entrance doors. You’ll assist in the development and review of the fire doorset programme, supporting its management and delivery across the borough.

Acting as a source of advice and support to leaseholders, you’ll ensure they are fully informed of the fire safety regulations relating to front entrance doors. You’ll answer enquires, organising, attending and chairing localised Homeowner Surgeries and Resident Association meetings. Everything you do will be geared towards fire-safety and ensuring residents have everything they need to feel secure in their homes.

Please refer to the Job Description for more information

About You:

A natural communicator, you’ll have excellent front-facing customer service skills, and the ability to influence and negotiate with a wide range of stakeholders and customers. You’ll have honed prioritising and planning skills, with a proactive approach to process monitoring and trouble shooting. You’ll be a true team player with proven experience of working both as part of a team and independently to achieve positive outcomes for customers.

Most importantly, you’ll be a person passionate about ensuring residents across Kensington and Chelsea can count on safe, fire-proof accommodation. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a dynamic and vibrant team, and to kickstart your career in the process.

Please apply online explaining how you meet the requirements set out in the person specification and job description. CV’s will not be considered for this role.

We reserve the right to extend or close this vacancy early without warning subject to the volume of suitable applicants

Application process

Please do not upload any documents, including CVs/Covering Letters or supporting statements, as these documents will not be reviewed and could result in your application not being shortlisted.

You should describe how you meet the person specification requirements for the position you are applying for in Section G of the application form.

Additional information

We are committed to promoting equality and respecting diversity and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

We are a Disability Confident Employer – committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible.

We engage our staff with a variety of learning types including face-to-face and virtual learning because we want to ensure our staff understand our values and behaviours, grow their skills and develop their careers.

This post is covered by the Fluency Duty, as outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers.

We do not accept speculative CVs from any source.

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