What’s Great About the Role?

• Career Development: Whether you're building proficiency or sharpening your expertise, we’ll support your growth through hands on experience and relevant qualifications.
• Work That Matters: Your role directly impacts the safety and wellbeing of tenants, staff, visitors and contractors, ensuring compliance with critical regulations.
• Collaboration and Impact: Work alongside our Property Safety Manager, fire safety specialists, internal teams/departments and contractors to enhance the safety culture across the organisation.

Where Does This Role Fit In?

You’ll be a key part of our Assets - Compliance Team, responsible for ensuring our properties meet statutory health and safety regulations.

• Tier 1: Perfect for professionals developing their fire safety career, focusing on learning and applying best practices in Fire Risk Assessments (FRAs) and quality assurance.
• Tier 2: Suited for experienced fire safety professionals ready to take on managing FRAs, providing advice and support to internal stakeholders, responding to Fire Service notices, and mentoring junior colleagues.

Your work will involve conducting inspections, raising remedial orders, ensuring timely compliance, engaging with contractors, and advising on fire safety improvements.

What Skills and Experience Do You Need?

For Tier 1 Candidates:

• Experience: A background in the housing/construction industry and building proficiency in fire safety and risk inspections.
• Education & Training: Working towards NEBOSH Certificate in Fire Safety and IFE accreditation
• Skills: Strong communication, workload management, and IT proficiency.
• Knowledge: Awareness of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 and health and safety legislation.

For Tier 2 Candidates:

• Experience: Proven expertise in fire risk assessments, compliance audits, and enhancing fire safety culture.
• Education & Training: NEBOSH Certificate in Fire Safety and Graduate Membership of the Institute of Fire Engineers (GIFireE).
• Skills: Leadership in contractor management, detailed technical knowledge, and ability to resolve complex safety issues.
• Knowledge: In depth understanding of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 and construction related health and safety standards.

Both levels require a full driving licence and access to a vehicle for work.

What are the pay and benefits? 

• £36,907 (Tier 1) or £41,489 (Tier 2) for a 37-hour, full time, fixed term role until 31^st Dec 2025
• Flexible working policies – we are hybrid working. For this role you will be out and about within our communities, as well as attending our offices in Swansea or Newport as and when required
• 26 days holiday entitlement plus Bank holidays, rising to 30 days with length of service
• Mileage paid at 45p per mile
• Long service awards
• Pension scheme 
• Sick Pay  
• Colleague Referral Scheme (£250 per referral) 
• Time for Talking – a free counselling service 
• Health Cash Plan 
• Savings Scheme 
• Electric Vehicle Lease Schemes 
• Cycle to work and Electric Car scheme 
• Eyecare plan 
• Give as You Earn charity donation scheme  
• Gym and shopping discounts 

What’s FREDIE? 

At Pobl Group we are guided, in all that we do, by a group of principles that we call FREDIE, these are: Fairness, Respect, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion, Engagement. This means that whatever your background, you will have an equal opportunity at Pobl Group and we encourage you to apply now.  

How do you apply?  

If you have the skills, experience and enthusiasm required to be our next difference maker, please follow the prompts to apply now. We just need an up-to-date CV, short/focused cover letter along with a few contact details so that we can get back in touch with you.

We are interviewing quickly and would like the successful candidate to start asap.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

If you would like any support with your application or to discuss any adjustments that you may require to support you to application process, please contact group.talent@poblgroup.co.uk or 0300 3735262

Who are Pobl group?

Pobl Group is a leading provider of affordable housing and community services, dedicated to making a positive impact in the lives of individuals and communities. With a diverse range of services and projects, we offer a unique opportunity to contribute to the delivery of safe and sustainable housing solutions. Now, with the exciting merger with Linc Cymru, we have expanded our reach and capabilities. This merger has opened up new opportunities for innovation and collaboration, allowing us to enhance our services and deliver even greater value to the communities we serve.