Faculty Emergency Officer

About Planning, Compliance and Special Projects

PCSP provides a wide range of planning and management information support and is the first point of contact for schools developing their strategic and operational plans. Additionally, it is home for the Health, Safety and Compliance Team and provides a base for project managers working on Faculty initiatives.

The Health, Safety and Compliance Team

The Faculty of Science and Engineering is committed to pursuing the highest standards of Health and Safety in all of its activities. The safety team works across the Faculty in collaboration with academic and technical colleagues to ensure all staff, students, visitors and other building users remain safe at all times. The inclusion of emergency, incident and wider resilience management within this team is a University-leading initiative.

The Role

The Faculty Emergency Officer plays a vital role in maintaining and improving fire and emergency arrangements across the Manchester Engineering Campus Development (MECD), including the Nancy Rothwell Building, Engineering Building B, James Chadwick Building, Oddfellows Hall, and the York Street Building.

The post holder will manage emergency response plans, fire prevention and evacuation procedures, and support wider incident management. They will also review and enhance emergency practices across all Faculty buildings to ensure compliance with legislation and University policies.

This role requires a proactive individual with strong operational capabilities and the ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders. The successful candidate will be instrumental in promoting a culture of safety and best practice across the Faculty.

The Person

You will have the expertise and confidence to manage emergency and incident response measures in MECD and support the development of effective emergency arrangements across the Faculty.

The successful candidate will need to demonstrate they have:

• Ad relevant fire, emergency, incident management or risk qualification
• Specialist knowledge of fire safety and emergency response regulations
• Detailed knowledge of fire detection and alarm systems and their operation
• The ability to remain calm and precise under pressure
• Excellent communication skills to explain complex information clearly
• Strong interpersonal skills to influence and build relationships across all levels
• Significant experience managing emergencies in large, complex buildings
• Experience drafting emergency plans, procedures, and reports
• Experience auditing and developing emergency and business continuity plans
• Experience training staff and running emergency response exercises

Ideally, you will also have experience with multi-agency response arrangements and JESIP, and experience working in a higher education or science and engineering environment.

What can you expect in return

Our diverse job opportunities all include a top benefits package that includes the following:

• Generous annual leave allowance, in addition to the Christmas/New Year closure;
• Pension scheme membership to provide benefits for you and your family;
• Well-being programmes with counselling, fitness and leading sports facilities;
• Learning and development opportunities;
• Season ticket loans for public transport;
• Cycle to Work Scheme;
• Workplace nursery scheme;
• Staff recognition schemes;
• Staff discounts on a range of products and services including travel and high street savings.

A more complete list of benefits available you may be found HERE

When completing the additional information section of your application, please ensure you make reference to the job description and person specification above, as this will form an integral part of the shortlisting process.

As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status. All appointments are made on merit.

Our University is positive about flexible working and hybrid working arrangements will be considered.

Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies.

Any recruitment enquiries from recruitment agencies should be directed to People.Recruitment@manchester.ac.uk.

Any CVs submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered a gift.

Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:

Name: Sylvester Boon

Email: sylvester.boon@manchester.ac.uk

General enquiries:

Email: People.recruitment@manchester.ac.uk

Technical support:

https://jobseekersupport.jobtrain.co.uk/support/home

This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.

Please see the link below for the Further Particulars document which contains the person specification criteria.