Location: South of England

Closing date: 11/10/2022

Salary: £41,087 – £54,338 per annum (dependant on experience plus comprehensive benefits)

Employment type: Permanent

Hours per week: 37

About us

We’re Abri, a housing association based in the south of England. One of the largest in fact. We’ve got 35,000 homes and 1,500 colleagues. And if all our 80,000 residents lived in the same place, we’d have a town roughly the size of Guildford.

We’re a passionate bunch. We think we can make a real difference. Homelessness, poverty, inequality, a lack of affordable housing. They’re all linked. They’re issues that affect so many, young and old alike. And we don’t think that’s right. We want to give people the chance to dream big and be who they want to be. Homes are at the heart of everybody’s lives. And we exist to help make good homes, and good lives a reality for everyone.

About you

We’ve all got different backgrounds, strengths and experiences. But we share the same values. It’s these shared values that bring us together as one team.

Our colleagues embrace these every day. Be the difference to our customers and colleagues, always curious and look for better solutions, achieve together by working in partnership with others, own it openly through working with others in an open and honest way, and finally embrace possibility and see changes and challenges as welcomed opportunities.

If you share our values and want to make a real difference in the world, you’re on to a winner and we’d love to hear from you!

What you’ll do

We’re excited to be looking for a new Fire Technical Manager to join our busy Customer Safety & Fire programme delivery team.  To make sure our customers continue to receive a service second to none – and we need you!

You’ll ensure our customers’ wellbeing remains at the heart of everything we do. It’s our priority that they’re supported throughout tenancy, homes remain safe and managed to the highest standard.

You’ll be based either in Eastleigh or Yeovil and you’ll work in an agile manner covering all locations.

No two days will be the same in this role so enthusiasm, a can-do attitude and a genuine passion for always wanting to go the extra mile will be essential. You will take ownership of managing the delivery of Fire Risk Assessment action improvement programmes across Abri’s geography by:

1. • Provide leadership and management to a high performing, remote working delivery team.
   • Ensure effective implementation and delivery of fire stopping, compartmentation and improvement work programmes as defined by our FRA recommendations.
   • Ensure the integrity of work and data is captured and upheld via ongoing inspection & auditing.
   • Foster a good working relationship with internal and external stakeholders to ensure fire and building safety requirements are clearly understood, communicated, and adhered to ensuring a safe environment is achieved.
   • Ensure value for money through the quality of stock data and dynamic work scheduling.
   • Provide regular Assurance reporting for work programmes and budget spends.

If this is the opportunity you’ve been waiting for and want the opportunity to make an enormous difference to Abri and in the lives of our customers, we’d love to hear from you!

What you can expect from us

We want our colleagues at all levels to be bold, inspiring and not afraid to speak up and be their authentic selves.

Your wellbeing is really important to us, so you can expect a competitive reward package to ensure you and your family are supported at work and at home.

We’ll work with you to help you reach your goals through personal development plans and our in-house People Development team.

​​​​​​​Be yourself

Abri is committed to promoting an inclusive culture. We want our colleagues to bring their individual differences, life experiences and knowledge into the workplace and we welcome their contribution to our amazing company. Everyone is different, everyone is unique.

Interviews will be held via Microsoft Teams.

To our agency friends

We already have a number of carefully selected agency partners who know our business well and who support our in-house recruitment team during exceptionally busy periods. We’re not looking to add to our preferred supplier list right now but if you’d like to be considered at a future date please don’t hesitate to register on our procurement portal.