Fire Safety Manager | The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 16 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £72,921 - £83,362 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 January 2026 |
| Location: | Chelsea, SW3 6JJ |
| Company: | The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7685482/282-E1106 |
Summary
The Estates Department at the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust requires a Fire Safety Manager, Trustwide. The Estates Department provides a critical service to the Trust, Estates directly impacts on frontline clinical care, cutting edge research, infection prevention and control and efficiency and sustainability across the Trust. The effectiveness of the Estates service is governed by the skills, experience, professionalism, productivity and attitude of the Estates staff. The postholder must conduct their behaviour at all times in a professional manner and consistent with Trust Values. The post holder will take full ownership of the role and responsibilities of the post as detailed in the Job Description and Person Specification.
This is a role which will be key to the Trust’s role as leader and influencer in RMH in achieving operational and strategic objectives. The role is a crucial post in ensuring that RMH is compliant with legal and statutory requirements and that all fire safety regulations under current codes of practice are addressed across a complex and multi-site organisation.
1.1. The post holder will be the Trust-wide strategic lead and expert for fire safety across all sites providing expert professional advice to the Trust Board and Senior Management on all current legislation and RRO.
1.2. Setting long-term fire safety objectives in alignment with HTM 05-01 and the Trust’s overall Strategic Plan.
1.3. Provide strategic leadership of Estates Fire Safety across the Trust, leading the development of Trust-wide Estates Fire Safety policies, governance, and compliance assurance relating to Estates & Facilities Services. Develop and present Fire and Estates Health & Safety reports to Trust Boards and Committees.
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals – one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey – as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.
At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.
At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification:
2.1. Oversee the development and implementation of capital procurement policies for the Estates Service (Fire) responsible for development of capital projects policies (Fire) for the Trust.
2.2. Review & ensure all fire policies are up to date and relevant to any legislative changes
2.3. Advise the Director of Projects & Estates and the Chief Operating Officer, Trust Leadership Team, Trust Board and Senior Management as required on all current fire safety legislation ensuring that legal compliance is maintained.
2.4. Develop highly complex fire plans across the Trust and ensure that these are put in place across the trust.
2.5. Expedite regular fire safety audits and manage annual Fire Risk Assessment’s for all departments.
2.6. Oversee the implementation of systems, control processes and risk management arrangements to support monitoring of compliance with agreed standards, other trust-wide policies and processes and best practice requirements.
2.7. Provide assurance reporting for Fire Compliance matters through the Associate Director to the Trust Executive Team and Board-level committees.
2.8. Develop and maintain a Trust-wide 12-month Fire Compliance Plan and a 5-year strategic Fire Safety Plan
2.9. To manage and implement regular fire safety audits in accordance with the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
This advert closes on Friday 9 Jan 2026
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