Fire Safety Advisor

Home Fire Safety Advisor | 9773 | 12 month Fixed Term Contract| 22 hours per week | £31,537 to £33,699 per annum /pro rata (Scale G) | Dereham Fire Station

We have an exciting opportunity for an organised and committed individual to join our high performing Prevention Team here at Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service. We are looking for an enthusiastic person to act as the Home Fire Safety Advisor in the Norwich area. The role will work closely with the Home Fire Safety Manager, Home Fire Safety Advisors, Operational Crews, volunteers, and external partners to enable the effective completion of Home Fire Safety Visits for those most vulnerable in our communities.

We’re looking for a positive and proactive person with strong communication and organisation skills to manage your workload and ensure priorities are met. This is an exciting role that will see you working closely with partner agencies and our many internal teams to target those most at risk in our communities from fires in the home by encouraging preventative actions and behaviours through engagement.

To be considered for the role, you’ll need demonstrable experience of working with ‘at risk’ groups in the community and delivering information to diverse groups of people, including some experience of working in a public-facing role. You’ll need to be comfortable working flexibly and proactively to set targets.

If this sounds like you, then we would love to hear from you!

To apply for this role please attach a supporting statement including no more than 2000 words to evidence your skills and experience against the Person Specification.

If you would like to have an informal conversation about the role prior to making an application, please contact Tracey Francis, Home Fire Safety Manager at: t or on .

Before you apply
see the full job description and person specification in the below link – this will help you to shape your application to demonstrate how you meet the criteria for the role.

These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council:

Generous holiday entitlement

Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service

Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time, part time, remote and hybrid working – dependent on your job role and business need.

An advance of your expenses if you travel for work

Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants’ pensions

Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension and new bikes

Access to our tax efficient car lease scheme for greener travel enabling you to lease a brand new, ultra-low emission vehicle (subject to eligibility)

A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job

We want our people to be inspired and motivated to work well together, make the most of our work spaces, enjoy a healthy work-life balance, and deliver excellent services to Norfolk and its people. Flexibility is built into the way we work, with hybrid working a key feature for many roles. Our technology platform and equipment are first class, enabling you to connect and collaborate remotely.

We ask that you have in place good Broadband connectivity.

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We would like to make you aware that priority consideration for this post may be given to current employees who are at risk due to restructure within the organisation or are in a redeployment position.

Redeployment closing date: 09 February 2026 23:59

All other applicants closing date: 16 February 2026 23:59

• Job Identification 9773
• Job Category Fire and Rescue
• Posting Date 02/03/2026, 09:01 AM
• Apply Before 02/16/2026, 11:59 PM
• Job Schedule Part time