Locations: Countywide
Hours: 37 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
Closing Date: Friday 10th July 2026
Interview Date: Week commencing Monday 20th July 2026
About the role
We are looking for a Fire Protection Advisor to join our Fire Protection Team. This role helps keep communities safe by supporting businesses to meet fire safety laws and reduce risk.
You will work across more than one locality, carrying out fire safety audits in low to medium risk premises. You’ll also support Fire Protection Inspectors with more complex, high-risk premises and enforcement work.
This role combines practical site work, communication with businesses, and teamwork with partners and colleagues.
Key Responsibilities:
· Carry out fire safety audits in low to medium risk premises and support higher-risk inspections
· Record findings, manage follow-up actions and address non-compliance appropriately
· Assist with enforcement activity, including notices and evidence gathering
· Provide clear fire safety advice and guidance to businesses, partners and colleagues
· Work with partners to support community fire risk reduction and safety initiatives
We offer:
· Flexible working across the county, including a hybrid of homeworking and office working at one of our Wholetime stations
· Free parking at our fire stations
· Cycle to Work scheme
· Access to gym facilities
· Enrolment in either the Fire Pension Scheme or Local Government Pension Scheme (depending on your terms and conditions) – link to the Pensions page here
· Access to Occupational Health service, including counselling support
· Close working relationship with the Firefighters Charity, including mental and physical health support
· A dedicated Wellbeing Hub – link here
· On-going personal development, including apprenticeship options and leadership courses
· Family friendly policies, including 45 weeks full pay for Family Leave
· Menopause Policy – link here (Word document)
· Support for Carers – can be found on our Wellbeing Hub
· Workplace adjustments for Neurodiverse and Disabled employees
· Staff Networks for a variety of different communities, including (but not limited to) Armed Forces, LGBTQ+, Menopause, Retirees
Our service is passionate about the communities we serve and dedicated to developing our workforce – if you’re looking to progress in an inclusive, supportive, and dynamic fire service, we would like to hear from you!
We value the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects our communities in Cumbria. We actively encourage applications from all suitably qualified individuals, irrespective of people’s age, disability, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
We capture Equality data on our application forms to help us review barriers in our processes for any minority group. This is optional to complete and is securely removed and accessed only by the Resourcing team to review.