Post: Care/Heritage and Healthcare Co-Ordinator
Salary: £43,636 per annum
Grade: FRS D
Salary range: £43,636 – £49,961 per annum
Contract type: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Application closing date: 4 PM on Friday 05 June 2026
London Fire Brigade (LFB) is London’s fire and rescue service – one of the largest firefighting and rescue organisations in the world. We are here to make London a safer city.
LFB is looking for talented and experienced people with the relevant fire safety specialist knowledge, who are interested in a permanent opportunity in the Prevention and Protection’s Projects and Assurance team to fulfil our vacancies that have arisen.
The role of the Healthcare/Heritage Coordinator is key to ensuring these areas of London’s built environment are supported in their compliance with fire safety legislation. The successful applicants will be expected to keep fully appraised of technical Heritage/Healthcare knowledge and be committed to continuous learning and improvement. The role includes the support and development of staff within the LFB through professional competence standards. The coordinator(s) will support Team Leaders and officers with relevant qualifications and “Tags” in teams and departments to undertake their roles and responsibilities in line with personal development records (PDR), RBIP work and general fire safety duties.
The role includes but is not limited to the following areas of support and development:
• Providing and organising quarterly Continuous Professional Development (CPD) training for the role to ‘tagged’ officers to support their continual development.
• Supporting development in role; linking with Service Improvement to pre-plan courses to increase officers with the knowledge and understanding within the department.
• Maintaining complete and accurate electronic records for the role including maintaining the co-ordinator mailbox, including acting upon urgent business to resolve stakeholder requests.
• Working closely with the other co-ordinator to provide resilience between roles and covering each other when unavailable.
• Communications – Develop, Produce and maintain an intranet (Hotwire) and a LFB communications page for internal and external stakeholder awareness and organisational learning.
• Developing and updating policy and procedures in response to new information or learning.
• Supporting Team Leaders of the eight area teams, with expert and field knowledge across the LFB (*if the department structure changes team members will be expected to cover those areas).
• Liaising with candidates to book in appointments, attend audits and provide development support.
• Carrying out research into premises and activities when required, for example; unwanted fire signals to provide education to the sector as well as updating LFB policy for improving procedures.
• To support appropriate teams with knowledge and skills which can then be reflected in logs for PDR development or CPD towards further learning.
• To undertake formal assessments of candidates, to assess skills, knowledge, organisational awareness and values.
• If required, to support the Development Officer team pan London with ongoing work to prepare candidates for assessments and undertaking these assessments.
• Attending meetings with external agencies and bodies, (example – NHS England, English Heritage, National Trust etc) and sharing any updates with relevant teams and departments.
Candidates will work towards becoming technical experts in their role and its processes matters which will assist them in supporting all area teams.
Eligibility
The post holder will:
• Be highly motivated and able to work on their own and with a range of stakeholders.
• Be willing to undertake further learning and development and develop others.
• Have good interpersonal skills
• Be flexible with time management and movement across various teams pan London.
• Have good organisational skills, able to manage numerous work streams under pressure and prioritise objectives.
• Have good written and verbal communication skills.
There are 3 permanent positions. The positions are interlinked for department and role resilience. The position’s base location is at Union Street; however, the work undertaken will involve working with all teams and departments and therefore requires pan London working. It is essential that those interested maintain CPD, relevant fire safety knowledge and skills as well as their additional qualifications to undertake their specific roles e.g. HTM qualification for healthcare including undertaking the specialised housing course.
These opportunities are open to external applicants and internal applicants FRS and Operational permanent staff (competent Fire Safety Inspecting Officers FRS D and Sub Officers)
Applicants must meet the following criteria:
• Ideally will have a Level 4 Diploma in Fire Safety or working towards it. It would be advantageous for applicants to have relevant qualifications or be able to reference competence in key areas. For example – HTM for Healthcare, specialised housing and relevant care assessment in a personal development record, heritage background qualification.
Assessment Overview
Stage 1
To apply, please complete the online application, upload a copy of your up-to-date CV, upload copies of your qualifications and provide evidence to address the following selection criteria:
1. Appropriate qualification for role – Ideally you will have a Level 4 Diploma in Fire Safety or working towards it. It would be advantageous to have relevant qualifications or be able to reference competence in key areas. For example – HTM for Healthcare, specialised housing and relevant care assessment in a personal development record, heritage background qualification.
2. Experience of working with minimal supervision and on own initiative.
3. Practical experience of report writing and presenting in written or verbal form.
4. Interpersonal skills, developing and maintaining effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
Please note that we will score the evidence you provide based on the competencies listed in the selection criteria above.
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to attend stage 2.
Please ensure you give yourself enough time to complete and submit your application. Late or un-submitted applications cannot be accepted.
Please note any correspondence received from us will be via e-mail and sent to the address you provide on your application form.
Stage 2
Presentation and Interview: The role of a coordinator will at times require them to present to groups of internal and external stakeholders.
Please prepare a 10-minute presentation regarding the role of a co-ordinator (heritage and/or healthcare) include what qualities, skills and attributes you will bring to the role.
You can present the information in any format that you feel comfortable with, i.e. flip chart, Power Point etc.
The interview will follow the presentation and will be based around your suitability for the role utilising the LFB values.
Internal applicants – please ensure you have discussed this application with your line manager before submitting your application.
Please provide any dates to avoid assisting in scheduling the in-person interview.
Assessment for this role is due to take place in June/July 2026 at LFB Headquarters. Please be advised that if you are unable to make the scheduled assessment date, we may not be able to make alternative arrangements.
Additional Information
Further information about the main duties and responsibilities of the role are detailed in the job description. If you are unable to see the job description, salary range or the full advert, please visit our jobs pages at https://jobs-london-fire-gov-uk.jobsmarket.site/pages/en-gb/jobs to access the full advert.
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We value the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects our diverse communities across London. The London Fire Commissioner is an Equal Opportunities Employer and we positively welcome 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 have guidance in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability.
Anyone who has contact with children, young people or adults at risk will be subject to an enhanced DBS check as part of our commitment to safeguarding.
Benefits of working for the London Fire Brigade
• 26 days’ holiday plus bank holidays
• Additional leave between Christmas Day and New Year
• Family (including maternity) leave and emergency support leave
• Hybrid working is available, subject to business need.
• Free access to the Brigade gym
• Use of the Brigade’s Medical Adviser/physios/fitness advisers
• Free counselling
• Season ticket loan
• Join social networks including our Equality Support Groups
• Contributory pension scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Staff discount scheme including access to Blue Light Card retail and hospitality discounts
• Opportunity to access affordable accommodation
Criminal records check
In line with the Basic Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) employment checks will be completed by successful candidates, which will include a Standard criminal records check. Successful candidate will be required to declare any convictions for offences and any offer of employment is subject to the LFC receiving a criminal records disclosure which it considers satisfactory.