Overview
Role Summary
Fire Safety Programme Manager
Estates and Capital Projects
Full time; 41 hours per week (including one hour paid lunch break)
Fixed term for 6 months
£49,829 per annum
Application deadline: 12pm (midday) on 21 November 2025
About the role:
Step into a role where your expertise will help protect one of the world’s most iconic cultural institutions. The British Museum is embarking on an ambitious journey to strengthen its Environment, Health, and Safety (EHS) standards, and we need a dynamic Fire Safety Programme Manager to help lead the way.
In this pivotal position, you’ll work hand-in-hand with the Senior Fire Safety Manager to shape and deliver the Fire-safety Prioritised Improvement Programme (FPIP)—a transformative initiative focused on fire prevention, protection, and response. You’ll take ownership of scoping Wave 1 of Phase One, laying the foundation for improvements that will safeguard the Museum for generations to come.
This role will drive: Strategic planning, stakeholder collaboration, governance and reporting.
Key areas of responsibility:
- To lead on the scoping of Wave 1 of Phase One of the FPIP programme, an improvement initiative framed around the themes of fire prevention, protection and response, to enable the wider FPIP delivery and integration with existing BM processes and practices
- To identify the detailed components of the three project workstreams, through analysis of existing practices and information, and engagement with stakeholders
- To identify project resources required to deliver the associated programmes, and develop project papers for approval
- To report into relevant governance groups in relation to programme progression
- To ensure the programme will deliver improvements in line with fire safety best practice.
About you:
Experienced in delivering improvements in fire safety applications and training, the postholder will be knowledgeable in and must hold fire-safety related qualifications. Able to review and prioritise multiple activities and workstreams and develop effective programme and project outlines. A working knowledge of Building Regulations and fire safety legislation is key.
To assist with programme development, the postholder will have excellent stakeholder engagement and report writing skills.
Additional details:
For more information about this role, please see the job description.
The interviews are expected to take place in week beginning1st December 2025.
If you have any additional needs that we should be aware of to support you with your application, please provide details to bmrecruit@britishmuseum.org.
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The British Museum is committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all staff and job applicants. We aim to create a working environment in which all individuals can make best use of their skills, free from unlawful discrimination or harassment. We value the benefits that a diverse workforce brings to a museum which represents world culture. The Museum is committed to ensuring that no job applicant suffers unlawful discrimination because of any protected characteristics. Our recruitment procedures aim to ensure that individuals are treated because of their relevant knowledge, skills, and experience.
We specifically encourage applications from candidates from ethnic minority groups who are underrepresented within our senior roles.
We offer a flexible way of working scheme that allows our employees to work remotely in a way that suits them and the organisation. We welcome questions and conversations at interview stage about how flexible working could work for you. We would typically see this role as working on site about 4 days a week.
The Museum also adheres to the HMG Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) for pre-employment screening of Civil Servants.
