Lead Building Safety Manager
| Posting date: | 25 June 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £60,000 to £75,000 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 July 2024 |
| Location: | London, UK |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 4 days per week |
| Company: | London and Quadrant Housing Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
Title: Lead Building Safety Manager
Contract Type: Permanent, Full Time, 35 hours per week
Location: West Ham Lane Stratford London or Sale Point Greater Manchester
Persona: Agile (home office and site combined)
Salary: £60,000 - £75,000 plus essential car user allowance (regional salaries will vary)
Closing date for completed applications: 9th July at 11pm
Interviews will be held over 15th and 17th July
Early applications are encouraged
ged as we reserve the right to close the advertisement and interview earlier than stated.
Role profile - Lead Building Safety Manager.docx
L&Q are now in the process of developing our Operational Building Safety Team within our Property Services Directorate, and are pleased to open the opportunity for the Lead Building Safety Managers. You will be responsible for leading a regional team of Building Safety Managers to ensure the monitoring and management of Building Safety for buildings within your allocated region.
You will report directly to the Head of Service, and work with the Strategic Building Safety team and the other Lead Building Safety Managers in developing, establishing, and maintaining through continuous improvement, the building safety arrangements for buildings within your allocated region.
You will ensure that that the Building Safety Managers are undertaking their various duties and building safety measures as required by the Building Safety Act, to ensure that buildings are safe and secure for our residents to occupy.
You will lead on budget management for your region, to ensure that operations are delivered efficiently and effectively, with a value for money approach, to minimise service charges associated with building safety measures.
Your role will require close collaboration with the other regional Lead Building Safety Managers, Head of Service, Director of Building Compliance, along with the Strategic Building Safety Team. You will also be line manager for a team of Building Safety Managers.
The role will include procurement of specialist services along with control and management of key building safety data. As such you will be expected to ensure all L&Q’s procurement processes and standing order rules are followed, whilst having a strong working knowledge of L&Q Housing Management, Financial, Compliance Management, and record keeping systems.
Candidates will have expert knowledge in building safety.
You must be a first-class communicator with experience working with a variety of different stakeholders including residents and resident groups and committees, Corporate Health and Safety, Housing Management teams, and other Property Services teams.
Requirements for this role include:
Demonstrable qualifications in Building Safety (Hold or, at a minimum, working towards Level 6 in Building Safety).
Ability to lead a team of technical experts in a challenging and fast-moving environment.
Ability to liaise effectively with a broad range of stakeholders to ensure truly collaborative agreed approaches and outcomes.
Practical Experience of Operational Building Safety including knowledge of active fire, M&E and specialist safety installations and systems.
Highly computer literate and be able input and retrieve data from a variety of computer management systems.
Full driving licence and have access to a vehicle on a daily basis as this role requires the post holder to be mobile (travelling to various sites).
Our commitments:
At L&Q, people are at the heart of our business and our success depends on employing the best people and getting the best from them. This is why we are committed to developing our people. It's only by investing in a well-trained and motivated workforce that we can continue to prosper and sustain business success.
In addition to our support and training, the successful candidate will have access to our full suite of benefits including 28 days holiday rising to 31 days with length of service, excellent Pension scheme, an employee assistance programme and non-contributory life assurance.
We are committed to supporting your work-life balance and recognise the changing demands and circumstances in life. Please let us know during the recruitment process if you’re interested in part time working or job sharing. In addition, should your circumstances change once you have joined L&Q, you can also request flexible working arrangements, e.g. a change to working hours - if it’s feasible then we’ll make it happen.
We are recognised externally for our commitment to inclusion. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Disability Confident (Committed) employer and have signed the Time to Change Employer Pledge to demonstrate our commitment to end mental health discrimination in the workplace.
We expect all of our employees to support our environmental policy and social responsibility work. We are an employer committed to environmental and social responsibility.
L&Q is a regulated charitable housing association and one of the UK’s most successful independent social businesses. The L&Q Group houses around 250,000 people in more than 110,000 homes, primarily across London the South East and the North West of England.
As a charitable organisation, our role goes beyond providing homes and housing services. We are a long-term partner in the neighbourhoods where we work. We hope to build aspiration, opportunity and confidence in our communities through our £250 million L&Q Foundation and our skills academy.
Our vision is that everyone has a quality home they can afford, and we combine our social purpose with commercial drive to create homes and neighbourhoods everyone can be proud of.
#TJ
Contract Type: Permanent, Full Time, 35 hours per week
Location: West Ham Lane Stratford London or Sale Point Greater Manchester
Persona: Agile (home office and site combined)
Salary: £60,000 - £75,000 plus essential car user allowance (regional salaries will vary)
Closing date for completed applications: 9th July at 11pm
Interviews will be held over 15th and 17th July
Early applications are encouraged
ged as we reserve the right to close the advertisement and interview earlier than stated.
Role profile - Lead Building Safety Manager.docx
L&Q are now in the process of developing our Operational Building Safety Team within our Property Services Directorate, and are pleased to open the opportunity for the Lead Building Safety Managers. You will be responsible for leading a regional team of Building Safety Managers to ensure the monitoring and management of Building Safety for buildings within your allocated region.
You will report directly to the Head of Service, and work with the Strategic Building Safety team and the other Lead Building Safety Managers in developing, establishing, and maintaining through continuous improvement, the building safety arrangements for buildings within your allocated region.
You will ensure that that the Building Safety Managers are undertaking their various duties and building safety measures as required by the Building Safety Act, to ensure that buildings are safe and secure for our residents to occupy.
You will lead on budget management for your region, to ensure that operations are delivered efficiently and effectively, with a value for money approach, to minimise service charges associated with building safety measures.
Your role will require close collaboration with the other regional Lead Building Safety Managers, Head of Service, Director of Building Compliance, along with the Strategic Building Safety Team. You will also be line manager for a team of Building Safety Managers.
The role will include procurement of specialist services along with control and management of key building safety data. As such you will be expected to ensure all L&Q’s procurement processes and standing order rules are followed, whilst having a strong working knowledge of L&Q Housing Management, Financial, Compliance Management, and record keeping systems.
Candidates will have expert knowledge in building safety.
You must be a first-class communicator with experience working with a variety of different stakeholders including residents and resident groups and committees, Corporate Health and Safety, Housing Management teams, and other Property Services teams.
Requirements for this role include:
Demonstrable qualifications in Building Safety (Hold or, at a minimum, working towards Level 6 in Building Safety).
Ability to lead a team of technical experts in a challenging and fast-moving environment.
Ability to liaise effectively with a broad range of stakeholders to ensure truly collaborative agreed approaches and outcomes.
Practical Experience of Operational Building Safety including knowledge of active fire, M&E and specialist safety installations and systems.
Highly computer literate and be able input and retrieve data from a variety of computer management systems.
Full driving licence and have access to a vehicle on a daily basis as this role requires the post holder to be mobile (travelling to various sites).
Our commitments:
At L&Q, people are at the heart of our business and our success depends on employing the best people and getting the best from them. This is why we are committed to developing our people. It's only by investing in a well-trained and motivated workforce that we can continue to prosper and sustain business success.
In addition to our support and training, the successful candidate will have access to our full suite of benefits including 28 days holiday rising to 31 days with length of service, excellent Pension scheme, an employee assistance programme and non-contributory life assurance.
We are committed to supporting your work-life balance and recognise the changing demands and circumstances in life. Please let us know during the recruitment process if you’re interested in part time working or job sharing. In addition, should your circumstances change once you have joined L&Q, you can also request flexible working arrangements, e.g. a change to working hours - if it’s feasible then we’ll make it happen.
We are recognised externally for our commitment to inclusion. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Disability Confident (Committed) employer and have signed the Time to Change Employer Pledge to demonstrate our commitment to end mental health discrimination in the workplace.
We expect all of our employees to support our environmental policy and social responsibility work. We are an employer committed to environmental and social responsibility.
L&Q is a regulated charitable housing association and one of the UK’s most successful independent social businesses. The L&Q Group houses around 250,000 people in more than 110,000 homes, primarily across London the South East and the North West of England.
As a charitable organisation, our role goes beyond providing homes and housing services. We are a long-term partner in the neighbourhoods where we work. We hope to build aspiration, opportunity and confidence in our communities through our £250 million L&Q Foundation and our skills academy.
Our vision is that everyone has a quality home they can afford, and we combine our social purpose with commercial drive to create homes and neighbourhoods everyone can be proud of.
#TJ