Building Safety Manager

Full Job Description

The Guinness Partnership is one of the leading providers of affordable housing and care services in England. We build and manage homes and provide housing services for around 135,000 customers nationwide. Of our 65,000 homes, more than 70% are let at a social or affordable rent, while around 10,000 are owned or part-owned by the people who live in them.

Our vision is to deliver great service, provide great homes, to be a great business and to be a great place to work. Because everything we do is about our customers, our communities and our people, any profit we make is re-invested in new and existing homes and improving services.

About the role

We are looking for two Building Safety Manager’s to join our team with your base location being our London Brock Street office as the role is field based. The main purpose of the role is to ensure high risk and complex buildings within the scope of legislation are compliantly managed and maintained safely and evidenced through the creation and continued management of building safety cases presented to the Building Safety Regulator.

Skills/Experience:

Essential:

• Extensive knowledge and understanding of fire safety legislation and guidance, building regulations and technical standards.
• Experience of updating and maintaining detailed information systems ensuring that data is logged accurately and consistently.
• Experience of working with multiple stakeholders in a building safety capacity to achieve common goals.
• Ability to challenge unacceptable behaviour or practice and raise, escalate or flag risks to safety.
• Very strong communication and presentation skills, both oral and written.
• Excellent computer literacy skills.
• Proven experience of analysing potentially complex and difficult situations and recommending appropriate, practical and responsive solutions in a sensitive manner.
• Capable of explaining building safety issues to internal and external stakeholders including residents in a clear and concise manner.
• Ability to compile detailed and concise reports on building safety issues and present these to senior colleagues.
• Demonstrate the Guinness Behaviours.
• Demonstrates the Guinness Leadership and Management Standard.

Qualifications:

Essential:

• NEBOSH fire safety (or equivalent).
• Membership of IFE or IFSM.

Desirable:

• Building related degree or similar qualification.
• Higher grade fire safety related qualification.

If you’re interested in finding out more about the key responsibilities of the role, please review the attached role profile.

The Guinness Partnership is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all colleagues, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.