Housing Compliance and Safety Manager
Team: Housing Property
Job Family: Managing - CBG14
Salary: £53,577 - £57,026 per annum pro rata + £5,500 MRS per annum pro rata
Hours: 37 hours per week
Location: You will be expected to attend a CBC office location as often as needed to carry out your role, which will be no less than once per month
Contract Type: Hybrid - Permanent
Closing Date: 9th June 2024
Interview Date: w/c 17th June 2024
About the role:
The Housing Property team delivers circa 20,000 responsive repairs each year alongside capital works to circa 5,500 homes, including boiler servicing and maintaining fire precautions, keeping residents safe in their homes, whilst complying with legislation.
Central Bedfordshire Council’s Housing Compliance and Safety Manager will be instrumental in delivering an exemplary property management service. You will be responsible for overseeing the full range of asset compliance services including fire safety, building safety, gas, electric and legionella testing. You will also play a key role in developing the council’s response to key legislative changes affecting building safety. Furthermore, you will be involved in developing processes and working practices based on embedding best practice compliance and risk management.
As the Housing Compliance and Safety Manager your responsibilities will encompass various crucial areas, including efficient audit and risk management support in areas of compliance and FRA work programmes, planned works, and major projects. You will need to combine your technical knowledge with your people management skills to lead change in the council’s culture in building safety matters; working more with customers to improve the council’s resilience in new regulatory environment.
The Social Housing (Regulations) Act 2023 requires the postholder to have, or be working towards, a minimum of a level 4 qualification in Housing Management. If the successful candidate does not have a relevant qualification, they will be required to undertake an apprenticeship once they have completed probation in order to become qualified.
Using your experience of working in a housing asset management environment you will make sure our service meets the needs of our residents making Central Bedfordshire a great place to live and work for all. If you feel you have the leadership skills or potential to develop into the role then we would love to hear from you.
Our Offer
We have a number of rewards and benefits available to our staff, to view these please visit our Rewards and Benefits page
Our aspiration is to be a truly flexible employer. We welcome discussion on location, hours and working pattern as part of the application process.
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You will be expected to demonstrate how you meet the key accountabilities and competencies in this Recruitment Pack.
Our Competency Framework and Qualification Guidance are to be read in conjunction with our Recruitment Pack.
For an informal discussion about this position, please contact: James Yeomans at james.yeomans@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk or call 0300 300 5957
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