Assistant Building Safety Manager

L&Q is in the process of developing our Operational Building Safety Team within the Property Services Directorate. We are pleased to open the opportunity to join the team in the role of Assistant Building Safety Manager. The Assistant Building Safety Manager to support the Building Safety Managers on building safety compliance. The role works in close collaboration with Lead Building Safety Managers, Head of Service, and Director of Building Compliance & Engagement, alongside the Strategic Building Safety Team.

This role will concentrate on our stock within the North West of England and is based in our Manchester office.

The Assistant Building Safety Managers will support through site inspections with all current building safety regulations in and for buildings within their management. They will be responsible for assisting Building Safety Manager with building information gathering and the creation of Building Safety Case Reports for buildings under their management.

We are looking for someone able to assist with promoting, communicating, and engaging across the organisation on building safety matters, including collaboration with residents, leaseholders, internal teams, and external stakeholders. Therefore, you must be confident in open and clear communication. Actively contributing on ‘whole building safety’ matters in all meetings internally and externally regarding allocated buildings.

You will be collaborating with relevant teams to raise the profile of the Building Safety Team and awareness of its objectives and activities, working closely with the Strategic Building Safety team colleagues.

This role will work to ensure that fire safety and building safety activities are correctly tracked and traceable through the Golden Thread, to ensure sufficient evidence is readily available to all stakeholders.

The responsibilities will include contract management of consultants and service providers to source and for the provision of building safety information for the buildings within their remit.

Supporting the Building Safety Managers, by fulfilling and carrying out various duties and building safety measures, required by the Building Safety Act and secondary legislation.

Supporting the Building Safety Managers in their duties to ensure that in-scope buildings within their management remit are safe to occupy, that they continue to be safe to occupy and that they comply with the relevant regulations, as well as taking initiatives to ensure residents also feel safe.

The Assistants will work to regularly review maintenance and testing activities and outcomes, consider all potential risks, including fire and structural matters, whilst delivering high quality building safety management in line with policy, procedures, legislation and government guidance.

To be considered for this role you will be able to demonstrate

• The ability to liaise effectively with a broad range of stakeholders to ensure truly collaborative agreed approaches and outcomes.

• Experience of supporting team members to instil and promote a strong, cohesive team culture. Ability to support team members through periods of intense and rapid change (new policies, procedures and legislative requirements).

• High levels of computer literate and be able input and retrieve data from a variety of computer management systems.

• Hold or working towards a relevant Building Safety qualification. This should be stated on candidate’s applications.

If you are interested in this role and have the experience required, then apply without delay!

We are a multi-site organisation, so some roles may require occasional travel between offices, but expenses will be covered.

*ECU Allowance is paid in accordance with requirements of the relevant policy as updated from time to time.

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.