Head of Building Safety in London

As the Head of Building Safety, you'll oversee building safety measures, ensuring compliance and protecting residents across the property portfolio . Your work will play a key role in maintaining high safety standards and supporting the construction department's operations.
Client Details
Our client is a well-funded and rapidly growing residential property investment and asset management business responsible for a substantial portfolio of affordable housing, shared ownership, and residential assets across England.
With a significant development pipeline and continued investment into new acquisitions and partnerships, they are seeking an experienced Head of Building Safety & Property Services to lead building safety, compliance, service charge management, and third-party property management activities across a diverse portfolio.
This is an excellent opportunity for a senior Building Safety Manager, Head of Property Services, Compliance Manager, Block Management Lead, Asset Manager, or Property Services professional seeking a strategic leadership role with significant influence across an expanding national portfolio.
Description
Lead the building safety and property services function across a diverse residential portfolio.
Act as the senior specialist for building safety compliance, ensuring statutory obligations and regulatory requirements are consistently achieved.
Provide strategic leadership on Building Safety Act requirements, resident safety, and compliance frameworks.
Oversee building safety cases, compliance documentation, and ongoing regulatory reporting obligations.
Develop and implement building safety policies, procedures, and governance frameworks.
Provide expert advice to senior leadership teams, board members, investors, and joint venture partners on building safety and risk management matters.
Lead relationships with external managing agents, consultants, contractors, and compliance specialists.
Monitor and challenge third-party property management providers to ensure service delivery standards are achieved.
Oversee service charge budget preparation, review, and approval processes across the portfolio.
Ensure service charge expenditure is effectively managed and represents value for money for residents and stakeholders.
Review service charge recoverability and support the production of annual reconciliations and financial forecasts.
Work closely with finance, legal, development, ...