Compliance and Safety Manager in Newark, Nottinghamshire

Are you looking for a new challenge and the opportunity to work with an innovative and welcoming council? We are now recruiting for a Housing Compliance Manager to lead in both a strategic and operational capacity to ensure we meet our statutory and regulatory duty of care towards our tenants. This is an opportunity for you to develop and grow your teams, establish good practices, and build on our successes to date. In addition, you will work closely with other managers in your Business Unit, as well as with colleagues across the Council, to deliver your objectives. This is a varied and exciting role, providing a crucial service and the opportunity to make a real difference to the lives of our tenants now, and in the future.

We are an ambitious, forward-thinking Council with strong values and a culture of doing our absolute best to serve our customers. We are proud of our organisational culture and receive positive feedback from our employees. We have a programme of internal activity to ensure that the voices of our employees are always heard and that they are kept informed on all Council activity and events. From roadshows to an annual award ceremony, from reviewing working arrangements to our Hug in a Mug initiative, it is incredibly important our employees are shown how valued they are and that they remain the beating heart of our workplace.

Reporting to the Business Manager Housing Maintenance and Asset Management, you will be required to effectively oversee compliance in gas/electrical/fire safety/asbestos/legionella/lifts. You will need to ensure that services delivered are customer focused and delivered to agreed budgets. With the use of external consultants you will ensure performance is managed and procurement is planned and undertaken in line with regulatory requirements.

You will be qualified to HNC or equivalent, in a building or construction related subject, or have significant relevant demonstrable experience, be customer focused, have the ability to effectively manage competing priorities, and be able to work well in close partnerships with other agencies and organisations. You will also be able to lead a team effectively to deliver to a high standard, to carry out work in line with the values of the Council and to maintain a positive working environment.

We offer:

• Enrolment in the career average local government pension scheme.
• Flexi scheme.
• Hybrid working.
• A generous annual leave entitlement that increases with service.
• Family-friendly benefits.
• One days paid volunteering leave.
• Lifestyle benefits platform.
• Funded health cash plan.
• Free car parking.
• £10 a month gym membership at one of our four gyms in the district.

As an employer we will promote an inclusive working environment to maintain and develop a forward thinking and diverse workforce.

For further information, please contact the recruitment team. Veterans/family of forces/ex-forces, those in care/care leavers, and candidates who declare disabilities (as defined by the Equality Act 2010) will be guaranteed interviews provided they have demonstrated that they meet the essential criteria of the post as detailed in the Person Specifications on their application forms.

Closing Date: Tuesday 6 May 2025 Interview Date: To take place soon after the closing date.