Building Safety Manager

# Building Safety Manager## Job IntroductionNotting Hill Genesis, one of London\’s largest Housing Associations, are looking for an inquisitive, firm but fair, professional prober with a penchant for asking questions. Perhaps you have a background in building safety or have experience conducting audits and inspections. You may be an all-round ‘technical whiz’. You’ll use your skill set to make sure that we do what we say we will, keeping our residents safe and putting them at the centre of everything that we do.Competency is important to us in this role, as we need you to be confident from day one. As such, we\’ll need you to have a technical qualification in a building or building safety related field. Technical experience and qualifications in residential fire safety and structural safety are highly desirable.**What you’ll do**As a**Building Safety Manager,** you will manage a set number of high-rise buildings within a specified patch in accordance with its Building Safety Case. You will secure the award of Building Assessment Certificates (required for occupation) by submitting Building Safety Cases to the Regulator according to prescribed parameters. In doing so, you will shield NHG from criminal penalty.The Building Safety Manager role is integral to the management of safety within our High-Rise Buildings. You will provide assurance not only to the Regulator, but also to our residents, ensuring that they both **are** and ***feel*** safe within their homes.You can expect to be out and about for some of a typical week – using your technical skills and people skills to conducting building audits, risk assessments, and engaging with our residents. You\’ll be in our office in Kings Cross for one or two days each week, working together with the other building safety managers, safety case developers and other teams across NHG to obtain the information you need.**How you’ll do it*** Keep the high rise buildings in your patch safe by being a critical friend to other NHG teams and contractors* Conduct regular building audits and risk assessments, following up on actions through to completion* Keep the Building Safety Case for buildings in your patch up to date* Work with other accountable persons in buildings to demonstrate full collaboration when it comes to safety* Respond to regulator requests for information and Building assessment Certificate applications* Be accessible to customers in your building to talk about safety, keeping their building safety resident engagement strategy updated.* Act as a subject matter expert on the Building Safety Act, including MOR, information sharing, safety cases and building control.**The ideal candidate**We believe great service starts with great people, and we are committed to recruiting and developing passionate, enthusiastic, and talented individuals who can add value to our thriving organisation. Pending confirmation of legislative changes, this role may require a qualification to demonstrate competence. If not already qualified, there may be an expectation to study towards a professional qualification.Essential:* Working understanding of building inspections, construction, fire strategies, risk assessment, Mandatory Occurrence Reporting (MOR), and building control applications.* Ability to interpret technical drawings and reports.* Proven experience proactively investigating and managing a caseload under time pressure.* Experience in auditing and risk assessing within the built environment.* A people person – able to talk to residents and colleagues to give them confidence in your knowledge.* Ability to travel across London and occasionally outside of the M25.Qualifications:* Level 6Diploma in Building Safety Management and CIOB membership **Open to consider candidates with the following qualifications willing to work towards the CIOB:** + NEBOSH Fire or membership of Institute of Fire Engineers (IFE) or a similar fire safety body + HND in construction + Level 4 or above FRA qualification + Membership of Institute of Structural Engineers + Membership of Chartered Association of Building Engineers (CABE) + Demonstrable work experience with a regulatory enforcement body in relation to complex residential buildings.Once you join us, you’ll find plenty of opportunities to grow within our organisation. You’ll also have access to a wide range of learning opportunities to help you achieve and maximise your potential.We will support the candidate to complete the CIOB Level 6 Diploma in Building Safety Management after successfully completing a year in the role.Benefits include:* Excellent annual leave allowance and flexible working opportunities (qualifying period may apply)* Generous pension scheme* Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption pay in addition to statutory entitlements (qualifying period may apply)* Employee assistance – free confidential advice and counselling services provided by independent specialist organisations* Health cash plan* Staff discounts – we give our staff access to discounts at hundreds of major retailers, gyms, restaurants, entertainment, days out, insurance, and much more* Interest free loans – season ticket loan, tenancy deposit loan, and training loan* Cycle to work scheme* Life Assurance x 4 annual salaryNotting Hill Genesis is a not-for-profit organisation providing affordable homes for Londoners and it is now one of the largest housing associations in London. We are both a landlord and a developer, with more than 65,000 existing homes and 10,000 more in our pipeline and we employ around 1,800 employees.For more information on what we do and what makes us different please visit:We welcome applications from everyone. We actively monitor the diversity of our workforce and strive to show equal representation throughout all levels of the organisation. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Disability Confident employer amongst other diversity commitments.To find out more about our approach to equality, diversity and inclusion please visit:**Selection Process**Step 1: If you are interested, please send your application now! **Closing date is 22 February.**Step 2: Successful candidates will be asked to do an assessmentStep 3: Successful candidates will be invited to interviewPlease apply for this role online. If you are not able to apply online or if you have any reasonable adjustment requirements arising from a disability or medical condition to fully participate in the recruitment process, please discuss this with our hiring team via **This role is not eligible for sponsorship.**Should a redeployee apply for this role, their application will be considered before any others.NHG reserves the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role, so we advise you to submit your application at your earliest opportunity.### Attached documents| OpenStreetMap contributors### Building Safety Manager* **Salary** £57,271 – £63,635 per annum for 35 hours per week.* **Frequency** Annual* **Job Reference** nhg/TP/36088/1775* **Contract Type** Permanent* **Working Hours** 35* **Location** Bruce Kendrick House – King\’s Cross, United Kingdom* **Posted on** 5 February, 2026* **Closing Date** 22 February, 2026### Spread the word
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