Building Safety Manager in Oxford

Oxford Full-Time No home office possible

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Oxford City Council has an opportunity for a Building Safety Manager to manage higher‑risk buildings within its portfolio on a day‑to‑day basis, ensuring compliance with the Building Safety Act 2022, Fire Safety Act 2021 and associated regulations.

Responsibilities and main duties

To oversee the implementation of controls in respect of building safety, fire safety and other compliance areas such as L8, Asbestos, site safety etc. on a day‑to‑day basis.
Responsibility for five high‑rise buildings, act as a primary point of contact for the building safety regulator, fire and rescue services, and residents.
Ensuring compliance with the Building Safety Act 2022, Fire Safety Act 2021, and associated regulations.
Maintain and update Building Safety Cases for high‑rise and medium‑rise buildings, provide information to the Building Safety Regulator, and support health and safety compliance across housing and commercial investment properties.
To contribute to resident engagement where required, particularly ensuring that safety concerns are recorded, monitored and dealt with appropriately.
Communicate with residents about building safety matters and support resident engagement strategies.
To effectively manage all compliance & safety‑related elements within the designated building portfolio to which the role relates.
To ensure that controls are implemented in respect of building work carried out in the managed stock to which the role relates.
To engage with Property Services colleagues who are responsible for managing projects. Development and implementation and submission of Building Safety Cases and ensure effective maintenance and management post‑implementation.
To ensure that compliance‑related planned, preventive maintenance is carried out within the managed portfolio to which the role relates.
To engage with relevant internal staff to ensure that roles are performed effectively in accordance with the Corporate Policies, such as Fire, CDM etc.
To oversee the successful implementation of corrective actions arising from fire risk assessments and audits.
To ensure that facilities for use by the fire and rescue service are effectively managed and maintained.
To perform any other reasonable tasks that ensure the effective management of premises for which the role is responsible, to the fulfillment of our customer service objectives.
Produce regular reporting as agreed with line management for compliance‑related items and write or contribute to reports as required.