At a Glance
- Tasks: Coordinate building safety efforts and support a team dedicated to keeping residents safe.
- Company: Join Southwark Council, committed to community safety and diversity.
- Benefits: Enjoy hybrid working, competitive salary, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Flexible hours and potential for contract extension based on performance.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in residents' lives while developing your skills in a supportive environment.
- Qualifications: Experience in housing or compliance, strong planning skills, and effective communication.
The predicted salary is between 42912 - 49155 £ per year.
Are you an organised and proactive coordinator who enjoys bringing people, information and actions together? Can you use your planning and communication skills to support a busy service operating in a regulated environment? Would you like your work to contribute directly to keeping residents and their homes safe? If yes, we have the perfect role for you!
Our Building Safety Service is looking for a passionate and dedicated Building Safety Coordinator to join our amazing team and help make a difference today. This opportunity is available as a fixed-term contract, until 31 May 2027, providing temporary cover while the substantive postholder is on secondment.
What You'll Be Doing
As a Building Safety Coordinator, you will play a key role in supporting the delivery of Southwark Council's Building Safety Programme and helping the service meet its obligations under the Building Safety Act 2022 and Fire Safety Act 2021. Working closely with colleagues across the Building Safety Service, you will provide practical coordination and administrative support to ensure the team has the resources, systems and information needed to operate effectively. Your responsibilities will include:
- Supporting the recruitment, induction and onboarding of new team members, including equipment, PPE, training and access to systems.
- Coordinating training and development activity and maintaining accurate training records and reporting.
- Arranging meetings and maintaining agendas, minutes, actions, follow-up dates and risk logs.
- Monitoring and coordinating work across Building Safety teams and supporting performance monitoring and reporting.
- Assisting with the presentation of information and data through reports, presentations, diagrams and graphs.
- Liaising with colleagues, trainers, auditors and external stakeholders to support service objectives.
- Building positive working relationships with organisations including the Building Safety Regulator, Health and Safety Executive and London Fire Brigade.
- Supporting the wider Building Safety Service in achieving its programme and compliance objectives.
What We're Looking For
You will bring:
- Experience of working within housing, asset management, building safety, compliance or another comparable regulated service environment.
- Strong planning and coordination skills, with the ability to organise work and manage competing priorities.
- Experience of communicating with a range of stakeholders and building effective working relationships.
- A proactive approach to problem-solving, influencing others and working collaboratively across different teams.
- The ability to write clearly and produce accurate records, communications and reports.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams, with the ability to support and coach others in using these applications.
- The ability to quickly develop and apply an understanding of relevant building safety legislation, including the Building Safety Act 2022 and the Fire Safety Act 2021, and how these requirements apply within a local authority housing service.
- A positive and constructive approach to teamwork, with a commitment to supporting colleagues and delivering excellent service outcomes.
Contract Type: This opportunity is available as a fixed-term contract for an external appointee or an internal secondment for an existing Southwark employee, until 31 May 2027, providing temporary cover while the substantive postholder is on secondment. There is potential to extend, however there is no confirmed extension at present. Any potential extension would depend upon the substantive postholder’s secondment being extended and would be subject to the necessary approval.
Hours: Full Time 36 hours per week. This role offers hybrid working arrangements, with time split between office working, site visits and home working. Ability to travel to sites as required. Flexible working required to meet service needs. Attendance at some resident meetings outside normal office hours may be required.
We are an organisation that is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is essential to providing the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together initiative. We particularly welcome applications from members of Black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.
Southwark Council will only contact candidates through official Council recruitment channels. We will not ask you to provide passport details, proof of address, National Insurance number, bank details or payment at application stage. These checks are only requested at the onboarding process – once an offer of employment has been made.
As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role and identify with one of the following criteria: Members of the Armed Forces and veterans, People currently in care or who have previously been in care, People who consider themselves disabled or have a long-term health condition.
Salary Range (Full time equivalent) £42,912 - £49,155.
Building Safety Coordinator employer: Southwark Council
As a leading organisation in public health, we offer a dynamic and inclusive work environment where your contributions directly impact the health and wellbeing of the Southwark community. With a commitment to professional development, our employees benefit from hybrid working arrangements, fostering a healthy work-life balance while engaging in meaningful projects that address health inequalities. Join us to be part of a diverse team dedicated to making a difference in public health through collaboration and innovation.
