Building Safety Compliance Officer, Leeds - Full-time Hours

Job overview

Building Safety Compliance Officer

Make a difference every day with St Anne’s Community Services

We are looking for a proactive and organised Building Safety Compliance Officer to help ensure our homes and services remain safe, compliant and well managed. Working within our Housing and Estates team, you will support the delivery of statutory building safety compliance across the Big 6 areas: gas, electrical, asbestos, water hygiene (Legionella), fire safety and lifting equipment (LOLER).

You will be responsible for maintaining compliance schedules, monitoring certification and inspections, managing compliance records, coordinating remedial actions and working closely with contractors, landlords and internal teams to ensure building safety obligations are met.

We are looking for someone with experience of managing compliance records, inspection programmes or property related administration, together with strong organisational, IT and communication skills. Experience within housing, property, facilities management or health and safety compliance would be advantageous.

At St Anne’s, our values are at the heart of everything we do. We are proud to be Person Centred, Respectful, Open, Understanding and Dedicated.

If you are passionate about safety, compliance and making a positive difference to people's lives, we would love to hear from you.

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• Keep building safety inspections, certificates and servicing on track, making sure renewals are completed on time and compliance risks are quickly flagged.
• Keep the Building Safety Compliance system accurate and up to date, with the right documents, certificates and reports in place and ready for audit.
• Spot remedial work from compliance reports, coordinate with contractors and follow actions through to completion, escalating anything overdue or outstanding.
• Work closely with colleagues, contractors, third-party landlords and the Supported Housing Team to obtain and verify compliance information, meet contractual requirements and support reviews or investigations.
• Help keep building safety compliance and Big 6 policies and procedures current with legislative, regulatory and organisational changes.
• Provide practical guidance on building compliance, health, safety and fire matters, and support risk assessments and wider team priorities as needed.
  

Working for our organisation

St. Anne's wants to reward its employees for their hard work. Employee benefits include;

• New pay framework launched in 2025. Rewarding the dedication and work of staff across the charity. Potential increases after 6 months, 2.5 & 5 years.
• Rising annual leave each year to a maximum of 33 days (including statutory holidays)
• 24 Hour Employee Assistance Programme
• Continuous opportunities for ongoing training and career development
• Cycle To Work scheme
• Refer A Friend recruitment initiative
• Flexible working opportunities (where applicable) upon successful completion of probation period
• Group Personal Pension Scheme
• Discounted income protection scheme
• Free car parking at most services
• Free life assurance cover

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Compliance monitoring and reporting: Maintain accurate compliance schedules for statutory building safety inspections, certificates and servicing requirements, monitoring renewal dates to prevent gaps, expiry or breaches. Support compliance with housing regulatory requirements, contractual obligations and internal procedures, providing regular updates on performance, risks, exceptions and remedial progress, and escalating any actual or potential compliance concerns through the appropriate internal channels.
Systems and document control: Take day-to-day responsibility for maintaining the Building Safety Compliance system, ensuring records are accurate, complete and up to date. Upload compliance-related documents, certificates and reports in a timely manner, reviewing incoming information to identify required actions, missing details or potential compliance concerns, and supporting accurate document retention, version control and audit readiness.
Remedial action management: Identify remedial works arising from compliance reports and support arrangements for appropriate contractors to complete required works, monitoring delegated actions through to satisfactory completion within required timescales. Maintain clear records of actions, completion evidence and outstanding risks, ensuring concerns relating to overdue or incomplete remedial actions are escalated appropriately.
Contractors, landlords and stakeholders: Liaise with colleagues, contractors, third-party landlords and external contacts to obtain, share and verify relevant compliance documentation, working with the Supported Housing Team to support timely contractual returns and provision of compliance information. Monitor third-party landlord contractual requirements relating to building safety and health and safety compliance, contributing to investigations, reviews or information requests where required.
Policy and Procedure Review: Support the review of internal policies and procedures relating to building safety compliance and the Big 6, including updates arising from changes in legislation, regulation or organisational requirements.
Operational Support: Provide guidance on building compliance, health, safety and fire matters within competence, supporting risk assessment activity, ad hoc workstreams and wider directorate activity support as required.