Head Of Landlord Compliance And Building Safety

Job Title: Head of Landlord Compliance & Building Safety
Location: Bristol
Ref: 8114
Rate: £387.96 pd PAYE (flexible holiday pay options)
Contract: Interim 6 months
Working Pattern: Full?time
Hybrid Working: Yes – site, office and remote blend
The Role

This senior leadership role ensures that homes and buildings across the housing portfolio are safe, well maintained, and fully compliant with all statutory requirements. It is a pivotal position shaping how the organisation manages risk, protects residents, and delivers operational excellence.
You will act as the organisation’s senior subject matter expert for landlord compliance and building safety—covering gas, electrical, fire, water hygiene, asbestos, lifts, and wider building safety functions. You will lead strategic oversight of compliance frameworks, assurance processes, and safety culture, ensuring full alignment with the Building Safety Act, Fire Safety Order, and all regulatory obligations.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership for all landlord compliance and building safety functions across the housing portfolio.
• Act as the organisational lead for the Building Safety Act, overseeing safety case development, resident engagement, and high rise building management.
• Ensure robust compliance frameworks, policies, procedures and assurance systems are in place and consistently applied.
• Lead, motivate and develop multi disciplinary teams, external partners and specialist contractors to deliver safe, high quality services.
• Oversee commissioning, audit, reporting and performance management to provide clear visibility of risk, compliance and improvement actions.
• Maintain accurate, auditable data and digital records, ensuring the Golden Thread of building safety is embedded.
• Shape and deliver strategies, service plans and continuous improvement initiatives that enhance safety, customer experience and regulatory compliance.
• Build strong relationships with residents, regulators, senior leaders and stakeholders to support collaborative, transparent service delivery.

You Will Need (Essential Requirements)

• Proven experience leading landlord compliance and/or building safety functions within housing, property or a regulated environment.
• Strong working knowledge of statutory compliance areas: gas, electrical, fire, water hygiene, asbestos, lifts and wider building safety.
• Detailed understanding of the Building Safety Act, CDM Regulations, Fire Safety Order and associated regulatory frameworks.
• Significant experience in strategic leadership, service development, change management and multi?disciplinary team management.
• Excellent communication, negotiation and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence at senior levels.

Desirable Experience

• Experience delivering compliance assurance programmes in a social housing or local authority setting.
• Strong background in procurement, contract management and driving value for money.
• Experience using digital systems, asset data and analytics to inform safety assurance and forward planning.
• Professional memberships (CIOB, IFE/IFSM, IOSH, IIRSM, RICS).
• Technical qualifications such as:
• Degree in the Built Environment
• Level 4/5 Fire Risk Management
• CIOB Level 6 in Building Safety

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