Head of Residential Building Safety

Job description

Contract terms

Starting salary: HC2 (£81,729 – £95,295)
Work location: Alexandra House, 10 Station Road, Wood Green, London, N22 7TR 
Hours per week: 36 per week 
Contract type: Permanent
Closing date: Sunday, 30th March 2025 at 23:59

About Haringey

Haringey is a fantastic place to live and work – the world in one borough. A place brimming with creativity, personality, radicalism, and community. It is a place where we stand up for each other. A place that is proudly distinctive. We’ll be celebrating all this and more as the “rebel borough” when we are the 2027 London Borough of Culture.
Our history champions change-makers and everyday rebels; revelling in our differences, battling discrimination, championing equality, and doing things our own way. Haringey’s people are a huge asset, with knowledge, expertise, and passion. Our staff members embody our organisational values: Caring, Creative, Courageous, Collaborative and Community-focused. These values keep us looking forward, ambitious for the future, and continuously striving to do our very best for all of our residents.

About the role

Haringey Council is seeking a dynamic and experienced individual to join our team as the Head of Residential Building Safety. In this pivotal role, you will be responsible for developing and delivering Haringey’s strategy for building safety, ensuring that our residents feel safe in their homes. Key responsibilities include leading the development and implementation of the building safety strategy, ensuring compliance with all relevant regulations and standards, providing assurance and support to Haringey Council as the Accountable Person for residential building safety, raising competency standards and improving the safety culture for all staff involved in our asset management and housing strategies, and ensuring the delivery of Haringey’s vision, values, and strategic objectives by providing clear direction, support, guidance, and effective leadership.

About the team

As the Head of Residential Building Safety, you will be a key member of the senior leadership team, reporting directly to the Director of Housing. You will lead a dedicated team of four direct reports, each specialising in critical areas such as building safety, fire assessments, fire projects, and asbestos management.

About you

The ideal candidate for the Head of Residential Building Safety role will be a proven senior manager with a track record in ensuring fire and building safety across a large and complex property portfolio. They will possess extensive knowledge of building safety legislation, compliance, and regulatory obligations, along with substantial experience in developing robust reporting and data frameworks using effective software packages to ensure compliance and building safety management. The candidate will have significant experience in contract management, holding both internal and external contractors accountable for performance and value for money (VFM). They will also have substantial experience in programming compliance and building works, ensuring efficiency while being mindful of customer preferences. Financial and commercial acumen is essential, as the candidate will be accountable for large capital and revenue budgets. A track record of collaborative working as part of an effective senior team is crucial, and experience working with a Board or elected members would be advantageous. The candidate should hold a relevant professional qualification, be a member of a professional body, or have equivalent work experience, and demonstrate evidence of continuing professional development.

Working for Haringey

At Haringey Council we are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce so welcome applications from all ethnicities and communities so that we continue to make a difference to our residents and community.  Our benefits package includes a leave entitlement of 31 days + bank holidays, potential hybrid working opportunities, health and wellbeing support, a generous local government pension scheme and a range of discount schemes across leisure and culture that provide both financial and money-saving discounts.    Please note: we reserve the right to end this advert before the noted deadline if we receive sufficient applications. If you wish to apply for this role, please ensure that you do so as soon as possible.     Additionally, we are aware that automated emails may be diverted through to junk email folders.  Please continue to check these through the application process.  If you have any questions about the status of your application, please contact ResourcingHub@haringey.gov.uk