Senior Building Safety Manager

Job description

Contract terms

Starting salary: PO8 (£61,980 – £65,478)
Work location: Alexandra House, 10 Station Road, Wood Green, London, N22 7TR 
Hours per week: 36 per week 
Contract type: Permanent
Closing date: Sunday, 23rd 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

The Senior Building Safety Manager is key in delivering the Housing Services Improvement Plan, focusing on life safety-critical regulatory compliance programmes. This role leads the Building Safety Team, ensuring compliance with the Building Safety Act 2022 and the Fire Safety Act 2021. Key tasks include developing compliance programmes, conducting safety inspections and risk assessments, engaging with stakeholders to promote safety, and providing team training. The manager maintains records, prepares reports, and implements continuous improvement initiatives to enhance safety processes.
Additionally, the manager oversees risk management by conducting inspections and audits, engages with residents and stakeholders to ensure clear communication on safety measures, and provides training for the team. The role also involves staying updated on regulations and best practices to enhance building safety management.

About the team

As the Senior Building Safety Manager, you will lead a team of four Building Safety Managers. Your responsibilities include ensuring the safety and compliance of our high-rise buildings in Haringey. You will provide leadership, guidance, and support to your team, develop safety protocols, conduct inspections, and engage with stakeholders to promote a culture of safety. By fostering collaboration, you will ensure our buildings remain safe and secure.

About you

You will be a professional practitioner in fire and structural safety-related disciplines in occupied residential premises, with expert-level knowledge of the regulatory framework concerning health and safety legislation and best practices in building fire and structural safety. You will be an excellent problem solver and creative thinker who can prioritise tasks and work well under pressure. We seek a highly evolved leader with the ability to coach, engage, and inspire a team of professionals and support staff, fostering a collaborative and proactive environment to ensure the highest standards of safety are maintained. Your expertise and leadership will be instrumental in driving our safety initiatives and ensuring compliance with all relevant regulations.

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