Building Safety Manager

Notting Hill Genesis; London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A major housing association in London is seeking a Building Safety Manager to ensure the safety of high-rise buildings. You will conduct audits, manage safety cases, and work closely with residents and stakeholders. Successful candidates will have technical qualifications in building safety and experience in residential settings. This role provides opportunities for professional development and competitive benefits including flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Excellent annual leave

Flexible working opportunities

Employee assistance program

Health cash plan

Staff discounts

Interest-free loans

Cycle to work scheme

Life Assurance

Qualifications

• Technical knowledge and experience in residential buildings.
• Ability to manage high-rise building safety.
• Willingness to study towards a professional qualification.

Responsibilities

• Manage safety for high-rise buildings within your patch.
• Conduct building audits and risk assessments.
• Collaborate with various stakeholders to maintain safety.

Skills

Technical qualification in building safety

Experience in conducting audits

Ability to conduct risk assessments

Strong communication skills

Membership of technical body (RICS, CIOB, etc.)

Education

Diploma in Building Safety Management

Job description

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Notting Hill Genesis, one of London's largest Housing Associations, are looking for an inquisitive, firm but fair, professional prober with a penchant for asking questions. Perhaps you have a background in building safety or have experience conducting audits and inspections. You may be an all-round ‘technical whiz’.You’ll use your skill set to make sure that we do what we say we will, keeping our residents safe and putting them at the centre of everything that we do.

Competency is important to us in this role, as we need you to be confident from day one. As such, we'll need you to have a technical qualification in a building or building safety related field.Technical experience and qualifications in residential fire safety and structural safety are highly desirable.

What you’ll do

As a Building Safety Manager, you will manage a set number of high-rise buildings within a specified patch in accordance with its Building Safety Case.You will secure the award of Building Assessment Certificates (required for occupation) by submitting Building Safety Cases to the Regulator according to prescribed parameters. In doing so, you will shield NHG from criminal penalty.

The Building Safety Manager role is integral to the management of safety within our High-Rise Buildings.You will provide assurance not only to the Regulator, but also to our residents, ensuring that they both are and feel safe within their homes.

You can expect to be out and about for some of a typical week - using your technical skills and people skills to conducting building audits, risk assessments, and engaging with our residents.You'll be in our office in Kings Cross for one or two days each week, working together with the other building safety managers, safety case developers and other teams across NHG to obtain the information you need.

How you’ll do it

• Keep the high rise buildings in your patch safe by being a critical friend to other NHG teams and contractors
• Conduct regular building audits and risk assessments, following up on actions through to completion
• Keep the Building Safety Case for buildings in your patch up to date
• Work with other accountable persons in buildings to demonstrate full collaboration when it comes to safety
• Respond to regulator requests for information and Building assessment Certificate applications
• Be accessible to customers in your building to talk about safety, keeping their building safety resident engagement strategy updated.
• Act as a subject matter expert on the Building Safety Act, including MOR, information sharing, safety cases and building control.

The ideal candidate

We believe great service starts with great people, and we are committed to recruiting and developing passionate, enthusiastic, and talented individuals who can add value to our thriving organisation.Pending confirmation of legislative changes, this role may require a qualification to demonstrate competence.If not already qualified, there may be an expectation to study towards a professional qualification.

• Technical qualification, knowledge and experience in residential buildings - particularly a fire and/or structural perspective.
• Ability and experience in conducting risk assessments in complex residential buildings.
• A people person - able to talk to residents and colleagues to give them confidence in your knowledge.
• Ability to travel across London and occasionally outside of the M25.
• Membership of a technical accredited body such as RICS, CIOB, IFE, IFSM.
• Diploma in Building Safety Management.

What’s in it for you?

Once you join us, you’ll find plenty of opportunities to grow within our organisation.You’ll also have access to a wide range of learning opportunities to help you achieve and maximise your potential.

We will support the candidate to complete the CIOB Level 6 Diploma in Building Safety Management after successfully completing a year in the role.

Benefits include:

• Excellent annual leave allowance and flexible working opportunities (qualifying period may apply)
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption pay in addition to statutory entitlements (qualifying period may apply)
• Employee assistance - free confidential advice and counselling services provided by independent specialist organisations.
• Health cash plan
• Staff discounts - we give our staff access to discounts at hundreds of major retailers, gyms, restaurants, entertainment, days out, insurance, and much more.
• Interest free loans - season ticket loan, tenancy deposit loan, and training loan
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Life Assurance x 4 annual salary

All about us

Notting Hill Genesis is a not-for-profit organisation providing affordable homes for Londoners and it is now one of the largest housing associations in London.We are both a landlord and a developer, with more than 60,000 existing homes and 10,000 more in our pipeline and we employ around 1,500 staff.

For more information on what we do and what makes us different please visit:

We welcome applications from everyone.We actively monitor the diversity of our workforce and strive to show equal representation throughout all levels of the organisation.We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Disability Confident employer amongst other diversity commitments.

To find out more about our approach to equality, diversity and inclusion please visit:

Selection Process

Step 1:If you are interested, please send your application now! Closing date is 3rd August 2025.

Step 2: Successful candidates will be invited to an informal phone call for us to hear a little bit more about you, and vice versa.

Step 3: Successful candidates will be invited to interview and assessment

Please apply for this role online.If you are not able to apply online or if you have any reasonable adjustment requirements arising from a disability or medical condition to fully participate in the recruitment process, please discuss this with our hiring team via [emailprotected] .

Should a redeployee apply for this role, their application will be considered before any others.

NHG reserves the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role, so we advise you to submit your application at your earliest opportunity.