Building Safety Manager (12 month Fixed Term Contract)

Your Housing Group; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Contributory pension

Healthcare cash plan

Discount scheme

Homeworking flexibility

Job summary

Your Housing Group is seeking a Building Safety Manager on a 12-month fixed-term contract to join its Building & Fire Safety Team. The role combines home working with travel to buildings across the portfolio to ensure compliance with the Building Safety Act and related regulations.

Salary ranges from £60,000 to £65,000, with a 35-hour week, and a focus on resident safety and engagement. You will work with a colleague, the Building Safety Lead, and the Asset Team to deliver robust safety

Qualifications

• Experience managing building safety within high-rise/complex residential buildings.
• Strong understanding of the Building Safety & Fire Safety Acts and related guidance.
• Confident working with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and improve Building Safety Cases and the Golden Thread of Information.
• Provide assurance that building safety risks are identified, managed and mitigated.
• Lead on regulatory obligations under Building Safety & Fire Safety Acts and related guidance.
• Deliver resident safety engagement and ensure residents are informed and able to participate.
• Monitor safety performance, oversee remediation and external wall assessment actions through completion.

Skills

Building safety management

Stakeholder engagement

Regulatory compliance

Building Safety Cases

Job description

Building Safety Manager (12 month Fixed Term Contract) | 13 November, 2026 | Jobs and careers with Your Housing GroupVacancies# Building Safety Manager (12 month Fixed Term Contract)## Job Introduction**Job Title: Building Safety Manager (12 month fixed term contract)****Salary Range: £60,000 - £65,000****Contract: 12 month fixed term contract****Location: Regional worker role****Hours: 35 hours per week****So, what is this role exactly?**This is a rare opportunity to join Your Housing Group's established and highly collaborative Building & Fire Safety Team as a Building Safety Manager on a 12-month maternity cover contract. The safety of our customers is our number one priority, and this role plays a key part in ensuring our higher-risk and complex buildings remain safe and compliant.Over the next 12 months, you'll help maintain compliance with the Building Safety Act, manage Building Safety Case information, support external wall assessment programmes, engage with regulators and oversee remediation actions arising from fire and building safety assessments.Working alongside a fellow Building Safety Manager and as part of the wider Asset Team, you'll collaborate closely with the Building & Fire Safety Lead, Head of Compliance & Building Safety and colleagues across YHG to deliver positive building safety outcomes for our residents.**What will my working week look like?**This is a flexible role, combining home working with regular travel to the buildings within your portfolio. You'll be visible on-site, providing building safety leadership, technical assurance and support to colleagues, contractors and engaging with residents. Meetings are a mix of virtual and in-person where required, giving you the flexibility to manage your own diary while maintaining a strong presence across the business.**What will I be responsible for doing?**You'll work closely with another BSM and the Building and Fire Safety Lead, playing a key role in ensuring Your Housing Group meets its obligations under the Building Safety & Fire Safety Acts and associated regulatory requirements. Working across a portfolio of higher-risk buildings, you'll provide assurance that building safety risks are effectively identified, managed and mitigated.You'll help to lead on the development, maintenance and continual improvement of Building Safety Cases and the Golden Thread of Information, ensuring information is accurate, accessible and readily available to support regulatory compliance and informed decision-making.Resident safety and engagement will be at the heart of your role. You'll work with other teams to deliver meaningful resident engagement, ensuring residents are informed, listened to and able to participate in building safety matters that affect their homes.Working closely with colleagues, contractors and regulators you'll monitor building safety performance, oversee remediation and improvement programmes, and support the delivery of external wall assessment recommendations and other regulatory actions through to completion.You'll also be responsible for maintaining robust digital records, supporting the development of building safety knowledge across the organisation, and ensuring your own professional competence remains current through continuing professional development and engagement with sector best practice.**What would make me stand out from the crowd?**To be successful as a Building Safety Manager, here at YHG, you’ll:* Have experience managing building safety within high-rise/complex residential buildings.* Possess a strong understanding of the Building Safety & Fire Safety Acts and associated guidance.* Be confident working with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.* Be able to provide robust assurance, constructive challenge and practical solutions.* Have experience managing Building Safety Cases and Golden Thread information.* Be passionate about resident safety and resident engagement.* Demonstrate excellent organisation, communication and influencing skills.**That all sounds great, what’s in it for me?**In return we offer £60,000 - £65,000 for a 35-hour week, and 25 days annual leave (leave also increases with time served) plus Bank Holidays, but our employee offering provides much more than just a competitive salary and holiday allowance.At #TeamYHG we measure performance on outputs and quality, not hours and minutes. We offer a flexible, homeworking culture where you’re trusted to get the job done. If you need time for an appointment, the school run or an exercise class, if it fits with business needs, we’re open to what works for you too. And when you need to collaborate with your team, you can visit Youggle House our purpose-built collaboration, wellbeing, and social space in Birchwood, Warrington.On top of this, we’ll provide you with a great benefits package, including a contributory pension where we match whatever you choose to contribute (up to 8%), an advanced level Healthcare cash plan through Medicash, that doesn’t just provide dental and optician cashback but also health and wellbeing benefits (such as 24/7 GP Access, money back from prescriptions and alternative therapy treatments) and an amazing discount scheme that gives you access to half price cinema tickets, subsidised gym memberships and a huge range of discounts with some of the biggest high street and online names.**And who are Your Housing Group?**Your Housing Group is a registered social landlord helping people at every stage of life to live in quality homes they can afford.As one of the North’s sector-leading landlords, we are proud to play our role in tackling the UK's housing crisis by continually reinvesting in our 29,000 properties and tailoring our services to meet the diverse needs of our customers. We also build over 1,000 new homes each year.We’re an employer of choice, over 82% of colleagues here recommend us as a 'great place to workAs part of our pre-employment checks, **this role requires the successful applicant to complete a satisfactory Basic DBS check.****Closing Date: 13th November 2026**We review applications as they’re received and reserve the right to close this advert early; if you’re interested, please apply ASAP to avoid disappointment.Your Housing Group values diversity and encourages applications from all communities. Your Housing Group operates a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for any applicants who declare they have a disability, if these applicants meet the minimum requirements for the role (as set out in the role profile and/or person specification) they will be guaranteed an interview. Your Housing Group welcomes applications from our customers, however, access to confidential information and probity will be explored to determine whether there is a potential conflict of interest or security issue present which may prevent the Group from being able to proceed with the application.YHG2### Attached documents* Benefits - Homeworker & Regional 2026.pdf* Building Safety Manager RP.pdfApply+− OpenStreetMap contributors### Building Safety Manager (12 month Fixed Term Contract)* **Salary** £60,000 - £65,000* **Frequency** Annual* **Job Reference** YHG/TP/767/2626* **Contract Type** Fixed Term Contract* **Closing Date** 13 November, 2026* **Departments** Asset Management* **Business Unit** Asset Management* **Location** Regional Worker Role , United Kingdom* **Posted on** 30 October, 2026Apply* Add to watchlist* Print this job* Refer a friend for this job