Building Safety Officer

Sovereign Housing Association Limited; Basingstoke; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A housing association is seeking a Building Safety Officer to ensure compliance with safety regulations and manage risks in residential properties. You will work collaboratively to support building safety management, conduct assessments, and maintain relationships with stakeholders. Ideal candidates should have knowledge of building safety laws and relevant qualifications. Benefits include generous holiday, pension scheme, and health insurance options.

Benefits

25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays

Matched pension scheme up to 12%

Private medical insurance options

Wellbeing discounts including Gym Memberships

Qualifications

• Experience with building safety regulations and compliance.
• Wide knowledge of residential property safety.
• Understanding of building construction methods.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with building safety requirements.
• Assess and mitigate building safety risks.
• Maintain relationships with customers and third parties.
• Develop and maintain building safety cases.
• Manage information on vulnerable customers.

Skills

Knowledge and experience of building safety

Fire safety knowledge

Understanding of building regulations

Health and safety legislation knowledge

Education

NEBOSH Fire Certificate or equivalent

Diploma in Building Safety

Job description

SNG provides over 84,000 homes and invest in communities across London and the South of England – our purpose, to provide quality affordable homes and places that people love for generations.

We have an opportunity for a Building Safety Officer to join us. You'll be based from our Basingstoke, Hurn or Blandford locations; combining site visits within the South West region and home working to ensure a positive work/life balance.

What you'll be doing

The Building Safety Officer will work collaboratively with peers, supporting the Building Safety Managers, to provide a consistent approach to building safety management of applicable buildings to ensure SNG are fulfilling all landlord obligations.

Responsibilities include:

• Ensuring that SNG are adhering to all building safety requirements for our high-risk properties.
• Assessing building safety risks, taking all reasonable steps to prevent the occurrence of a major incident in the building because of these risks.
• Ensuring that buildings are compliant with all building safety compliance regulation / legislations.
• Maintaining effective relationships both internally and externally with customers and third parties.
• Organising proactive engagement events, fostering a trustworthy relationship with our customers, involving key stakeholders and taking appropriate follow-up action where required.
• Developing building safety cases and ensure they remain up to date. Any risks or gaps identified to have the appropriate mitigation in place and managed on an ongoing basis.
• Collating and maintaining information on vulnerable customers living in high-risk buildings and ensure this information is readily available in the event of an emergency.

What we need from you

• Knowledge and experience of building safety, fire safety, building regulations, health and safety legislation.
• Wide knowledge base within residential property and related safety / compliance areas.
• Understanding of building construction methods and passive/active fire protection.
• Qualifications or studying towards : NEBOSH Fire Certificate, Diploma in Building Safety or equivalent.

What can SNG offer you?

We have some great benefits at SNG, including:

• 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays (with an extra day every year up to 30 days)
• Chance to buy or sell holiday as part of our flexible benefits package
• Generous matched pension scheme up to 12% and Life cover at 4x salary
• Options for private medical insurance, dental insurance and critical illness cover
• Wellbeing discounts, including Gym Memberships and access to a 24/7 virtual GP service

If you would like the opportunity to make a real impact within our changing and growing organisation, we would love to hear from you!