Chief Building Safety & Compliance Leader

Plus Dane Housing; West Kirby; On-site; GBP 66,000 - 89,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

35 days leave

Christmas closedown

Training and development

Job summary

Plus Dane Housing is seeking a permanent senior leader to shape landlord compliance and building safety services. You will lead a high-performing team and drive safety standards, assurance and continuous improvement across multiple services and stakeholders.

The role combines strategic leadership with hands-on operational oversight, supporting residents, regulators and partners while translating evolving requirements into practical programmes.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to lead compliance and building safety teams in a regulated environment.
• Experience translating technical safety requirements into actionable plans.
• Strong governance, risk and assurance capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Shape compliance and building safety strategy, policies and improvement plans.
• Oversee gas, asbestos, fire safety, electrical and other servicing programmes with evidence-based actions.
• Lead safety risk management, including higher-risk building safety cases and resident engagement.
• Own data quality, risk registers and performance reporting; support audits and closure of actions.
• Plan budgets, procurement and contracts, ensuring value for money and proper handovers.
• Develop the team and partnerships, and lead incident response and learning.

Skills

Leadership

Building safety

Compliance management

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Level 5 qualification in building safety

Job description

Plus Dane Housing is seeking a permanent senior leader to shape landlord compliance and building safety services. You will lead a high-performing team and drive safety standards, assurance and continuous improvement across multiple services and stakeholders.

The role combines strategic leadership with hands-on operational oversight, supporting residents, regulators and partners while translating evolving requirements into practical programmes.