Head of Compliance and Building Safety

Plus Dane; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

35 days annual leave

Pension contribution 10%

Christmas closedown

Wellbeing support

Training and development

Job summary

Plus Dane is seeking a permanent senior leader to oversee compliance and building safety across property services, Healthy Homes, assets, development and housing in the Liverpool area. You will translate regulation into practical delivery while guiding a high-performing team.

You will manage budgets and contracts, drive data quality and risk reporting, and engage residents and regulators to maintain safe, accessible homes.

Responsibilities

• Shape compliance and building safety strategy and policies, translating legislative changes into clear responsibilities and practical delivery.
• Oversee gas, asbestos, water hygiene, fire, electrical, lift and other servicing programmes, ensuring inspections and remedial actions are completed.
• Lead fire and building safety risk management, including higher-risk building safety cases and resident engagement where applicable.
• Own data quality, risk registers and performance reporting; support audits, verify action closure and elevate overdue work and safety concerns.
• Plan and manage budgets, procurement and specialist contracts, testing competence, quality and value for money.
• Develop your team, strengthen partnerships and accessible customer communications, and lead the compliance contribution to incident response and learning.

Job description

You'll combine strategic leadership with hands-on operational oversight, working across Property Services, Healthy Homes, Assets, Development and Housing, alongside residents, regulators and specialist partners.

Expect competing priorities and decisions that need sound judgement. You'll need to challenge confidently, escape safety concerns and explain complex issues clearly and honestly.

What you will be doing

You'll:

• Shape compliance and building safety strategy, policies and improvement plans, translating legislative change into clear responsibilities and practical delivery;
• Oversee gas, asbestos, water hygiene, fire, electrical, lift and other relevant servicing programmes, ensuring inspections and remedial actions are completed and evidenced;
• Lead fire and building safety risk management, including higher-risk building safety cases, golden-thread records and resident engagement where applicable to our duties;
• Own data quality, risk registers and performance reporting; support audits, verify action closure and promptly elevate overdue work, no-access cases and material safety concerns;
• Plan and manage budgets, procurement and specialist contracts, testing competence, quality and value for money, and ensuring property changes and handovers are reflected in compliance records; and
• Develop your team, strengthen partnerships and accessible customer communications, and lead the compliance and building safety contribution to incident response and learning.

You may already lead compliance and building safety services, or bring relevant senior leadership experience from building surveying, construction, property or fire safety. What matters is your proven ability to lead compliance and building safety teams in a regulated environment and turn technical expertise into safe, customer-focused services.

You'll be open and collaborative, with strong personal integrity and the confidence to ask difficult questions. You'll develop others, make proportionate risk-based decisions and keep customers at the heart of your approach.

What you really need

You'll need:

• A relevant Level 5 qualification, or equivalent demonstrable professional competence, in building safety, building surveying, construction, property, fire safety or a related discipline;
• CIH Level 5, or a willingness to work towards it, plus a recognised leadership and management qualification at Level 5 or above, or equivalent demonstrable senior leadership experience;
• A strong track record of leading building safety and compliance teams, with demonstrable success in developing technical competence and embedding a transparent, accountable safety culture;
• Experience in compliance audits, gap analysis and risk management, including verified closure of audit and inspection actions;
• Practical knowledge of the Building Safety Act 2022, Building Regulations and the distinct responsibilities of statutory duty holders; and
• Experience managing compliance contracts and performance, working with statutory and regulatory bodies, and managing budgets and forecasts.
• Housing-sector knowledge, resident engagement experience, relevant professional membership and experience leading service or systems improvements would be valuable, but are not essential.

Ready to make your next move?

Bring your leadership, technical judgement and commitment to safer homes to Plus Dane. If you're ready to shape a service where evidence leads to action and customers come first, we'd love to hear from you.

Your expertise can make a lasting difference to the people who call our homes their own. Join Plus Dane in a permanent senior leadership role, shaping landlord compliance and building safety services, leading a high performing team and driving high standards of safety, assurance and continuous improvement., Plus Dane provides homes and services to over 30,000 people across Merseyside and Cheshire. We help individuals and communities thrive by tackling social inequality, and our values guide how we work together, achieve for our customers, take ownership, learn and grow.

Salary: £77,231.35 per year | Permanent | 35 hours per week | Liverpool/Cheshire, with occasional travel between Plus Dane locations.

Why join us?

• Make safety matter every day
• Lead services that protect customers, colleagues and contractors, with a clear focus on managing building safety risks and seeing remedial actions through to completion.
• Shape the service, not just the strategy
• Translate changing requirements into practical programmes, stronger controls and measurable improvements.
• Lead people and build confidence
• Develop the Compliance Team, support technical competence and create a culture where colleagues take ownership and raise concerns.
• Bring clarity where it counts
• Give senior leaders and the Board reliable, evidence-based assurance that makes risks, priorities and decisions clear.

Your benefits

Alongside your salary, you'll receive:

• 35 days' annual leave plus bank holidays
• 10% employer pension contribution
• Three-day Christmas closedown
• Wellbeing support
• Ongoing training and development