HRA Compliance Officer

Medway Council; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government organization in the United Kingdom is seeking a candidate to support the HRA Compliance Project Manager in ensuring compliance with statutory duties involving gas servicing, electrical safety, and more. Responsibilities include managing the compliance tracker, liaising with contractors, and providing performance reports. Ideal candidates should have experience in managing compliance in housing services. This role offers professional growth opportunities within the organization.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing compliance or housing services.
• Knowledge of statutory obligations regarding gas, electrical, and fire safety.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple tasks.

Responsibilities

• Assist the HRA Compliance Project Manager in ensuring compliance.
• Manage the HRA Compliance tracker and generate performance reports.
• Liaise with compliance contractors to ensure accurate reporting.

Job description

Job Introduction

To support the HRA Compliance Project Manager to ensure that the organisation's statutory duties, obligations and its objectives are achieved in respect of Gas Servicing, Legionella, Electrical, Asbestos, Fire, lifts and any other associated mechanical and electrical services within the council's housing stock.

Accountabilities and Outcomes

To assist the HRA Compliance Project Manager with ensuring statutory duties and objectives for Gas Servicing, Legionella, Electrical, Asbestos, Fire and other associated services within the council's housing stock. To provide advice and support to all Housing Staff as required in relation to the HRA's Compliance and servicing contracts. To ensure effective policies, processes and programmes provide assurance of ongoing statutory and regulatory compliance and delivery. To assist with administration and management of the core compliance service for housing assets, monitoring KPIs and escalating performance issues.

Responsibilities

• Act as the services expert in managing and maintaining True Compliance and the HRA Compliance tracker, and provide performance reports on compliance and remedials.
• Undertake PEEP's (Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans) and PCFRA's (Person Centred Fire Risk Assessments) as required.
• Ensure that all compliance related certificates are saved, readily accessible and accurate.
• Liaise with the HRA's compliance contractors ensuring that compliance reports, KPIs and certificates are accurate and received on time.
• Ensure compliance contractors provide their accreditations and evidence of competency on an annual basis.
• Attend residents' meetings as required; participate in Tenant Participation initiatives.
• Represent Medway Council's HRA Housing team at local and regional task groups relating to fire safety, disseminating learning and best practice throughout the organisation to ensure fire safety compliance.

Please contact Lee Deacon on [e-mail] for an informal discussion with the recruiting manager.

Career Progression Frameworks (CPF)

Career Progression Frameworks have been introduced for all roles at Medway Council. These frameworks provide a mechanism for employees to take ownership of their development within their post and be rewarded accordingly. Your salary will be at level A unless, based on assessment against the CPF criteria, you demonstrate that you are meeting the criteria of level B or C. Further opportunities exist to progress from level A to B or B to C.

Application Requirements

When writing your application, it is essential to identify your suitability against the requirements of the job profile. The person specification is split into three levels: Level A (essential), Level B (developed competencies), Level C (highest competence). Your application may be rejected if the minimum required criteria is not met. Further information on the requirements can be found in the CPF Guidance document attached.

Additional Information

For further information and details of the benefits of working for Medway Council, refer to the Medway information pack available as a download or online. Please be advised that if you are not contacted within 3 weeks of the advert closing date then you have not been shortlisted. All recruitment correspondence, including interview letters and contracts of employment will usually be sent out via email. For information on how Medway Council puts good practices in place to ensure employees and job applicants with mental health issues receive the right level of support, visit http://www.mindfulemployer.net/. We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time prior to the closing date.