Head of Building Safety

As the Head of Building Safety, you'll oversee building safety measures, ensuring compliance and protecting residents across the property portfolio . Your work will play a key role in maintaining high safety standards and supporting the construction department's operations.

Client Details

Our client is a well-funded and rapidly growing residential property investment and asset management business responsible for a substantial portfolio of affordable housing, shared ownership, and residential assets across England.

With a significant development pipeline and continued investment into new acquisitions and partnerships, they are seeking an experienced Head of Building Safety & Property Services to lead building safety, compliance, service charge management, and third-party property management activities across a diverse portfolio.

This is an excellent opportunity for a senior Building Safety Manager, Head of Property Services, Compliance Manager, Block Management Lead, Asset Manager, or Property Services professional seeking a strategic leadership role with significant influence across an expanding national portfolio.

Description

Lead the building safety and property services function across a diverse residential portfolio. Act as the senior specialist for building safety compliance, ensuring statutory obligations and regulatory requirements are consistently achieved. Provide strategic leadership on Building Safety Act requirements, resident safety, and compliance frameworks. Oversee building safety cases, compliance documentation, and ongoing regulatory reporting obligations. Develop and implement building safety policies, procedures, and governance frameworks. Provide expert advice to senior leadership teams, board members, investors, and joint venture partners on building safety and risk management matters. Lead relationships with external managing agents, consultants, contractors, and compliance specialists. Monitor and challenge third-party property management providers to ensure service delivery standards are achieved. Oversee service charge budget preparation, review, and approval processes across the portfolio. Ensure service charge expenditure is effectively managed and represents value for money for residents and stakeholders. Review service charge recoverability and support the production of annual reconciliations and financial forecasts. Work closely with finance, legal, development, and operational teams to support portfolio performance and risk mitigation. Oversee block management activities and ensure effective management of communal assets and shared facilities. Lead on compliance programmes relating to fire safety, building safety, health and safety, and statutory inspections. Ensure Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans (PEEPs) and resident safety arrangements are appropriately managed where required. Oversee remediation programmes, major works projects, and compliance-driven investment activities. Manage regulatory risks and ensure corrective actions are effectively identified, prioritised, and delivered. Support development and acquisition activities by providing building safety and operational due diligence. Deliver presentations, reports, and recommendations at board and executive level. Identify opportunities for efficiency improvements, cost savings, and operational enhancements across property services activities. Support strategic partnership arrangements with developers, investors, managing agents, and external stakeholders. Drive a culture of safety, accountability, customer service, and continuous improvement across the portfolio.Profile

Degree qualified in Building Surveying, Construction Management, Property Management, Real Estate, Asset Management, or a related discipline. Membership of RICS, IOSH, CIOB, IFSM, IFE, or a relevant professional body would be advantageous. Significant experience within building safety, property services, compliance, block management, or asset management leadership roles. Strong knowledge of the Building Safety Act, Fire Safety legislation, and residential compliance requirements. Proven experience managing building safety risks within occupied residential properties. Extensive experience overseeing external managing agents and third-party service providers. Strong understanding of service charge budgeting, forecasting, reconciliation, and financial management. Experience managing residential block management and operational property services functions. Comprehensive knowledge of fire safety, compliance programmes, resident safety, and regulatory obligations. Experience developing and implementing compliance frameworks, governance arrangements, and risk management strategies. Proven ability to influence and engage senior stakeholders, investors, board members, and development partners.Job Offer

Competitive salary dependent upon experience. Discretionary annual bonus scheme. Company vehicle or vehicle allowance arrangements. Additional salary sacrifice and wider benefits package. Opportunity to lead building safety and property services across a growing national residential portfolio. Exposure to affordable housing, shared ownership, and large-scale residential asset management. Strategic role with significant visibility amongst executive leadership and board-level stakeholders. Opportunity to influence compliance, resident safety, and asset performance across a substantial development and investment pipeline. Collaborative working environment with strong long-term growth ambitions. Excellent career progression opportunities within a well-capitalised and expanding property business