Health, Safety, and Compliance Lead

Your new company
This organisation is proud to be at the forefront of delivering customer-focused housing services across a large regional portfolio. As a housing management provider, you will join a business responsible for managing and maintaining over 10,000 homes, alongside leasehold properties, commercial units, land, and neighbourhood assets.
Everything the organisation does is driven by a clear purpose: to provide safe homes and help build strong, thriving communities for everyone.
What sets the organisation apart is its commitment to reinvesting in communities. You will work closely with local authority partners and, importantly, with residents whose voices are represented and play a vital role in shaping services.

Joining means becoming part of an organisation where you can genuinely make a difference. You will have the opportunity to influence change, contribute to continuous improvement, and help deliver better outcomes for customers every day.

Your new role
As the Health, Safety, and Compliance Lead, you will take a leading role in ensuring the organisation delivers safe, compliant, and high-quality homes for residents. This is a critical position within the asset safety function, with responsibility for overseeing all aspects of building safety and regulatory compliance across a diverse housing portfolio.
Reporting to the Head of Asset Safety and operating as part of the wider leadership team, you will play a key role in shaping and delivering business plan priorities. You will lead a high-performing team responsible for asbestos and radon safety, fire safety, and environmental compliance, including water hygiene and waste water systems.
You will work collaboratively across the organisation to ensure safety and compliance remain at the forefront, embedding a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and customer focus. You will also lead on corporate environmental standards, working closely with health and safety colleagues to drive organisational Environmental, H&S performance.

In this role, you will:

Lead compliance across fire, asbestos, radon, and environmental safety areas
Manage and develop specialist teams, including senior managers and operational staff
Ensure full regulatory compliance, staying ahead of legislative changes and embedding best practice
Oversee a budget of approximately £6m, ensuring effective financial management and value for money
Drive risk management and safety culture, ensuring robust systems to identify and mitigate risk
Collaborate across the organisation to support capital investment and improvement programmes
What you'll need to succeed
To be successful, you will bring a strong blend of technical expertise, leadership capability, and a passion for delivering safe, high-quality services. You will thrive in a complex, regulated environment and be confident influencing at both operational and strategic levels.
You will have:

Relevant qualifications and experience (ideally equivalent to CIH Level 4, or willingness to work towards this), alongside significant professional experience
Strong building safety expertise within housing property maintenance
In-depth knowledge of compliance and building safety legislation
Proven leadership and people management experience, with the ability to lead and develop multidisciplinary teams
A good understanding of financial controls, procurement practices, and value-for-money delivery
What you'll get in return
This is more than just a job, it's an opportunity to build a rewarding career with an organisation that values its people and the communities it serves.

The reward packageincludes:

Generous annual leave to support work-life balance
Contributory pension scheme
Flexible hybrid working arrangements
Ongoing training and development opportunities
A clear commitment to professional and personal growth
What you need to do now
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