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Building Safety Manager

Employer
The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea Council
Location
Kensington and Chelsea, London (Greater)
Salary
£46,000 - £62,200 per annum
Closing date
9 Oct 2020

About Us:

This department is responsible for housing, communities and improving the lives of local residents.  This includes landlord services and estate management, planning, refurbishment, and advice and support to help maintain healthy and safe homes.

A significant part of our work is focused on creating stronger communities, by working together with local residents on recovery following the Grenfell tragedy. 

In response to London’s affordable homes crisis, we are committed to building more social housing to help people on lower incomes to live, work, and raise their families in the borough. Our housing team also work closely with affordable housing providers and other agencies to manage homelessness, and give support to older residents to live independently.  Find out more about our vacancies here.

The Role:

Joining a busy fire safety team comprising nine other colleagues, you will assist in implementing a customer-focused building safety service.

You will work with colleagues across Housing Management and the broader Council to ensure that Building Safety Cases are maintained and that residents are at the heart of our service.

Please refer to the Job Description for more information. 

About You:

You will have experience of working in a fast-paced environment, managing safety of facilities, ideally in a multi-site environment.  

You will have considerable experience in customer or stakeholder-focused engagement in facilities and safety management, and will be able to balance numerous tasks and deadlines, working to a high standard.  

You will be an excellent communicator and will have experience of working with stakeholders across multiple departments.

Role Requirements:

The role will require a practical understanding of facilities and safety management. You will be required to manage customer engagement in the safety arrangements for the buildings that you are responsible for.  

You will understand, manage and update as necessary the relevant Building Safety Case, working with the fire safety team to ensure that safety is managed throughout the building lifecycle.  

You will work with colleagues across departments to ensure that their work and activities are planned and carried out safely in your buildings.

We work in partnership with Hampshire County Council (HCC) who deliver many transactional services on our behalf. Although most communications will be from HCC, all selection and appointment decisions will be made by RBKC. Certain services are shared across more than one Council area to nearby neighbouring Authorities. This enhances delivery and reduces costs. Your recruitment information will advise if your remit extends beyond RBKC.

We will primarily contact candidates by e-mail throughout the recruitment process, please monitor your email junk / spam folder as our system generated emails may be allocated to these folders by your email settings.

We engage our staff with a variety of learning types including face-to-face and virtual learning because we want to ensure our staff understand our values and behaviours, grow their skills and develop their careers.

Additional information

RBKC is currently inclusively reviewing its pay, reward and benefits framework.

This post is covered by the Fluency Duty, as outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers.

We are committed to promoting equality and respecting diversity and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

We are a Disability Confident Employer – committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible. 

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