Harrow Council - Building Safety Manager

• Act as the Council's main point of contact for housing & building safety and compliance and provide technical advice and expertise to the Council providing clear advice, guidance, training and instruction regarding general safety and fire safety to all stakeholders including residents, members, senior officer's colleagues.

• Ensure best practice is place followed is in place for the procurement of repairs contracts for statutory compliance areas for the Council's social housing stock.Manage the resources of the Health and Safety Team to reduce risk and ensure the Health Safety and Wellbeing, as far as is reasonably practicable, of the Councils' employees, service users, residents, occupiers, volunteers, visitors, contractors, and all those affected by its undertaking
• To monitor health and safety compliance throughout the business and initiate remedial action where necessary.
• Ensure compliance with the Building Safety Act 2022.
• Manage the Golden Thread of information on all Harrow`s HRRB`s.
• Management of 3 permanent staff and temporary staff as required.
• Implement and champion, through service and staff development, the Council's Health and Safety, Equal Opportunity and Information Security Policies.
• To ensure that the post holder complies with their responsibilities as laid out in the council's health and safety policy and takes an active role in promoting a positive health and safety culture.
• Promote and ensure participation in the Council's individual performance appraisal and development initiatives and information management best practice.
• To motivate, train, develop and performance manage staff to maintain an effective workforce capable of meeting its objectives.
• To manage the function or team so that the services provided are responsive to customer requirements, accessible to all areas of the community and provide value for money.
• To develop the structures, systems and policies necessary to support effective service delivery.

If you are interested in this role please send your updated CV in the first instance.