Director of Health, Safety & Property Compliance

Job Description

We are Places for People, we manage affordable homes for people of all ages and circumstances to live and enjoy life, all across the country.We want you to join the Places for People Group and the 11,000 other colleagues on our journey; colleagues who have helped to build, manage, maintain places that people are proud to call home and stay active in. How do we do all this We surround ourselveswith big ideas people, trusted people and supportive people. Our people live and breathe our SPIRIT values; we are the place for spirited people.More about your roleDue to impending retirement we are looking for a new Director of Health, Safety and Property Compliance to work within our Affordable Housing business, a group of six landlords who collectively own and manage more than 71,000 homes. Our vision isto createand maintain neighbourhoods that are modern, relevant and fit for the future, providing a service that enables our customers to live their best lives. We are working to do that while providing a friendly, proactive and people first customer experience andsafe, efficient services providing value for money.As the Director of Health, Safety and Property Compliance you will provide leadership in driving a safety culture within our businesses and ensure that we meet all applicable statutory requirements. Ensuring robust auditing processes are in place to assurecompliance to legislative requirements including statutory landlord H&S legislationYou will have oversight of, and drive a coordinated approach to, two key areas; the health and safety of our people and the effectiveness of our policies and practices to ensure our properties are compliant with the relevant regulations and therefore safefor our customers.You will helpto drive continuous improvement in our approach to health, safety and compliance, working with the Groups Health & Safety function being the single point of contact for reporting, policy development and performance monitoring.For more information please download our job profile available on our website.More about youThe ideal candidate will be CMIOSH and able to demonstrate competency against the IOSH Competency Framework. You will possess detailed knowledge of health and safety legislation and compliance requirements for residential homes. You will have operated ata senior manager level and be comfortable both managing a team of compliance experts and providing strategic leadership in relation to health & safety.Previous experience of managing teams who are responsible for safety inspection processes and procedures across residential housing portfolios including risk assessments (e.g. fire safety, asbestos management, gas etc.) is essential. You will have a workingknowledge of Social Housing Policy and Practice and the relevant regulatory framework in England and Scotland. To be successful you will be analytical, with project management skills, with the ability to build effective working relationships, networks & partnerships.You should possess a customer-focused, people first agenda. Your work should always centre around the customer, making commercial andinnovative solutions to drive the business forward whilst putting people first. Above all you will be a hands-on, visibleleader with a positive can-do attitude.The benefitsWe are a large diverse and ambitious business, which will give you job security and all the challenge you could wish for. Here people can flourish, thrive, better themselves and work in fantastic communities with inspirational colleagues and customers.We know that theres always more we can do to make you smile, thats why we offer a comprehensive benefits package to help colleagues save money or make their lives a little bit easier which can include:

• Company car/allowance
• Bonus
• Excellent holiday pay with the ability to buy/sell leave
• Pension with matched contributions
• Extra perks including huge discounts and offers from shops, cinemas and much more.

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