Lead Compliance Officer Fire Safety and Asbestos

Position: Lead Compliance Officer Fire Safety and Asbestos (Permanent)
Lead Compliance Officer Fire Safety and Asbestos - Greater London (South West) - Hybrid Working (expected average 70% at home) - up to £55,000 starting salary - 32 to 38 days holiday (inc. 8 bank holidays) - Social Housing - Local Government Pension Scheme - Leading Employee Assistance Programme - Flexible Working, promoting a work-life balance - Permanent Position - Job Security with Career Progression opportunities.

A leading Local Government body who encourage personal development, offer great benefits and are a compassionate employer require a Lead Compliance Officer Fire Safety and Asbestos in Greater London (South West) to act as the point of contact for staff, peers in other organisations and other stakeholders regarding all matters of Fire Safety and Asbestos Management.

Duties for the role of Lead Compliance Officer Fire Safety and Asbestos in Greater London (South West) include:

* Approach - Manage a team with a risk based approach to ensure that Fire Risk Assessments, as well as Asbestos Surveys are managed in accordance with relevant Regulations and the resulting remedial actions are carried out within the required timescales.

* Compliance - Ensuring the organisation remains legally compliant in line with government regulations and guidance.

* Programmes - Manage the Fire Risk Assessment programme, Asbestos re-inspection programme and asbestos register, with particular emphasis on ensuring review dates are met and all actions are logged with the correct priority.

* Remedial Works - Ensure that any programme of asbestos and fire safety-related remedial works are monitored, delivered on time and measured against clearly defined success parameters, ensuring performance issues are promptly and appropriately addressed, highlighting potential impact on current and future budget requirements. Ensure the project team, and project managers, place orders and processes invoices as required according to relevant procedures.

* Liaison - Liaise with colleagues, residents and other departments as appropriate, to ensure timely and effective management of fire risk assessment remedial actions; highlighting potential impact on future budget requirements. Act as the main point of contact with the London Fire Service and provide input as required to other enforcement agencies.

* Enquiries & Complaints - Deal with enquiries and complaints advising and dealing sympathetically with them, ensuring adequate consultation and liaison. Respond to complex and official complaints and Members’ enquiries within prescribed timescales and produce reports and place all appropriate orders as required.

* Intra-Borough Collaboration - Work closely with the Estates team, Housing Officers and Sheltered Housing Officers, allocating and managing relevant actions and ensuring completion of actions and timely updating of databases.

* Contributing - Contribute effectively to the training and motivation of new and existing staff and ensure colleagues are aware of current regulations, procedures, practices and instructions. Maintain suitable records concerning progress.

* Specifications, etc - Work with colleagues to ensure specifications, schedules of work, any cost/estimates and works order/contracts comply with appropriate legislation, codes of practice, British/European standards, the Council's Standard, the Council’s Standing Orders and financial regulations.

* Reports - Compile reports for the Head of Property and Senior Management Team regarding progress, new legislation, financial impact and emerging issues. Produce reports for the Head of Property and Senior Management Team and Stakeholders regarding progress, new legislation, budget projection and emerging issues.

* Meetings - Represent at and/or Chair meetings (local or regional) regarding current and emerging Fire Safety policy or Asbestos Management plans.

* National Direction - Work with colleagues to ensure that recommendations from the Fire Safety Act are embedded into the clients working practices, in line with emerging policy.

* Professional Development - Maintain awareness and manage and implement changes in relevant legislation from local and central government and…