Head of Fire Safety Delivery

The role

As the current position holder is retiring in the summer Southern Housing is seeking a fire safety professional to join the team as the Head of Fire Safety Delivery.

Are you a strong leader with a passion for promoting a positive safety culture and managing delivery?

Southern Housing is seeking a Head of Fire Safety Delivery to lead critical fire safety programmes across our portfolio. Reporting to the Director of Building Safety you'll be leading the delivery of the fire risk assessment programme to ensure compliance with legislation and the highest safety standards.

Implementing best practices and innovations to enhance contract management efficiency and effectiveness. You will plan, mobilise, and deliver passive fire safety works while ensuring consultation, engagement, quality, compliance, and commercial management processes are meticulously followed.

In addition, you will lead the fire door checking programme and coordinate remedial and replacement works in line with the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022.

You will work to ensure residents have a voice on fire safety decisions that impact them, and that they have opportunities to express their views.

If you're ready to take on this pivotal role, we want to hear from you. Join us at Southern Housing and work with us to prevent fire and keep people safe.

This is a hybrid role with minimum requirement of two days a week in the office.

What you'll need

• Excellent knowledge of fire safety legislation, with a relevant professional/qualification in fire safety/fire practice, or equivalent qualification in a related field.
• A track record in managing large building projects particularly high rise block/complex buildings refurbishment.
• Strong commercial/financial track record developed at a senior level within a Contracts Management environment.
• Strategic thinking and decision-making skills to develop and implement complex programmes of assessment and works.
• Self-motivated with strong organisational skills and the ability to work autonomously.
• Proven leadership skills, with the ability to guide and inspire a team in achieving organisational goals.

Closing date: Sunday 13 April 2025 at midnight

We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time depending on the volume of applications we receive.

About us

At Southern Housing, our residents are at the heart of everything we do. As one of the largest housing providers in the UK with over 77,000 homes across London, the Southeast, the Isle of Wight, and the Midlands, we give over 167,000 people somewhere affordable to call their own!We also understand the difference that safe, secure, and affordable homes can make to people's lives.

A career at Southern Housing will allow you to make a difference every day you come to work. Working in the housing sector with us will bring fresh challenges and give you the opportunity to grow and develop, too.

What's in it for you

Pension

Life
assurance

Healthcare cash plan

Eyecare & dental

Birthday
leave

Retailers discounts

Cycle
to work

Buy & sell
annual leave

Season ticket loan

In-house academy & career development

Flexible working

Inclusion & Diversity

We work hard to create a diverse and inclusive culture and environment where people are respected for who they are. Encouraging inclusion is not just about protected characteristics, it's about celebrating differences of thought, opinion, experience and perspective of each individual.

We're all different in our own way and we want our colleagues to feel comfortable, that they belong, and are safe to be themselves at work, without fear of being judged or excluded, but valued for their contribution to our One Team approach.