About Us
The Guinness Partnership is one of the leading providers of social housing and care services in England. We build and manage homes and provide housing services to around 140,000 customers nationwide. Of our 70,000 homes, more than 70% are let at a social or affordable rent, while around 10,000 are owned or part-owned by the people who live in them.
Our vision is to deliver great service, provide great homes, to be a great business and to be a great place to work. Because everything we do is about our customers, our communities and our people, any profit we make is re-invested in new and existing homes and improving services.
About the role
We have an exciting opportunity for a Building Safety Manager to join the Guinness Team. This is a permanent, full-time vacancy based in our London, Euston Road office. This role is agile-based, enabling flexible, collaborative working to support responsive decision-making and continuous improvement in building safety.
The overall purpose of the role is to ensure high risk and complex buildings within the scope of legislation are compliantly managed and maintained safely and evidenced through the creation and continued management of building safety cases presented to the Building Safety Regulator.
What we’re looking for
We know that how we do things is just as important as what we do, so you’ll not only be highly self-motivated with the rigour to pursue goals, but you’ll also be a confident collaborator, networker and relationship builder with a willingness to go the extra mile to get the job done.
You’ll be able to demonstrate
Essential:
* Extensive knowledge and understanding of fire safety legislation and guidance, building regulations and technical standards.

* Experience of updating and maintaining detailed information systems ensuring that data is logged accurately and consistently.

* Experience of working with multiple stakeholders in a building safety capacity to achieve common goals.

* Ability to challenge unacceptable behaviour or practice and raise, escalate or flag risks to safety.

* Very strong communication and presentation skills, both oral and written.

* Excellent computer literacy skills.

* Proven experience of analysing potentially complex and difficult situations and recommending appropriate, practical and responsive solutions in a sensitive manner.

* Capable of explaining building safety issues to internal and external stakeholders including residents in a clear and concise manner.

* Ability to compile detailed and concise reports on building safety issues and present these to senior colleagues.

* Demonstrate the Guinness Behaviours.

* Demonstrates the Guinness Leadership and Management Standard.

Qualifications
Essential:
* NEBOSH fire safety (or equivalent).

* Membership of IFE or IFSM.

Desirable:
*Level 6 Diploma in Building Safety Management (or willing to undertake this qualification upon joining).
* Building related degree or similar qualification.

* Higher grade fire safety related qualification.

*Please note the advertised salary includes a £6,000 Local Job Supplement that you only receive if based from our London office*
If you’re interested in finding out more about the key responsibilities of the role and/or to ensure you meet the essential criteria, please review the attached role profile.
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