Job Introduction
Calling all experienced Property Compliance superstars! If you love all things housing compliance and Fire Safety, and have experience of working at a manager level you might be just the person we are looking for.
We’re excited to be on the hunt for an experienced Property Compliance Manager (2 year fixed term) to join our team, reporting in to our Head of Health, Safety and Compliance.
We’re looking for someone to take responsibility for the effective management of all landlord compliance related activities for around 17,000 properties, including fire risk assessments and passenger lifts.
If you thrive on providing excellence in all aspects of service delivery, implementing best practice and always looking for improvements – then we can’t wait to hear from you!
About Yorkshire Housing
Here at Yorkshire Housing our customers are at the heart of what we do – we call it being customer obsessed.
In a nutshell we own and manage nearly 20,000 homes (and counting) across Yorkshire, and our mission is to make it possible for our customers to have a place they’re proud to call home.
We have huge growth plans, and that means we need to provide a professional service on all areas of fire safety management, ensuring our housing is fully compliant with appropriate regulations – is that where you can help?
What will you be doing?
This is a varied role with lots of responsibility, including advising the business on all aspects of fire safety; overseeing our in-house fire risk assessments and ensuring that we manage our external fire safety contractors effectively. You will also be managing our passenger lifts and personal lifting equipment to ensure that insurance inspections are carried out and any repairs or remedial works are implemented to minimise the impact on our customers.
Ensuring changes to legislation, codes of practice, policies and procedures are identified and implemented, you’ll also develop policies, procedures and specifications for all property fire safety and lift compliance activities to ensure compliance.
As part of being customer obsessed, you’ll be managing and leading a team contributing to the achievement of Yorkshire Housing’s corporate objectives to deliver excellent services, aiming for customer satisfaction along the way. You’ll set clear expectations of all individuals, discussing performance on a regular basis to motivate and create a culture of excellence in service delivery.
With budget and reporting accountability, you’ll be keeping all records and stakeholders up to date and supporting the implementation of key strategies to support our business plan, collecting and analysing complex data to support this.
A strong communicator, you’ll bring your practical knowledge of fire safety management, and experiences working with contractors and outside agencies to manage our service agreements.
If you’re reading this and think, this sounds like me but I want to know more about what I’ll be getting up to, you’ll find much more detailed info in the attached job description.
So, what do we need from you?
The answer is simple - if you are hardworking, driven and ready for a new challenge, we want to hear from you.
The below would also be great;
- IFE qualification (Institute of Fire Engineers) or equivalent
- Practical experience of leading and managing fire safety management at an operational and strategic level
- Experience of managing compliance and service agreements across a number of disciplines.
- Experienced in the collection and analysis of complex data and in the preparation of management reports to senior managers.
- Wide experience of tender and contract procedures
- Wide experience in the on-site supervision and quality control of all service contracts, specialist contractors and consultants
- Experience of dealing with outside agencies, such as the HSE, local authorities, fire service and insurance companies.
- Self-motivated and able to work autonomously
- Thorough knowledge of current Health and Safety best practice in relation to the above work elements
- Excellent communication, interpersonal and negotiating skills
- Practical attitude with ability to make decisions on best approach from a technical perspective.
- Project Management abilities and skills
- Actively promote value for money and efficiency
- Ability to evaluate plans and tender bids effectively
- Ability to influence others and generate team spirit
- Working knowledge and appreciation of IT applications.
- Willing to develop own skills and evidence of personal development
- Evidence of ability to develop others
- Appetite for transformational change and continuous improvement
- You must have the ability to work outside normal office hours on an occasional basis and a willingness to respond to occasional out of hours emergency calls
- Full drivers licence valid for the UK
- Personal values and approach that align with YH’s values
- Ability to work flexibly in line with Hub, Home and Roam principles.
- An understanding of Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity and how this is applied through our service to customers and colleagues
So, what’s in it for you…
We offer an excellent salary £53,430.71 plus £2,000 car allowance, for a 35-hour week plus 25 days annual leave (rising annually to 30 days) plus Bank Holidays.
We believe work is something you do not somewhere you go, you will have the flexibility to work from our hub, your home or while roaming as meets the needs of our business. As this role is varied and has demanding priorities, we would need you to be onboard with working in the evenings / at the weekends as required by workload.
That’s not all - we offer a reward package to suit everyone. At Yorkshire Housing, you can claim back for prescriptions, eye tests and more with our cash plan, make the most of a variety of retail discounts and take advantage of our pension scheme where we’ll match your contributions up to 9%, just to name a few.
One of our biggest priorities is the wellbeing of our staff and you can make the most of our readily available wellbeing support package. This includes access to a library of free fitness classes, as well as an instant My GP service and free counselling sessions with a trained professional.
So, now you’re really interested?
At Yorkshire Housing, we’re actively building a work environment that’s inclusive as well as diverse. We believe difference is what makes us stronger and recognise the importance of our teams reflecting the communities we serve, so we welcome and encourage candidates from all backgrounds for this role.
We know that not all candidates will meet every single desired requirement. If your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you, please go ahead and apply!
If you require additional support with your application, or have any questions, please contact us by email – recruitment@yorkshirehousing.co.uk
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