Contract to start ASAP

Duration: 12 weeks with a possible extension.

Job Purpose

Westminster City Council is seeking an experienced Building Safety Lead to play a critical role in ensuring the safety and compliance of our housing stock, particularly High-Risk Buildings (HRBs), in line with the Building Safety Act 2022 and associated legislation.

This is a high-impact role with responsibility for building safety strategy, compliance delivery, and cultural change across the organisation.

The postholder will work closely with senior stakeholders, regulators, residents, contractors, and internal teams, and will be based primarily on-site at Victoria City Hall, with hybrid working available.

Responsibilities

Own, deliver and regularly review building safety policies, procedures, management plans and processes.

Lead the Building Safety Case programme, including oversight of registration of in-scope buildings with the Building Safety Regulator.

Quality assure Building Safety Case Reports and associated fire and structural risk assessments.

Ensure full compliance with the Building Safety Act 2022, Fire Safety Act 2021, and secondary legislation.

Act as the council's subject matter expert for all building safety matters.

Own and deliver Mandatory Occurrence Reporting processes.

Drive delivery of the golden thread of building safety information across all WCC housing assets.

Deliver the building safety competency framework in line with PAS 8672 standards.

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