Location
Stratford, London - agile working (home, office and site combined)

Hours
Full Time - 35 hours per week

Salary
£35,951 - £45,500 per annum depending on experience plus Essential Car User Allowance of £1,300 per annum

About the Role
Join the Building Safety Team at London and Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) as an Assistant Building Safety Manager. You will support Building Safety Managers in ensuring building safety compliance across properties within your management. This role involves site inspections, gathering building information, and assisting in the creation of Building Safety Case Reports. You will collaborate closely with Lead Building Safety Managers, the Head of Service, the Director of Building Compliance & Engagement, and the Strategic Building Safety Team.

You will promote, communicate, and engage across the organisation on building safety matters, working with residents, leaseholders, internal teams, and external stakeholders. Clear and confident communication is essential. You will actively contribute to ‘whole building safety’ discussions in meetings and help raise the profile and awareness of the Building Safety Team’s objectives and activities.

This role ensures fire safety and building safety activities are accurately tracked and traceable through the Golden Thread, providing sufficient evidence to all stakeholders. Responsibilities include contract management of consultants and service providers to source and provide building safety information for buildings under your remit.

You will support Building Safety Managers in fulfilling duties required by the Building Safety Act and secondary legislation, ensuring buildings are safe to occupy and comply with relevant regulations. You will regularly review maintenance and testing activities, assess potential risks including fire and structural matters, and deliver high-quality building safety management aligned with policy, procedures, legislation, and government guidance.

If you are motivated to contribute to building safety and resident wellbeing, we encourage you to apply.

Experience
- Ability to liaise effectively with a broad range of stakeholders to achieve collaborative outcomes.
- Experience supporting team members and promoting a strong, cohesive team culture.
- Ability to support colleagues through periods of rapid change including new policies, procedures, and legislative requirements.
- High level of computer literacy with ability to input and retrieve data from various management systems.

About you
Confident communicator who can engage with residents, leaseholders, internal teams, and external stakeholders. Motivated to promote building safety and contribute positively to team objectives. Able to work effectively in a hybrid agile environment.

Qualifications
Hold or be willing to work towards a relevant Building Safety qualification. This should be clearly stated in your application.