Assistant Director - Building Safety
Posted 4 days ago by Northern Ireland Housing Executive
£87,820 Per year
Undetermined
Undetermined
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Summary: The Assistant Director - Building Safety will lead the Housing Executive's initiatives on Building Safety, managing a team of specialists to ensure compliance with statutory safety regulations. This role involves regular reviews of compliance approaches and the implementation of new regulations as they arise. The position is permanent and based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in delivering building safety services across high-risk residential buildings.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the Housing Executive's approach to Building Safety.
- Manage a team of specialists to deliver building safety services.
- Conduct regular reviews of compliance approaches.
- Oversee statutory compliance functions including Gas, Electrical, Asbestos, Legionella, and Fire safety.
- Implement outputs of the Building Safety Bill for High Risk Residential Buildings.
Key Skills:
- Degree level qualification in a relevant subject (construction, fire safety, built environment) or equivalent professional membership.
- Experience in managing building safety compliance.
- Strong leadership and team management skills.
- Knowledge of statutory safety regulations and compliance functions.
- Ability to adapt to new regulations and legislation.
Salary (Rate): £87,820 yearly
City: Belfast
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Job ref: 2025-160
Job type: Permanent
Location: 2 Adelaide Street, Belfast
Salary: £78,108 - £87,820
Closing date: Thursday 18 Sep 2025 16:30
Please note that although this job advert is for a permanent post, offers for fixed term contracts may also be made from this file.
BAND: 9
Job Purpose
To lead the Housing Executive's approach to Building Safety and successfully manage a team of specialists to deliver building safety* services to the wider organisation. To ensure regular reviews of our overall compliance approach are carried out and taking the lead on building safety work as new regulation and legislation come into being. building safety services include the fulfilling of our statutory compliance functions (Gas, Electrical, Asbestos, Legionella, Fire etc) and delivering the outputs of the impending Building Safety Bill to our High Risk Residential Buildings.
Requirements
Either:
i) Possess a minimum of a degree level qualification (level 6) in a relevant subject e.g. construction, fire safety or built environment OR
ii) Can demonstrate equivalent continuing professional development through full professional membership of a recognised professional body appropriate to the role such as Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE), Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH)
APPLICATION PROCESS
Application should be made using the on-line application form. Instructionson how to complete the on-line form appears once the form has been accessed. Make sure you follow these instructions. LATE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED EVEN IF DELAYED DUE TO TECHNICAL REASONS. PLEASE NOTE THAT IF YOU ARE LOCKED OUT OF YOUR GETGOT ACCOUNT IT WILL TAKE A MINIMUM OF 10 MINUTES TO RESET YOUR PASSWORD. IF AN APPLICATION IS LATE BECAUSE OF THIS IT WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. It is the responsibility of each candidate to ensure that all such information is provided. Candidates who fail to provide sufficient information on which a panel might determine their eligibility for the post will not be shortlisted.
The Housing Executive is an equal opportunities employer. We particularly welcome applications from members of the Protestant community who are currently under represented in parts of our workforce.
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