Building Safety Manager

ABOUT US\n
\nThe Guinness Partnership is one of the leading providers of affordable housing in England. We build and manage homes and provide housing services for nearly 160,000 residents nationwide. 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 residents, our communities and our people, any profit we make is re-invested in new and existing homes and improving services.\n
\n The Guinness Partnership is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all colleagues, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.\n
JOB DESCRIPTION\n
About the role\n
\n 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.\n
What we're looking for\n
\n We are looking for someone who has experience of ensuring high risk and complex buildings within the scope of legislation are compliantly managed, maintained safely and evidenced through the creation and continued management of building safety cases presented to the Building Safety Regulator.\n
You will be able to demonstrate these essential skills:\n
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• Extensive knowledge and understanding of fire safety legislation and guidance, building regulations and technical standards.
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• Experience of updating and maintaining detailed information systems ensuring that data is logged accurately and consistently.
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• Experience of working with multiple stakeholders in a building safety capacity to achieve common goals.
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• Ability to challenge unacceptable behaviour or practice and raise, escalate or flag risks to safety.
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• Very strong communication and presentation skills, both oral and written.
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• Excellent computer literacy skills.
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• Proven experience of analysing potentially complex and difficult situations and recommending appropriate, practical and responsive solutions in a sensitive manner.
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• Capable of explaining building safety issues to internal and external stakeholders including residents in a clear and concise manner.
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• Ability to compile detailed and concise reports on building safety issues and present these to senior colleagues.
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• Demonstrate the Guinness Behaviours.
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• Demonstrates the Guinness Leadership and Management Standard.
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Qualifications\n
Essential:\n
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• NEBOSH fire safety (or equivalent).
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• Membership of IFE or IFSM.
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Desirable:\n
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• Building related degree or similar qualification.
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• Higher grade fire safety related qualification.
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*Shortlisting is scheduled for August 4, 2026, with interviews taking place on August 12, 13, and 14, 2026 *\n
\n 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.\n
\nTGPCVL\n
Benefits\n
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• Holidays: We offer 25 27 days holiday a year, plus bank holidays. We will also give you the opportunity to buy up to an additional 5 days. You will also receive additional holiday in line with your length of service (1 extra day per 5 years service, capped at 4 days).
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• Competitive Pension Scheme: We will help you save for your retirement through our workplace pension scheme. Guinness match your contribution up to 9%. To help you get the most out of your pension contributions, we operate a salary sacrifice arrangement that means you will pay less National Insurance contributions.
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• Benefits Portal: We have a lifestyle benefits scheme, pulling together a range of special offers and great deals. You can make some great savings on everyday shopping from fashion and electronics to travel, leisure and days out and weekly supermarket shopping.
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• Performance Pay: Annual Performance Score bonus subject to eligibility
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• Life Assurance: For peace of mind Guinness provides three times salary life cover in the event of your death
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• Health Plan Options: There are a couple of health care schemes available depending on the post grade
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• VDU/DSE: Free eye test vouchers every 2 years with £55 contribution to glasses if requires for VDU work
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Additional benefits include:\n
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• Access to the Finance wellbeing portal
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• Professional subscription annual payment
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• Travel season ticket loan
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• Car lease scheme
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