Building Safety Manager

Building Safety Manager

Closing date | Monday 22 April 2019 at 9am

Contract | Permanent

Salary | £39,140.00​ per annum

Hours | 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday)

Location | South Wimbledon with regular travel to other locations within London

Interview date| Tuesday 7 May 2019

Benefits | As part of your employment package with us, we offer:

• Competitive salary, comprehensive training and development programme, 
• 25 days annual leave increasing by 1 day each year (dependent on length of service up to 5 years) + 8 bank holidays
• Option to buy or sell annual leave up to one week’s annual leave
• Health cash plan providing cash back towards healthcare bills and other wellbeing benefits including a yearly eye test up to £60
• Occupational sick pay
• Occupational Health
• Contributory group pension scheme
• Free life assurance 4x salary
• Salary Sacrifice Scheme (eg. cycle to work0 and interest free season ticket loan
• Enhanced Maternity/Paternity pay

Flexible working arrangements may be possible and can be discussed during the recruitment process.

About The Role

You will be responsible for leading and developing the Facilities services team to ensure that we meet or exceed quality standards and regulatory requirements.  You will provide guidance and information regarding Health and Safety and Fire Safety to all our service delivery teams.  You will oversee that day to day management of many of our contracts to ensure that external services are delivered in accordance with the contact and that any difficulties are addressed in a timely and positive manner.

You will have experience of successfully leading and managing a facilities service.  You will have good technical knowledge of key agencies, legislation and practices within a wider facilities management remit.  You will have a participative approach and a commitment to involving customers in service delivery. You will be a communicator who can negotiate and influence when needed.  

About  Evolve Housing + Support

Evolve is a leading homelessness charity in London, providing housing and support to over 2,000 people each year. 

We believe in building on people’s strengths, aspirations and goals to help break the cycle of homelessness and help them move forward with their lives. 

We offer a programme of support tailored to meet people’s individual needs, including housing, employment and skills training, mentoring and counselling. We work with young parents and children at risk of exclusion to build the skills and resilience that can help prevent homelessness. We campaign to end street homelessness. We build affordable homes to help people move on to an independent life. 

Our mission is to help children, young people and adults who are homeless or at risk of homelessness reach their potential, and move on to live happy, fulfilled lives.

Your Application

We are an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from all sections of the community, including people who have experienced homelessness themselves.

Click the apply button and follow the instructions.

You will be directed the career page where you will be required to complete an application form as well as:

Please upload a Supporting Statement outlining:

• Experience of leading and managing a facilities service
• Experience of managing contracts/contractors
• Current and good knowledge and practical application of health & safety and fire safety law and legislation
• Technical Knowledge of key agencies, legislation and practices within a wider facilities management remit
• Ability to manage budgets tightly and use resources to deliver effective services.

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