Job Description

Title: Asbestos Technical Lead Officer
Contract Type: Permanent, Full Time, 35 hours per week
Salary: 47,135 per annum to 55,000 per annum dependent on experience plus 1,300 Essential Car User Allowance*
Grade: 9
Reporting Office: London, Stratford
Agile Worker: 20% - 40% of contractual hours to be worked from reporting office/working location (hybrid working)
Closing Date: 27th February 2026 at 11pm
Interview Dates: 10th March 2026 via MS Teams
include: Excellent pension plan (up to 6% double contribution), 28 days Annual Leave rising to 31 days with length of service + Bank Holidays, Westfield Health Cash Plan, non-contributory life assurance, up to 21 hours volunteering paid days, lifestyle benefits, Employee Assistance Programme and ...
Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the advertisement and interview earlier than stated.
Join our Asbestos and Water Compliance Team at L&Q:
This an excited opportunity to join a new asbestos team that will deliver the full range of asbestos services and work to the highest standards to keep our residents, colleagues and contractors safe.
We are looking for someone who understands asbestos compliance inside out and is prepared to challenge, improve and reshape how it's delivered. You will take ownership of our asbestos strategy across a large, complex housing portfolio, ensuring residents, colleagues and contractors are protected not just by meeting regulations, but by driving standards beyond them.
You will play a central role in a newly formed compliance function, with genuine scope to influence direction, embed robust systems and raise expectations. We want someone who sees gaps, questions assumptions and implements smarter ways of working.
Reporting to the Compliance Manager, you will provide technical authority across the organisation and lead, manage and develop an Asbestos Officer. This is an opportunity to leave a mark to shape policy, strengthen governance and build a compliance culture that is confident, decisive and uncompromising on safety.
If you are comfortable operating at scale, confident in your judgement, and motivated by impact rather than routine, we want to hear from you.
If this sounds like you, we would love for you to apply!
Your impact in the role:

• Provide leadership and technical support to both the team and wider organisation
• Identify improvements and work with a team to implement and monitor their effectiveness
• To take every opportunity to influence the behaviour of others and demonstrate the importance of asbestos compliance whilst remaining collaborative and supportive

What you'll bring:

• Your experience of working in the asbestos sector and understanding the challenges faced by our consultants and remediation contractors
• Your knowledge of the practical application of asbestos legislation, survey and removal techniques and asbestos administration
• Holds BOHS Proficiency Modules in Asbestos (or equivalent and/or higher)
• Your communication skills, able to work collaboratively within a team interacting with internal and external customers stakeholders at all levels, as well as good report writing and presentation skills

If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage during this process, including application stage, please email
About L&Q:
We're one of the UK's leading housing associations and developers. We were founded on a simple belief: high quality housing is vital for people's health, happiness and security. Everyone deserves a quality home that gives them the chance to live a better life.
250,000 people call our properties 'home', and we're proud to serve diverse communities across London, the South East and North West of England.
People are at the heart of our business and our success depends on employing the best people and getting the best from them. The foundation of everything that we are is built on our corporate , which outlines our core expectations and should be demonstrated at all times, and all levels, when representing L&Q.
At L&Q, we know that diversity and inclusion make us stronger - and they're at the heart of everything we do.
When we recruit, we look at what really matters: your skills, experience, and potential. We're proud to be recognised for creating an inclusive workplace. We're a Disability Confident Leader (Level 3) and we've introduced our own Recruitment Advocate scheme to make sure every step of our hiring process is fair, transparent, and consistent. It's all part of our commitment to ending discrimination and making L&Q a place where everyone feels welcome. Find out more .
Sustainability is also at the heart of what we do. We recognise the responsibility we hold as one of the UK's largest housing associations.
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