Job Description

Are you an experienced Building Safety professional? If so why not join the Aster Group as our Building Safety Team Leader.
In role you'll be ensuring the Building Safety Officers are effectively able to achieve their objectives and assist in ensuring we achieve compliance with all statutory provisions under the Building Safety Act in our Higher Risk Buildings. You'll be representing Aster as the Accountable Person, so your confidence in providing this support will be key to the success of the role.
You'll work collaboratively with the wider business regarding building safety compliance, working closely with the Building Safety Manager and other leaders to ensure building safety is promoted.
Your key responsibilities will include -

• Being responsible for leading a team of Building Safety Officers, who carry out crucial day to day activities. Ensuring the team deliver a customer focussed, compliance driven service.
• Ensuring an onsite presence is provided in our High Risk Buildings, allocating responsibility as required.
• Using Aster's systems to ensure fire safety measures and controls are operated effectively on a daily basis.
• Supporting the Building Safety Manager with providing assurance to the business on health and safety matters.
• Liaising closely with the Service Compliance Team to ensure all monitoring checks are being undertaken and that regular audit reports are provided to the Director and duty holder.

About you
You will bring to the role a good understanding of Building and Fire Safety strategies and systems within social housing. Ideally you will hold a health and safety qualification and a Fire Door Inspective qualification and will have understanding of risk and compliance management.
You will be able to lead a highly motivated team, who carry out work which is essential to the health and safety of our customers.
You'll have strong process management skills with the ability to manage date and keep accurate records.
You will be confident in your approach to complex situations, always considering risk and the bigger picture.
This is a hybrid role, where you can mainly base yourself from home. You will carry out monthly visits to our high risk buildings, which are mainly in London, but you will be required to travel throughout our operating region as needed.
As travel is required you will hold a full UK driving licence and will have access to a vehicle for work purposes.
Our operating region includes London, Hampshire, Wiltshire, Somerset, Dorset, Devon and Cornwall.
What's in it for me
We invest in our colleagues because we know if they have a better day at work, the service our customers receive will be better. The Aster Offer is our offer to our colleagues to ensure they have a great day at work and includes things like:

• Flexible working - whilst some roles need to be carried out in a specific place at a specific time, where possible we encourage our colleagues to work to their own schedule at a location that suits them, their team and our business' needs
• A focus on colleague wellbeing - workshops, an employee assistance programme offering counselling and support, mental health training and a health cash plan
• We invest in colleagues' careers and development through our leader and colleague development frameworks
• Defined Contribution Pension and attached life assurance
• Volunteering hours available to all colleagues to enable them to give back
• Savings at cinemas, gyms, holidays, days out, various shops and eateries and lots more
• Enhanced leave
• We celebrate colleagues who go above and beyond with a range of personalised recognition initiatives

Ready to apply?
To apply, please use information provided in the advert and role profile to let us know why you'd be good for the job. Please submit a copy of your up-to-date CV along with a supporting statement.
You will be required to undertake a basic DBS check if successful.
We create an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity and believe that creating an environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work is the right thing to do.
Aster is not a sponsorship organisation and all candidates will be required to verify their right to work in the UK prior to commencement of employment with the Aster Group & it's subsidiary brands.
The Company has experienced unprecedented growth over the past few years. We have a vast number of employees, and provide support to clients from all over the country.
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