Overview
We’re seeking a Head of Fire and Building Safety to provide both strategic leadership and hands‑on operational oversight of VIVID’s Building and Fire Safety portfolio, ensuring full compliance with all statutory and regulatory obligations. You will lead the Building and Fire Safety team with overall responsibility for the safety of our residents, assets and neighbouring communities, including our High‑Risk Residential Buildings, while maintaining compliance across the wider portfolio in line with current and emerging legislation, regulation and best practice.
Role Requirements
The Head of Fire and Building Safety will lead the fire risk assessment programme, oversee and drive remedial actions, and be responsible for delivering VIVID’s building remediation programme, securing funding and pursuing recovery through the Responsible Actors Scheme. You will also act as the accountable person for the Regulation 38 process on new developments, ensuring fire safety is embedded from design through to occupation. You will own and maintain the full suite of Building & Fire Safety documentation, including the Fire Strategy, contracts, procedures and reports, ensuring they are up to date, robust and regularly reviewed. A key focus will be improving the quality of data and electronic systems used to capture, manage and report building and fire safety information, while continuously identifying new initiatives, learning from best practice and positioning the service as professional, high‑performing and sector‑leading. You will ensure the service strikes the right balance between safety, customer outcomes and value for money, drives continuous improvement, and stands up as an exemplar when benchmarked against comparable providers. Alongside this, you will ensure full compliance with all regulatory, legal, audit and best‑practice requirements and provide strong, effective contract management, setting and delivering clear performance and budgetary targets.
Contract and Working Hours
Contractually based out of our Portsmouth or Basingstoke office, this is a full‑time permanent role, working 37 hours per week. You will be expected to attend the office 3 days a week to enable you to build strong working relationships with your teams. When you are performing in the role, we would offer flexibility in your work location, either the office or home, and you would be expected to work in the office as required.
Benefits
* 30 days holiday (plus bank holidays), with the opportunity to buy or sell annual leave
* A productivity‑related bonus scheme to enhance your take‑home
* A generous contributory pension of 6%. We’ll match employee contributions between 7% and 10%
* Life assurance paid at 3× annual salary
* Private medical insurance
* Health care cash plan called Medicash
* Enhanced pay for maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave
* Access to counselling, legal and financial information
* Electric car scheme
* Huge variety of in‑house & e‑learning courses and a range of coaching and mentoring programmes, As this role involves travel, a full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for business use is a requirement. Business mileage will be paid.
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