Connexus are looking for an outstanding Head of Building Safety to lead our Building Safety team overseeing the implementation of all building and fire safety responsibilities within our portfolio of residential and commercial properties. The role involves ensuring compliance with the Building Safety Act 2022 and the Fire Safety Act 2021, amongst other specific regulations, through advice to the business and setting tasks for our own teams. In addition, this role will lead on the demonstrating compliance with the safety and quality standards across the organisation.
The successful candidate will serve as a subject matter expert and the strategic lead for building safety within Connexus, supporting operational teams in adopting and maintaining compliance with relevant regulations, and ensuring these remain under regular review to reflect current best practice. Operating with a high degree of autonomy and leading a small expert team, in addition to an operational team, delivering M and E services to Connexus, this represents a rare opportunity for an individual of exceptional calibre. This role will grow with the business and as such responsibilities may evolve based on the organisation's changing needs.
You will be joining our Property Directorate based in Shropshire. This is a hybrid role with travel required.
Who We're Looking For
We're looking for someone who, alongside the key criteria below, will sign up to our PRIDE values of Passion, Respect, Involve, Determined and Effective and will be determined to maintain the confidence of our customers.
Key Responsibilities
* Develop and maintain systems to monitor and manage compliance with the Building Safety Act and all other relevant property compliance legislation.
* Ensure the maintenance of the Golden Thread of information that is accurate, relevant and up to date.
* Serving as the organisation's subject matter expert on building safety compliance, providing advice and guidance to internal teams and external stakeholders alike.
* Horizon scanning to ensure Connexus is well placed to meet emerging compliance and building safety regulation
* Developing and maintaining constructive relationships with Building Safety Regulators, HSE, Gas Safe and other regulatory bodies.
* Conducting regular audits and reviews to identify and address gaps in compliance and site processes.
Key Requirements
* Extensive experience in building safety, compliance, and systems management.
* In-depth knowledge of building safety legislation and regulation, including the Building Safety Act 2022 and relevant statutory requirements.
* Strong leadership skills with a proven track record of managing teams and driving organisational compliance.
* Demonstrable ability to develop and enforce safety and compliance policies.
* Experience in gathering risk data through inspections, checklists, and audits.
* Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
* Gravitas, with the ability to engage effectively with regulators, customers, and senior leaders.
* Ability to design and implement effective customer engagement strategies for building safety.
* Strong stakeholder management experience across multidisciplinary teams.
* Experience of delivering M and E services.
* Proven ability to manage complex workloads independently and set performance standards.
* Relevant qualifications in construction, architecture, engineering, fire safety, surveying or risk management (e.g., IOSH, NEBOSH, RICS, CIH, ASCP).
* Membership of professional bodies (e.g., IOSH, RICS, CIOB, RIBA, CIBSE, IFSM,CIH, ASCP ).
Shortlisting Date: 27 October 2025
Interview Date: 03 November 2025
(We do reserve the right to close the vacancy early, if we receive demand).
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About Connexus
Connexus is a rural housing association with its heritage in Shropshire and Herefordshire, providing good quality, affordable and safe homes that customers are proud to live in. We create inclusive neighbourhoods, sustainable rural communities, and provide services that support our customers to build a life in their home. The work our teams do is varied, and no two days are the same.
Connexus owns a portfolio of approximately 10,500 properties across Shropshire and Herefordshire. All properties are classified as low risk in relation to building safety, which means they are not subject to the more stringent regulatory requirements applied to higher-risk buildings. This classification enables a proportionate approach to compliance, focusing resources on maintaining safe, well-managed homes without the need for extensive safety case reporting.
We provide an excellent offer for colleagues which includes flexible working options combined with some fantastic benefits. We're here to support colleagues at every step of the way with training and development opportunities, helping you make the most of your career. If you want to work with like-minded people and would like to make a difference to the lives of our customers, Connexus could be the right fit for you.
Connexus is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce, this is because we really understand the importance of different voices, experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds within our workforce. We strongly encourage applications from members of underrepresented groups.
Connexus is a community focused rural housing group with over 10,500 homes across Shropshire and Herefordshire.
Our people are passionate about the services we provide and we will invest in them and empower them to provide a great service to all of our customers.
Our clear focus is excellent service delivery.
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