Salary range: £40,182 - £42,060 p.a. incl. London weighting (plus fantastic benefits!)
Contract: Permanent
Hours of work: 36 hours per week
Location: Civic Centre and other locations from time to time
Contract Officer – Fire Safety & Asbestos Compliance
We are seeking a dedicated Contract Officer to play a vital role in ensuring the smooth and effective delivery of our fire safety and asbestos work, so that our housing stock remains safe, secure, and fully compliant with statutory and regulatory safety obligations.
The Person
* Providing administrative and coordination support across fire safety and asbestos compliance programmes.
* Maintaining accurate records, managing asset data, and monitoring performance and expenditure.
* Tracking and reporting on performance metrics, quality assurance, and compliance testing.
* Managing and recording landlord compliance data and inspection outcomes.
* Acting as a first point of contact for customer queries and complaints, ensuring timely and effective resolution.
* Supporting the Contract Delivery and Quality Manager on fire safety programme responding to the team inbox enquiries.
* Closing a high volume of FRA actions and meeting high set targets.
* Managing the administration of programmes, attending meetings and taking accurate minutes, ensuring agendas and relevant items for agendas are prepared in advance and follow‑up action is taken as required.
* Maintaining comprehensive records on the Council’s landlord compliance statutory and regulatory obligations per property, ensuring they are accurate and held in accordance with policies and procedures.
* Tracking compliance progress weekly, reporting any slippages or issues immediately and liaising with service providers and stakeholders to rectify issues.
* Administering and drafting responses together with supporting data for Freedom of Information requests.
* Managing and maintaining the key management system and keys contained therein, issuing, recording and receiving keys to and from various stakeholders, and ordering new keys as necessary to maintain adequate stocks.
Benefits
* Up to 33 days annual leave (depending on length of service) plus bank holidays
* Excellent pension with generous employer contributions (LGPS)
* Hybrid and flexible working options available for most roles
* Supportive family‑friendly policies for parent, guardians, and carers
* Health and wellbeing support, including access to eye test support and a 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
* Financial support such as education sessions, childcare deposit loans, and season ticket loans
* Travel perks including affordable parking nearby, a Cycle to Work scheme, and great onsite facilities
* Learning and development opportunities to help you grow your career
* Access to My Brent Rewards with exclusive discounts on shopping, travel, leisure, and entertainment
Commencing Date
Closing date: Sunday 7 June 2026 (23:59)
Equality and Diversity
Brent Council values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We encourage applications from all sections of the community and invite applicants to self‑identify their characteristics in the diversity survey section of the application.
We are committed to safer recruitment and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All posts working with children, young people and vulnerable adults are subject to an Enhanced DBS check and other employment clearances.
We are a disability‑confident employer and welcome applications from people with all disabilities, including “non‑visible” disabilities and mental health conditions. We will interview any disabled applicant who meets the essential criteria and can arrange reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process if required.
Brent has a positive approach to flexible working.
Data Protection
The information we collect from you will be shared with Cifas, who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas and your data protection rights can be found here.
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