Residential peeps assurance officer

Secondment/Fixed Term Contract until 31st of March 2027

Sittingbourne, Maidstone or Farringdon hybrid working available

Southern Housingis looking for aResidential PEEPs Assurance Officerto help ensure ourResidential Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans (RPEEPs) frameworkis effective, compliant and sustainable.

Reporting to the Head of Fire Safety Risk, in this new role you will provide specialist assurance, governance oversight and professional support for the organisations RPEEP approach. This role focuses on the background assurance rather than product delivery, ensuring design and implementation of reporting data framework, funding management, compliance and alignment with fire safety legislation, operational practice and building-level fire strategies.

What you will be doing:

1. Establishing and overseeing a clear business as usual reporting system for RPEEPs, effective internal and external reporting processes to ensure compliance with the Fire Safety (Residential Evacuation Plans) (England) Regulations 2025.
2. Auditing and reviewing the RPEEP data and process, identifying risks, trends and improvement actions through reporting.
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