About the Role
A fast paced and dynamic role, where the successful candidate will be tasked with assisting the Building Safety Team to ensure the organisation fulfils its statutory obligations regarding all current and future fire regulations, including Regulatory Reform (fire Safety) Order 2005, Fire Safety Act 2021, and Building Safety Act 2022. The Assistant Building Safety Officer is a unique, developing role whereby the duties will be a blend of site visits, desktop work and supporting with department-wide projects. This is an exciting role for someone looking to progress into the fire and building safety industry and develop a more technical understanding of the requirements for the responsible person.
- This role will require a Basic DBS
- We offer hybrid working, you are required to attend your place of work 3 days a week and details will be discussed during the recruitment process.
- The role is require regular site visits across our property stock.
- A valid UK driving license with access to own vehicle insured for business use is preferred.
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Rewards and Benefits
We’re committed to making Network a really great place to work. As well as offering a positive culture we offer a generous pay and benefits package, some of which are listed below:
- 27 days annual leave – plus an extra day for every year of service up to 35 days
- Attendance Recognition
- Ability to buy or sell up to five days annual leave per year
- Attendance Recognition
- Volunteering Activities – 14 hours paid leave
- Employer pension of 4%, with a matched contribution of up to 10%
- Life assurance - 3x of annual salary (if member of the pension scheme)
- Flexible and agile working
- Season ticket loan
- Health and wellbeing benefits
- Perkbox – access to hundreds of money saving options for online and high street shopping
- Network Homes is a mindful employer with trained Mental Health First Aiders
We really care about personal development so this role will offer an excellent opportunity for you to develop your career, but also to make a real impact and difference to the service we provide to our customers.
Disability Confident Commitment
We are committed to equal opportunities. We guarantee an interview to anyone with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for our post.
About Network Homes
At Network Homes we believe good homes make everything possible.
We're a charitable housing association managing over 21,000 homes predominantly across London and Hertfordshire. Our mission is to provide safe, secure and affordable homes for as many people as possible. Every penny of profit we make is reinvested to build more homes and deliver better services for residents. Network Homes is a member of the G15 group of London’s largest housing associations.
We believe culture is everything and we work hard to create a positive, can-do, solution focussed environment so our 500+ colleagues can be their best. We have outstanding levels of engagement amongst our people. Our most recent staff survey showed over 90% of our employees feel proud to work for Network Homes, 81% believe that their manager is a great leader and 89% feel supported by them.
We’re dedicated to making sure that our workplace champions equality, diversity and inclusion. We’ve pledged to ensure our organisation reflects the diversity of our residents because we know this strengthens trust and allows us to provide better customer service. Network Homes was a founding partner of Leadership 2025, an initiative to increase the ethnic diversity of housing’s leadership; and we hold Pledge Pioneer status for House Proud, a scheme designed to ensure Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer residents can enjoy their homes without fear of discrimination. We’re also dedicated to the wellbeing of employees with various initiatives and workshops including regular yoga and mindfulness sessions for those who wish to take part. We also have a dedicated group of mental health first aiders.
We support a blended approach to work, from home and in the office. We have a modern head office in Wembley Park, an area which is undergoing on of the most exciting transformations in London with Wembley Stadium, Boxpark and the London Designer Outlet right on the doorstep. Our Hertford office is in a grade II listed art deco building in the centre of town.
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive large number of application for this vacancy.