Building Safety Officer
Description
Newlon Housing Trust is a successful charitable housing association and one of the major providers of new affordable housing in north and east London.
We have an opportunity for an experienced individual to support the Building Safety Manager in developing building safety cases and reports and ensuring that all of Newlon’s identified high risk buildings are managed and maintained in accordance with the requirements of the Building Safety Act. You will support the Building Safety Manager in completing a comprehensive digital records system ensuring all high risk buildings are identified and necessary investigations and surveys are gathered or created.
With proven experience in a compliance, health and safety-related or housing related service for residential buildings, you will be working towards, or willing to join, membership of a relevant professional body and also working towards, or willing, to undertake a Health and Safety and/or Fire qualification. You will have substantial knowledge of the current housing-related legislation of compliance work streams and contract management, and an understanding of working with high rise residential buildings.
First class communication skills are a must, along with the flexibility to be able to travel from site to site on a regular basis.
In return, you can expect 27 days holiday, a non-contributory pension, excellent benefits and a flexi scheme. You’ll also be working out of purpose-built offices that form part of the award-winning Hale Village regeneration project, and are situated just two minutes’ walk from the major transport interchange at Tottenham Hale.
Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK.
To apply, please email your CV and supporting statement to recruit@newlon.org.uk by the closing date.
Closing date: 23:59 on Monday 1 December 2025
Interviews will be held in-person at our offices in Hale Village on Thursday 11 December 2025
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Due to the high volume of interest that we receive, please note that we will only be able to contact candidates selected to go onto the next stage. If you do not hear from us a week after the deadline date has passed, unfortunately your application has not been successful. We appreciate the time and commitment that goes into applying for a role, and hope this will not discourage you from applying.
Salary: £42,370 per annum plus opportunity to earn performance related bonus
Hours: 35 hours per week
Contract: Full-time, permanent
Location: Hale Village, London N17
Closing Date: 01/12/2025 11:59 PM