Haringey Council
Head of Residential Building Safety
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Job Description
Contract terms
- Starting salary: HC2 (£87,129 – £101,592)
- Work location: Alexandra House, 10 Station Road, Wood Green, London, N22 7TR
- Hours per week: 36 per week
- Contract type: Permanent
- Closing date: Sunday, 30th August 2026 at 23:59
- Expected interview date: W/c 5th October 2026
About Haringey
Haringey is a fantastic place to live and work – the world in one borough. A place brimming with creativity, personality, radicalism, and community. It is a place where we stand up for each other. A place that is proudly distinctive. We’ll be celebrating all this and more as the “rebel borough” when we are the 2027 London Borough of Culture.
Our history champions change-makers and everyday rebels; revelling in our differences, battling discrimination, championing equality, and doing things our own way. Haringey’s people are a huge asset, with knowledge, expertise, and passion. Our staff members embody our organisational values: Caring, Creative, Courageous, Collaborative and Community-focused. These values keep us looking forward, ambitious for the future, and continuously striving to do our very best for all of our residents.
About The Role
We are looking for an exceptional Head of Residential Building Safety to lead the strategic direction and delivery of building safety across Haringey’s residential housing portfolio. As a key member of the senior leadership team, you will provide expert oversight of building safety compliance, develop and implement building safety strategies, and ensure residents are, and feel, safe in their homes. You will be responsible for driving a strong compliance culture, overseeing significant programmes of fire, asbestos and building safety works, managing substantial budgets, and providing assurance to senior leaders and stakeholders that our statutory obligations are being met.
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About The Team
You’ll join Housing Services & Building Safety at an exciting time as we continue to strengthen our approach to resident safety and regulatory compliance. Leading a team of highly skilled professionals across fire safety, asbestos management, building safety, and project delivery, you will work collaboratively with colleagues, contractors, partners, and elected members to deliver safe, resilient, and customer-focused services. Together, the team is committed to fostering a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and excellence, ensuring the highest standards of safety across Haringey’s homes.
About You
To be successful in this role, you will bring:
- Proven senior management experience delivering fire and building safety across a large and complex property portfolio, alongside extensive knowledge of building safety legislation, compliance requirements and regulatory obligations.
- Substantial experience of contract management, significant experience of planning and delivering compliance and building safety programmes, and strong financial and commercial acumen with responsibility for large capital and revenue budgets.
- A successful track record of collaborative leadership, a relevant professional qualification and membership of a professional body (or equivalent experience), and evidence of continuing professional development.
- Inspiring leadership with the ability to coach, engage and motivate teams, excellent stakeholder engagement skills, and strong strategic and analytical thinking abilities.
- Political awareness and experience operating within a political environment, alongside excellent risk management and decision-making skills.
- Outstanding influencing and negotiation skills and high-quality written, presentation and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to adapt your approach to a wide range of audiences.
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Working for Haringey
At Haringey Council we are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce so welcome applications from all ethnicities and communities so that we continue to make a difference to our residents and community. Our benefits package includes a leave entitlement of 31 days + bank holidays, potential hybrid working opportunities, health and wellbeing support, a generous local government pension scheme and a range of discount schemes across leisure and culture that provide both financial and money-saving discounts.
Please note: we reserve the right to end this advert before the noted deadline if we receive sufficient applications. If you wish to apply for this role, please ensure that you do so as soon as possible.
Additionally, we are aware that automated emails may be diverted through to junk email folders. Please continue to check these through the application process. If you have any questions about the status of your application, please contact ResourcingHub@haringey.gov.uk
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