Senior Building Safety Manager

Bristol City Council

Full Time, Permanent

Location: 100 Temple Street Redcliffe Bristol BS1 6AN

Salary: BG14: £49,764 – £52,805

Ref: VAC007114

Are you passionate about building safety and eager to contribute to the safety of residents in Bristol? We are looking for an experienced and dedicated Senior Building Safety Manager to join our team at Bristol City Council. This is a fantastic opportunity to support the council’s statutory duties and ensure the safety of occupants in high-rise multi-occupied residential buildings.

The Role:

As the Senior Building Safety Manager, you will play a key part in ensuring Bristol City Council remains compliant with building safety regulations. Working alongside the Programme Lead for Residential Building Safety, you will manage the safety case programme, support resident meetings, collaborate with the Building Safety Regulator, and provide expert advice to stakeholders.

Key responsibilities include:

Lead the creation of building safety cases and safety case reports.

Maintain information management systems to aid the Golden Thread of data.

Lead the Council’s submission of building safety case reports and associated documents to the Building Safety Regulator.

Lead the development and implementation of processes, practice and initiatives to foster a positive building safety culture.

What We’re Looking For:

To be successful in this role, you should have experience in building safety management, ideally within social housing, and suitable qualifications. You’ll need strong communication skills, the ability to work independently, and experience liaising with residents.

Essential Requirements:

Technical qualification with membership to professional bodies.

Experience within property compliance in a housing context.

Knowledge of building safety and fire safety regulations.

Strong communication skills to engage with various stakeholders.

Desirable:

Experience of undertaking a Building Safety Manager role previously.

Please note that this role is subject to a Standard DBS Check.

Why Bristol City Council?

At Bristol City Council, we go that extra mile for our people; we offer a work environment which is fast-moving and supportive, giving you the chance to use your skills and develop new ones within a high-profile organisation. For the majority of our roles, hybrid working arrangements are available, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice – mixing both home and office working.

Join us and you’ll receive an excellent rewards package including flexible working and flexitime, membership of the Local Government Pension scheme, and a generous annual leave allowance. In addition, you’ll be working in a supportive environment where you’ll have the chance to make Bristol a better place and contribute to its future.

How do I apply?

If you share our values and are ready to be part of our exciting journey please select the apply button below.

Closing date: 18 August 2025.

To be shortlisted for interview you’ll need to demonstrate how you meet each of the essential criteria in the Person Specification within the Further Information section of your application. On occasion we will receive high numbers of applications, we may then shortlist against the desirable criteria along with the essential criteria, so if you can, please demonstrate how you meet this in your application.

We’re a Disability Confident employer which means we value recruiting and retaining disabled people. Any job applicants who consider themselves to be disabled and meet the essential criteria in the Person Specification are guaranteed an interview. We’ll make reasonable adjustments throughout the interview process and provide continued workplace support throughout your career.

For further information, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification or alternatively, please contact Claire Matthews on [email protected]. You can also see further details here.

At Bristol City Council, we value having a workforce as diverse as the city we serve. We therefore welcome, develop and promote people from all sections of the community. We particularly welcome applications from Black and racially minoritised, Disabled and Female candidates who are currently under-represented within this Service of Bristol City Council. Appointments will be made on merit.

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