Reference 185399
Head of Safety and Compliance
Birmingham B1
Salary from £70,000.00 to £75,000.00 plus £3500 car allownace annually
37.5 hours per week
11th September 2026
Make a Difference Where Safety Matters Most
At Trident Group, our purpose is to provide homes, support and opportunities that enable people and communities to thrive. With a diverse portfolio of homes, supported housing services and complex residential buildings, safety and compliance are fundamental to everything we do.
We are seeking an exceptional Head of Safety and Compliance to provide strategic leadership across building safety, statutory compliance, fire safety and property-related health and safety. This is a key senior leadership role with responsibility for ensuring the Group continues to meet its legal, regulatory and moral obligations to residents, colleagues and stakeholders.
About The Role
Reporting to the Assistant Director of Property, you will lead the organisation's approach to building safety, statutory compliance and assurance. You will provide expert advice to senior leaders, support robust governance arrangements and ensure the organisation can demonstrate compliance across all areas of property safety.
You will be responsible for:
- Leading the Group's Building Safety and Compliance Strategy.
- Providing assurance to the Executive Team, Board and Committees on compliance performance and risk.
- Overseeing statutory compliance programmes including gas, electrical safety, fire, asbestos, water hygiene, lifts and CDM compliance.
- Ensuring compliance with the Building Safety Act, Fire Safety Act and wider health and safety legislation.
- Leading investigations into serious incidents, audit findings and regulatory concerns.
- Managing compliance budgets, contracts and specialist service providers.
- Maintaining effective compliance data, systems and assurance frameworks.
- Driving continuous improvement, risk management and regulatory readiness.
- Building and leading a high-performing team of safety and compliance professionals.
About You
We are looking for an experienced and credible leader who can combine strategic thinking with strong operational delivery.
You will bring:
- Significant experience within building safety, fire safety, statutory compliance or property safety in social housing or another highly regulated environment.
- Proven experience leading multi-disciplinary compliance services and assurance frameworks.
- Strong knowledge of higher-risk residential buildings and building safety requirements.
- Experience of working with regulators, auditors and senior stakeholders.
- A track record of managing budgets, contracts and specialist technical services.
- Excellent leadership, communication and influencing skills.
- The ability to analyse complex compliance risks and provide clear, evidence-based assurance and recommendations.
Essential Qualifications
- Degree-level qualification (Level 6 or equivalent) in a relevant discipline such as Building Safety, Fire Safety, Occupational Health and Safety, Property, Construction, Building Surveying, Engineering or a related field, or substantial senior-level professional experience demonstrating equivalent competence.
- A recognised fire safety qualification appropriate to the role.
- A recognised health and safety qualification, such as NEBOSH Certificate or equivalent.
- Evidence of continuing professional development within building safety, compliance and regulatory practice.
Why Join Trident?
This is an opportunity to play a leading role in shaping the safety and compliance agenda across a large and diverse organisation. You will have the opportunity to influence strategic decisions, drive positive change and make a meaningful impact on the safety and wellbeing of thousands of residents.
If you are passionate about building safety, compliance excellence and delivering assurance in a complex environment, we would like to hear from you.
Our purpose is putting people and communities at the heart of our services and the safe homes we provide. To deliver against our purpose we will be:
- Trustworthy
- Collaborative
- Accountable
- People Focused
- Caring in all we do
The benefits
- 34 days annual leave, plus the option to purchase up to 5 additional days
- A day off for your birthday
- 4 days off when you move home
- Life assurance (3 x salary)
- Employee Assistance programme & wellbeing programme
- Flexible Working options
- Learning & Development opportunities
Who we are?
Trident Group has over 60 years’ experience of delivering homes, services and innovation for up to 8,000 people in over 3,600 homes in some of the most disadvantaged communities in the Midlands.
The Group consists of;
- Trident Housing, which provides landlord services for the Group in respect of housing management and maintenance
- Trident Reach, which is a registered care and support charity delivering trauma informed care and support services.
As a Disability Confident Committed Employer, we have committed to:
- ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible
- communicating and promoting vacancies
- offering an interview to disabled people
- anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required
- supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long term health condition, enabling them to stay in work
How to apply?
If you think this role is a good fit for you, click apply and upload your CV!
All applicants must provide their right to work documentation at interview stage, such as a valid passport which will be verified to check your eligibility to work and live in the UK.
As an organisation we do not offer visa sponsorships. Only applicants with existing right to work in the UK will be consdidered.
Relevant roles will be subject to a successful disclosure at an appropriate level from Disclosure and barring service (DBS).
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received.
At Trident Group, we only consider agency introductions where a signed agreement is in place, and where the agency has been specifically contacted by a member of our People & Culture Team. We do not accept responsibility for any fees related to unsolicited or speculative CV submissions made directly to our employees or outside of the above.
