Somerset Council are seeking an experienced Interim HRA Compliance Lead to oversee all property compliance activity across a housing portfolio of over 6,000 council-owned buildings.
This is a senior leadership role responsible for ensuring compliance across all statutory property safety areas including fire, asbestos, legionella, gas, electrical, lifts and radon, while driving service improvement and regulatory assurance across the Housing Directorate.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the Housing Compliance service across all property safety areas
- Ensure compliance with current legislation, regulatory requirements and best practice
- Lead on fire safety compliance and implementation of recommendations from national reviews, including Grenfell-related actions
- Oversee compliance contracts, audits, remedial works and procurement activity
- Maintain accurate compliance records and reporting systems
- Provide technical advice to senior leadership, members and stakeholders
- Manage specialist compliance teams and support operational performance
- Oversee compliance budgets and delivery of works programmes
- Support wider housing refurbishment and planned works activity
About You
You will have extensive experience managing property compliance within a social housing or local authority environment, alongside strong technical knowledge of housing safety legislation and regulatory requirements.
Desirable:
- IOSH or BOHS membership
- PRINCE2 or equivalent
- CIH qualification
- Degree in construction or related field
Regular travel across Somerset is required, alongside occasional emergency and out-of-hours response cover.
For more information or a confidential discussion, please share your CV for consideration.
