Health and Safety Lead - Building Safety

Sanctuary provide in-house repairs and maintenance services for an extensive portfolio of properties across Sanctuary organisations. As part of a not-for-profit organisation, we aim to achieve outstanding results for our customers based on our values - working in an open and transparent way, creating strong partnerships with our customers and providing a first-class customer service.

Health and Safety Lead – Building Safety

London

£54,765 - £57,648 per year plus Company car or car allowance

35 hours per week – Monday to Friday – 9:00am to 5:00pm

We are seeking a Health and Safety Lead – Building Safety to join our team based in East London. This job sits within the Building Safety department which is responsible for ensuring that the Group meets all new and existing legislative and regulatory requirements with regard to building safety.

The role of Health and Safety Lead – Building Safety will include:

• Acting as the H&S lead for Building Safety providing colleagues, managers and staff with clear guidance and practical advice on Building control and other related issues
• Conducting in-depth, legally sound and supportive H&S audits across the High Rise Buildings portfolio providing excellent levels of follow up support to operational and property managers to address any identified areas of non-conformance
• Liaising with senior management teams across the business to ensure that all sites within a designated region have priority based H&S audits conducted within agreed time frames
• Identifying and analyse H&S non-conformance and accident / incident trends in a designated region and take the appropriate actions to rectify and or mitigate them, while cascading this information back to the Senior H&S management team and other stakeholders
• Maintaining sufficient knowledge and awareness of H&S related legislation, established good practice and procedures and regulatory changes to continue to provide high quality, authoritative advice and assistance to the Group and its stakeholders

Skills and experiences:

• To ensure full compliance with health and safety legislation, candidates applying for this role must be qualified to NEBOSH National Diploma - Construction or NEBOSH National General Certificate, Degree, HND or HNC in Construction or Management or currently undertaking the qualification. As part of the interview process, candidates will be required to bring with them the original certification verifying proof of their qualifications. Copies and CSCS cards will not be accepted.
• Comprehensive experience in a similar Health and Safety role within the housing and/or construction sector
• Comprehensive knowledge of Health and Safety regulations, Building Control legislation, and current best practice
• Proven experience in producing legally astute accident investigations and undertaking audits and inspections in housing or construction settings
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and report writing skills
• Proven experience of managing staff and developing a high performing team

Why work for us?

We provide homes and care for more than 250,000 people in England and Scotland. Our customers are at the heart of all we do. With around 14,000 colleagues, we foster a diverse and inclusive culture, and nurture and reward talent.

Our Benefits

As part of our commitment to making Sanctuary a great place to work, where your wellbeing is of genuine importance, we have developed an attractive employment package. The package recognises your contribution, supports your physical, mental and financial health and gives you the flexibility to tailor your employee benefits by offering:

• 25 days annual leave (rising to a maximum of 30 days) plus public holidays
• A pension scheme with matching employer contributions from Sanctuary up to set limits
• Life Assurance
• Employee Volunteering scheme
• Employee Advice Service including counselling
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Voluntary health plans
• Employee discounts
• Wellbeing support and tools
• Employee recognition scheme
• Employee platform to access your reward and wellbeing package online, find exclusive discounts, wellbeing resources and recognition tools
• Employee Networks, with a shared interest in inclusion, and who provide invaluable support to colleagues
• £54,765 per annum (rising to £57,648 per annum after 12 months, subject to satisfactory performance)

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Closing Date: 11 November 2025

If you're unsure about any details, have questions about the role or want to discuss a need for adjustments, our fantastic talent team will be happy to help you [email protected]

We reserve the right depending on application numbers to close or extend the closing dates for positions; we would therefore recommend an early application.

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Inclusion is one of our core values. Our goal is to be a diverse, inclusive organisation where our people thrive and meet our customers’ needs with fairness and empathy. We know having a range of ideas and opinions makes a difference. We encourage and welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support this mission. We will make adjustments throughout your application process, in line with Sanctuary’s commitment to our Disability Confident employer status.

Building Equality and Diversity

Sanctuary Group encourages and welcomes applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support our commitment to offering an inclusive environment for our employees and customers.
We work closely with the Home Office in order to prevent unlawful working.
Sanctuary Maintenance Contractors Limited is a subsidiary of Sanctuary Housing Association, an exempt charity.