The Church of England’s Housing team is seeking to appoint a Property Compliance Manager for a 4 month interim contract (inside IR35).
About the organisation
The Church of England Pensions Board Housing Department provides housing options for those who retire from ministry in the Church of England. The Pensions Board is a charity which, in addition to housing provides financial wellbeing services and occupational pension schemes for those who work or minister for the Church of England.
We offer a range of housing options for retired clergy and eligible family members primarily through:
- 1,200 rental properties located throughout England
- Community Living (sheltered housing type accommodation with additional facilities) homes in 7 schemes across England
- Legacy home ownership schemes now closed to new entrants
- Relationships with other housing providers
What you’ll be doing
This role leads the team which manages legal compliance of the Board’s properties to keep residents safe in their homes, including gas and electrical safety; fire safety; asbestos and lifts amongst other areas.
Working with other members of the property team, maintenance and compliance contractors and consultants and also our residents, you will be central to ensuring that the Board’s residents are safe and that we meet all legal compliance requirements across our large national residential portfolio.
The role combines strong technical knowledge with a confident and proactive approach to safety. You’ll be collating and analysing data and bringing a robust attention to detail to produce reports and audits for the Housing Senior Leadership Team, Trustees and external stakeholders and regulators. An experienced communicator, you will cultivate effective working relationships with external partners, contractors and colleagues at all levels.
You will consistently model best practice particularly around positive safety culture change, play a pivotal role in all matters of compliance and building safety and influence decisions to develop compliance strategy.
To find out more about the Church of England Pensions Board please visit our website Pensions. Investments. Retirement housing. | Church of England Pensions Board
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Work with the Head of Property Operations and Compliance to provide effective leadership and management of the statutory compliance function, ensuring delivery of all regulatory and legislative responsibilities for the Pensions Board property portfolio
- Lead and manage a small team of Property Compliance officers.
- Ensuring that the Board complies with all statutory and regulatory requirements, including,
- Gas Safety (Gas Safety Regulations)
- Electrical Safety (EICR, Electrical Safety Standards)
- Fire Safety (Fire Safety Order, Fire Risk Assessments)
- Asbestos Management (Control of Asbestos Regulations)
- Water Hygiene (Legionella control)
- Lift Safety and LOLER regulations
- Other requirements as necessary including non-safety areas such as EPCs
- Acting as the Board’s compliance lead, work with property servicing and compliance contractors to ensure that their services are correctly delivered in accordance with agreed KPIs and SLAs.
- Assisting the Head of Property Operations and Compliance in developing and implementing statutory compliance policies and standards which reflect best practice and value for money
- Produce reporting to Board level to demonstrate the Board’s compliance with regulations
- Champion the Board’s Safeguarding policy and procedures because safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility.
Key Stakeholders
- Maintenance and compliance contractors and consultants
- Housing team colleagues
- Housing Senior Leadership Team
- Housing residents
- Staff teams across Pensions Board housing and wider NCIs
About You
The Church of England is for everyone and we want to reflect the diversity of the community the Church serves across the whole country. Therefore, while of course we welcome all applications from interested and suitably experienced people, we particularly welcome applicants from UK Minoritised Ethnicities (UKME)/Global Majority Heritage (GMH) and other under-represented groups.
Personal attributes:
- Ability to work flexibly, both as part of a team and individually
- Confident in potentially challenging situations where you will need to ensure that compliance and safety are prioritised
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to work collaboratively with people at all levels of the organisation and external suppliers
- Ability to work calmly when under pressure
Skills/Aptitudes:
- A self-starter, flexible, innovative and adaptive
- Able to assume responsibility and deal efficiently with a varied and time sensitive workload
- Advanced analytical/problem solving skills
Knowledge/Experience:
- A thorough understanding of statutory compliance in relation to residential properties
- Experience of providing technical guidance to colleagues, contractors and external parties
- Demonstrable people management experience
- Knowledge and experience of managing contractors
- Excellent IT / Microsoft Office skills (in particular Excel and Power Point)
Qualifications:
- A relevant professional background (essential) and qualifications (e.g. IRPM or CIH or similar) highly desirable; able to demonstrate experience and skills equivalent to degree level
Desirable
- Knowledge and understanding of older persons / retirement housing
- Knowledge of the Church of England
- Familiarity with Aareon QL Housing Management system or similar
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