Director of Building & Customer Safety

Director of Building & Customer Safety

2026-08-13T00:00:00

Location: Tyne and Wear, Tyne and Wear, GB, NE35 9JB

Application Deadline: 2026-09-18T18:13:45.15

About the Role

Home, a place where you'll belong. You'll shape how Home Group keeps thousands of customers safe every day. As our Duty Holder and Accountable Person, you'll lead the frameworks, assurance and governance that give our Board, Executive Team and customers confidence that our homes are safe and compliant. This is an exciting time to join us as we begin our next chapter under the leadership of our new CEO, Helen Meehan. You'll have real influence across the organisation, work closely with senior leaders and help shape the future of building and customer safety across one of the UK's largest housing providers.

What you'll do

• Lead Home Group's approach to building safety and landlord compliance.


• Act as Duty Holder and Accountable Person across our national portfolio.


• Design assurance frameworks that evidence compliance through insight, audit and data.


• Provide clear, risk-based reporting to the Executive Team, Board and governance committees.


• Lead, develop and inspire a high-performing team focused on customer safety.

Why join us

This is a rare opportunity to lead one of the most important agendas in our organisation. You'll work at the heart of strategic decision-making, influencing investment, governance and operational priorities while ensuring customers remain safe in their homes. You'll join an ambitious senior leadership team at a pivotal moment in Home Group's journey, leading an experienced team and helping us stay ahead of an evolving regulatory landscape. Be part of one of the UK's Great Places to Work!

You have

• Senior leadership experience in a complex, regulated environment.


• Strong knowledge of building safety, fire safety and landlord compliance requirements.


• Experience designing and operating assurance and governance frameworks.


• Track record of influencing Executive teams, Boards and governance committees.


• A relevant qualification such as NEBOSH, CIOB or equivalent experience.

The practical bits

• You'll work Monday to Friday.


• You'll work flexible hours with flexibility built in.


• We typically work on a hybrid basis with 2 days per week in one of our offices in London, Birmingham, Leeds or Newcastle, with the rest from home.


• Car allowance included in your package.


• You need an Enhanced with barring list DBS check that we pay for.

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Home, a place where you'll belong. You'll shape how Home Group keeps thousands of customers safe every day. As our Duty Holder and Accountable Person, you'll lead the frameworks, assurance and governance that give our Board, Executive Team and customers confidence that our homes are safe and compliant. This is an exciting time to join us as we begin our next chapter under the leadership of our new CEO, Helen Meehan. You'll have real influence across the organisation, work closely with senior leaders and help shape the future of building and customer safety across one of the UK's largest housing providers. What you'll doLead Home Group's approach to building safety and landlord compliance.Act as Duty Holder and Accountable Person across our national portfolio.Design assurance frameworks that evidence compliance through insight, audit and data.Provide clear, risk-based reporting to the Executive Team, Board and governance committees.Lead, develop and inspire a high-performing team focused
on customer safety. Why join usThis is a rare opportunity to lead one of the most important agendas in our organisation. You'll work at the heart of strategic decision-making, influencing investment, governance and operational priorities while ensuring customers remain safe in their homes. You'll join an ambitious senior leadership team at a pivotal moment in Home Group's journey, leading an experienced team and helping us stay ahead of an evolving regulatory landscape. Be part of one of the UK's Great Places to Work! You haveYou have senior leadership experience in a complex, regulated environment.You have strong knowledge of building safety, fire safety and landlord compliance requirements.You have experience designing and operating assurance and governance frameworks.You have a track record of influencing Executive teams, Boards and governance committees.You have a relevant qualification such as NEBOSH, CIOB or equivalent experience. The practical bitsYou'll work Monday to
Friday.You'll work flexible hours with flexibility built in.We typically work on a hybrid basis with 2 days per week in one of our offices in London, Birmingham, Leeds or Newcastle, with the rest from home.Car allowance included in your package.You need an Enhanced with barring list DBS check that we pay for.