Origin Housing
Focused on our residents, our driving ambition is to provide services that make people’s lives easier, and homes and communities they can be proud to live in. We are ‘not for profit’ and reinvest all our surpluses back into our varied and vibrant neighbourhoods.
- Do you know how to manage procurement and maintenance contracts?
- Do you have a good technical understanding of a range of equipment?
- Can you manage a range of specialist contractors to get the best from them?
- Do you know to deliver great customer service? You may be the person we are looking for.
The role: Contract Manager
You will be responsible for ensuring Origin complies with relevant statutory and regulatory obligations in relation to Fire Equipment, Warden Call and Asbestos. The contracts under your control will be managed, in accordance with budgetary and operational performance requirements, and you will play a key role in managing risk across our portfolio.
As Contract Manager you will be responsible for ensuring the most effective and efficient management of our Fire Safety Equipment and delivery of Fire Actions following fire risk assessments. You will be a key member of the Compliance Team ensuring we keep our Residents safe by effectively working closely with our contractors whilst also ensuring you keep our customers updated. With experience in British Standards and a good technical knowledge of the operation of life safety equipment you will be the expert in ensuring we achieve and maintain compliance putting life safety at the forefront of everything you do.
What You’ll Do
You will
- Have oversight of operational compliance and delivery
- Ensure all works are carried out in line with relevant British Standards
- Create and maintain compliance-based documentation and processes.
- Ensure compliance with all relevant laws, regulations, and policies.
- Inputting and analysing of Fire Equip certificates to ensure compliance.
- Ensure Contractors embed any regulation changes.
- Conduct site visits to ensure engineers are installing to regulations and design.
- Be responsible for issuing and monitoring of fire safety actions, you’ll implement quality assurance processes and use performance data to evaluate and monitor improvement right across the Origin Housing stock
- provide high quality compliance management and deliver regular reports to Senior Management on performance, using a suite of key performance indicators to support the work of the team.
- Advise / assist with any H&S updates.
What You’ll Need
We’re looking for someone who has:
- Knowledge of BS5839 Part 1 and knowledge of BS5839 Part 6, BS5266, Approved Document B and BS9991
- Good working knowledge of Fire Safety Order, Fire safety Act, Fire Safety Regulations and Building Safety Act
- Hold accreditations with IFE or IFSM or similar.
- Good understanding of active and passive fire safety systems
- Knowledge and experience of reviewing scope of works
- Be up to date with fire safety legislation and evidence this through continued professional development.
- Good organisational and planning skills
- Self-motivated, and focused
- Solution and compliance driven.
- Strong communication and presentation skills
- Comprehensive understanding of BAFE and ISO accreditation process
Our Values
Our core values are at the heart of how we work.
- Take the lead.
- Create energy.
- Build trust.
- Be generous.
- Stay grounded.
- Remember the little things.
We’re committed to the wellbeing of our people and in creating an environment that promotes diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging.
Our Benefits To You
- Origin’s ways of working make it easier for you to balance work and home life. You will benefit from flexible working which offers you the opportunity to work from where you are most effective, with the technology and equipment you need, as well as access to flexible space for collaborative working.
- A generous 25-day holiday allowance plus bank holidays, that increases with time, with the opportunity to buy and sell leave
- 2 additional ‘giving something back’ volunteer days
- A pension scheme with contributions from 4% – 8% of your salary
- Family leave, compassionate leave and enhanced maternity pay
- Simply Health cash plan providing money back when you spend on health appointments including physiotherapy, dental and opticians
- Interest free loans to help spread the cost of a season ticket or another big purchase
- Annual staff conference, team away days and annual team meal allowance
- Access to Perk Box for fantastic savings on everyday purchases and much more
- Free employee assistance programme
- Opportunities to join staff network groups
- Refer a friend bonus
We’re also committed to ensuring that our people have access to an excellent range of learning and development opportunities including our induction programme, course sponsorship, leadership development, mentoring and talent schemes along with professional membership if it’s a requirement to your role.
Tell us your story
We are looking forward to learning about you. Please help us get to know you by sending your latest CV and covering letter detailing how your skills and experience meet the requirements for the role of Contract Manager.
Closing date for applications: 12 February 2024
Interviews will be held: 15 February 2024
Please note that suitable candidates will be invited to interview throughout the application window and therefore the vacancy may close at short notice. However, all candidates will be advised of the outcome of their application and therefore interested candidates are encouraged to apply at their earliest convenience.
We are a registered social landlord, managing over 7,000 homes in London and Hertfordshire. We provide affordable housing in our communities as well as related care and support services to the people who live in them.
To apply for this job please visit careers.originhousing.org.uk.