Temporary Accommodation Health & Safety Compliance Officer

Temporary Accommodation Health & Safety Compliance Officer

Lewisham

To lead and manage the Council's compliance processes to ensure the control, co-ordination, and verification of compliance certification documentation and procedures relating to Fire Risk, Asbestos, Energy Performance, Gas and Electrical Safety, Legionella and any other Health and Safety consideration, ensuring that all obligations and standards are met.

To ensure that the Council's legal responsibilities in relation to Health and Safety are met, and to ensure that all staff are kept informed regarding any changes to legislation, and to incorporate any such changes in existing policies and procedures to maintain compliance.

Responsible for ensuring that the performance of the Council's temporary accommodation providers in the area of health and safety compliance and property standards is of the expected quality level as stipulated in the contract terms and conditions and service level agreements.

Key responsibilities and duties include:

Leading on the Council's compliance processes.

Ensuring the coordination, control, and verification of compliance certification across all temporary accommodations.

Verifying Gas, Electrical, and Energy Performance Certificates (EPC) on Nightly Paid, PSL, PMA through close working with the L/Ls and providers.

Managing temporary accommodation providers' performance in compliance with property standards and and HAP properties health and safety regulations.

Ensuring properties procured for housing homeless residents meet council requirements for health and safety. Conducting property inspections to guarantee that temporary accommodations are fit for occupation, meeting regulatory standards for gas, electrical safety.

Completing relevant compliance for all HAPs property in a timely manner.