Contract Manager - Fire Safety & Security

Fire and Security Contracts Manager

Park Street or Chichester or Rochester or Peterborough

Up to £64,000

Permanent

Hyde is looking to recruit a Fire Safety and Security Contracts Manager.

Hyde is one of the UK’s leading and award-winning providers of affordable homes in London, the South-East, and surrounding areas. We provide and manage 50,000 homes for over 100,000 customers. Our ethos is simple: by providing customers with a safe and decent home, it allows them to realise their potential, enjoy their environment, and contribute to their community.

As the Fire and Security Contracts Manager at Hyde, you will be working within the Safer Homes and Neighbourhoods team to manage external contractors, ensure compliance with fire safety regulations, and ensure safety projects are delivered to time and within budget.

Responsibilities:

• Work collaboratively across the business to improve customer safety
• Ensure contractor performance is actively managed and implement improvements as needed use technology and data to simplify how we work
• Deliver great communications to customers so they understand and welcome safety works in their home
• Reduce costs to the business and to customers from cyclical compliance programmes
• Manage a significant and complex budget providing lucid reports on financial performance to the wider business

Skills and Experience Required:

• Knowledge of fire and building safety regulations, codes, and standards with a willingness to learn more in role.
• Superb interpersonal and communication skills.
• Proven ability to allocate resources and monitor performance effectively.
• Understanding of project management methodologies and best practices.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Knowledge and understanding of service charging principles is desirable

Benefits:

• A fantastic pension• Life assurance• Great holidays• An award-winning flexible benefits package• Volunteering days

Diversity and inclusion are integral to the Hyde Group; we strive to build and nurture a culture where inclusivity is the norm and not an initiative. Many of the greatest ideas and discoveries come from a diverse mix of minds, backgrounds, and experiences, and we’re committed to cultivating an inclusive workplace that reflects our customer profile and where everyone is proud to be unique.

Hyde is a disability-confident employer, and we are here to support you with any reasonable adjustments that you need throughout the recruitment process.

We reserve the right to close this advert as soon as a suitable candidate has been identified.