Job Introduction
What you’ll do
Reporting to the Asbestos Manager, you will play a crucial role in ensuring overall compliance with asbestos surveys and reinspection programmes. You will act as a subject matter expert in this field, at times deputising for the Asbestos Manager, fostering key relationships with our contractors. Additionally, you will ensure adherence to Asbestos Policy and Asbestos Management Procedure, auditing management and removal within our portfolio, while also ensuring the Company meets its statutory duties as a landlord.
You will also be carrying out surveys, quality checking contractor reports and completing site-based audits of our contractors, ensuring all required notifications to statutory bodies are made, and that NHG remains compliant with legislation. This work is essential to help residents feel safe in their homes.
How you'll do it:
- Respond swiftly to asbestos-related incidents, managing emergency situations and ensuring resident safety before re-entry
- Conduct annual asbestos re-inspection surveys and maintain accurate records in the asbestos register.
- Oversee and audit contractors and third parties, ensuring compliance with asbestos management procedures and statutory regulations.
- Deliver training and guidance to staff and residents on asbestos awareness and safety practices.
- Advise on and review works impacting asbestos management, proactively identifying risks and ensuring best practice compliance.
The ideal candidate
We believe great service starts with great people, and we are committed to recruiting and developing passionate, enthusiastic, and talented individuals who can add value to our thriving organisation. Pending confirmation of legislative changes, this role may require a qualification to demonstrate competence. If not already qualified, there may be an expectation to study towards a professional qualification.
Essential:
- P402 Qualification -Proficiency Module in Surveying and Bulk Sampling (mandatory
- Experience completing asbestos re-inspections for domestic and commercial premises
- Experience reviewing Asbestos surveys completed by contractors and uploading data onto a register
- Experience of contractor and/or stakeholder management in the housing sector.
Desirable:
- P405 Qualification – Proficiency Module in Asbestos Management
This role is subject to a basic criminal record check (CRB) issued by the disclosure and barring service (DBS)
What’s in it for you?
Once you join us, you’ll find plenty of opportunities to grow within our organisation. You’ll also have access to a wide range of learning opportunities to help you achieve and maximise your potential. Benefits include:
- Excellent annual leave allowance and flexible working opportunities (qualifying period may apply)
- Generous pension scheme
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption pay in addition to statutory entitlements (qualifying period may apply)
- Employee assistance - free confidential advice and counselling services provided by independent specialist organisations.
- Health cash plan
- Staff discounts - we give our staff access to discounts at hundreds of major retailers, gyms, restaurants, entertainment, days out, insurance, and much more.
- Interest free loans - season ticket loan, tenancy deposit loan, and training loan
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Life Assurance x 4 annual salary
All about us
Notting Hill Genesis is a not-for-profit organisation providing affordable homes for Londoners and it is now one of the largest housing associations in London. We are both a landlord and a developer, with more than 60,000 existing homes and 10,000 more in our pipeline and we employ around 1,500 staff.
For more information on what we do and what makes us different please visit:https://group.nhg.org.uk/careers/
We welcome applications from everyone. We actively monitor the diversity of our workforce and strive to show equal representation throughout all levels of the organisation. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Disability Confident employer amongst other diversity commitments.
To find out more about our approach to equality, diversity and inclusion please visit: https://group.nhg.org.uk/careers/diversity-is-our-strength/
Selection Process
Step 1: If you are interested, please send your application now! Closing date is 15th June.
Step 2: Successful candidates will be asked to do an assessment
Step 3: Successful candidates will be invited to interview
Please apply for this role online. If you are not able to apply online or if you have any reasonable adjustment requirements arising from a disability or medical condition to fully participate in the recruitment process, please discuss this with our hiring team via jobs@nhg.org.uk.
Should a redeployee apply for this role, their application will be considered before any others.
NHG reserves the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role, so we advise you to submit your application at your earliest opportunity.
