Job Description

Inclusion is one of our core values. Our goal is to be a diverse, inclusive organisation where our people thrive and meet our customers’ needs with fairness and empathy. We know having a range of ideas and opinions makes a difference. We encourage and welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support this mission. We will make adjustments throughout your application process, in line with Sanctuary’s commitment to our Disability Confident employer status.

Head of Complex Buildings Reporting

Homeworking – London Based

£88,758 - £93,441 per year Plus Company car or car buyout of £9,800

35 hours per week

We have a new exciting opportunity for a Head of Complex Buildings Reporting to lead the reporting, oversight and assurance of the Golden thread across a portfolio of complex tall buildings or high risk buildings, ensuring full compliance with fire, structural and regulatory safety requirements nationally. In this role, you will deliver the Group’s Building Safety Data and golden thread programme, ensuring the effective management, maintenance and governance of all building safety information. You will also drive data led decision making across all tall buildings and complex high risk assets and introduction to digital twins and BIM.

This position sits within the Building Safety department which is responsible for ensuring that the Group meets all new and existing legislative and regulatory requirements with regard to building safety.

The role of Head of Complex Buildings Reportingwill include:

• Lead the development and implementation of appropriate building safety / golden thread frameworks, and integration into the building safety cases working with the technical leads
• Manage and coordinate the effective reporting of all complex buildings ensuring our buildings are operationally well-managed, working as part of the Senior Leadership Team collaboratively with technical leads
• Ensure the accuracy, consistency and delivery of the golden thread data and that operational processes including FRAEW and LOW FRAEW sign off are robust
• Lead the development and implementation of appropriate business processes ensuring we meet the changing regulatory requirements
• Ensure that tall buildings are compliant and ensure the building safety team manage escalations through to completion
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders

Skills and experiences:

• Degree, management qualification or relevant professional qualification
• Comprehensive experience of managing operations in a highly regulated environment
• Significant knowledge of building safety regulations, legislation, current projects and working with complex buildings
• Significant knowledge of fire safety regulation
• Comprehensive knowledge of the requirements of digital building information
• Substantial experience of leading a team in a large, complex organisation
• Proven track record of demonstrating commercial acumen and achieving results
• Comprehensive experience of analysing and diagnosing problems and implementing effective solutions
• Proven knowledge of financial regulations and good practice principles
• Substantial experience and proven achievement working in a commercial environment
• This role will involve driving on company business. In order to drive a company vehicle, drivers must hold a full valid UK driving licence

Why work for us?

We provide homes and care for more than 250,000 people in England and Scotland. Our customers are at the heart of all we do. With around 14,000 colleagues, we foster a diverse and inclusive culture, and nurture and reward talent.

Our Benefits

As part of our commitment to making Sanctuary a great place to work, where your wellbeing is of genuine importance, we have developed an attractive employment package. The package recognises your contribution, supports your physical, mental and financial health and gives you the flexibility to tailor your employee benefits by offering:

• 25 days annual leave (rising to a maximum of 30 days) plus public holidays

• A pension scheme with employer contributions from Sanctuary
• Life Assurance
• Employee Advice Service including counselling
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Voluntary health plans
• Employee discounts
• Wellbeing support and tools
• Employee recognition scheme
• Staff Networks, with a shared interest in inclusion, and who provide invaluable support to colleagues
• Role salary is £86,763 with an additional policy allowance of £1,995 per annum (rising to £91,340 with an additional policy allowance of £2,100 per annum after 12 months, subject to satisfactory performance)

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Closing Date:24 June 2026

If you're unsure about any details, have questions about the role or want to discuss a need for adjustments, our fantastic talent team will be happy to help you -corporate.recruitment@sanctuary.co.uk

We reserve the right depending on application numbers to close or extend the closing dates for positions; we would therefore recommend an early application.

View more detail about what it’s like to work for our organisation, and what we offer on our Sanctuary careers pages at - www.sanctuary.co.uk/join-our-team

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Sanctuary Group is a trading name of Sanctuary Housing Association, an exempt charity.