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Job Title: Building Safety Regulation Manager
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: £52,927.35 (£58,633.45 is achieved after 12 months successful performance in the role)
Working Hours: 35 hours per week, Full Time
Working Pattern: Monday-Friday, Hybrid
Location: Liverpool
If you share our values and are excited about making a significant impact at Riverside, please ensure you attach a current CV and covering letter. At Riverside we recruit to potential not just on skills and experience, so we encourage you to apply even if you don't meet all the essential criteria on the job description.
The difference you will make as a Building Safety Regulation Manager
Lead on and pursue responsible third parties for financial redress for cladding remediation, through a range of dispute resolution mechanisms, lead on without prejudice meetings and work closely with our internal and external legal partners and senior leadership team. Manage any legal notices, support any legal challenges, appeals to regulator of first tier tribunal. Manage our legal access procedures. Ensure FTT Legal updates to SLT Team.
About You
We are looking for someone who:
* Has a qualifying law degree (LLB) or a non-law degree followed by a Common Professional Examination (CPE)/Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL)
* Has a clear understanding of dispute resolution mechanisms
* Has experience holding without prejudice meetings
Why Riverside?
At Riverside, we’re a housing association with a difference – enhancing the everyday for all our customers. For 90 years, we’ve been revitalising neighbourhoods and supporting communities by providing the homes they need to live full, fulfilling and rewarding lives.
We have a portfolio of over 75,000 affordable residential and retirement homes across the UK. Our work ranges from homelessness services to social care, employment support to retirement living, and we need the best people on board to help us.
Working With Us, You’ll Enjoy
* Competitive pay & generous pension
* 28 days holidays plus bank holidays
* Flexible working options available
* Investment in your learning, personal development and technology
* A wide range of benefits
Diversity And Inclusion At Riverside
We are inclusive. At Riverside, we value diversity in all its forms. We foster a workplace where all individuals are respected, empowered, and heard. Our commitment to inclusivity drives our success and enriches the lives of our customers and colleagues.
Riverside is a Disability Confident Employer and operates a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for any applicant who declares they have a disability. If the applicant meets the minimum requirements for the role (as set out in the role profile and/or person specification) they will be guaranteed an interview.
Role Profile
Cladding financial redress
* Ensure where we have received funding from either the Building Safety Fund (for buildings > 18m) or the Cladding Safety Scheme (for buildings between 11-18m) where we are under an obligation, pursuant to the funding agreement(s), to pursue responsible third parties for financial redress.
* Work closely with our internal and external legal teams to review and consider contracts, settlement agreements and dispute resolution mechanism, ensuring that the correct dispute resolution procedure is being followed, whilst considering if arbitration and, legal processes.
* Prepare and submit regular reports to SLT in relation to First Tier Tribunal progressions, timescales, risks, forecasted likelihoods ensuring that applications and appointment letters/forms are approved and signed in accordance with procedures.
* Report on the submission and status of all of Grant claims, linked to FTT’s and ensuring that all legal documentation aligned to grant funding such as the execution of deeds and contracts are signed.
* Lead on providing legal advice with regard to ‘without prejudice’ meetings with original cladding contractors with the successful outcome being the reaching of a settlement agreement. Ensure we follow procedures set down in the Pre-action Protocol for Construction and Engineering Disputes in relation to Riversides Principle Accountable Person (PAP) responsibilities.
* Work in consultation and support in house and external legal advisor to manage any Remediation Contribution Order made by the First-tier Tribunal (FtT), on the application of an interested party.
* First-tier Tribunal, then of the Civil Courts (County Court and High Court including the Companies Court).
* Submit appeals to the BSR or the FtT.
* Apply to the FtT for a determination of any of the following (a) the person or persons who are the accountable persons for the building (b) the person who is the principal accountable person for the building (c) the part of the building for which any accountable person for the building is responsible.
* Appeal to the FtT compliance notice where the regulator TRG has contravened, be contravening or be likely to contravene a relevant requirement.
Building Safety Act Regulation
* Submit applications for all buildings in occupation to the regulator for a “Building Registration Certificate” for all in scope high risk buildings with the Building Safety Regulator on behalf of the Groups Licenced Duty Holder and Accountable person and ensure no buildings are occupied without the appropriate certification issued by the regulator.
* Ensure any mandatory, special or voluntary conditions attached to the Building Registration Certificate are complied with to the satisfaction of the Accountable Person and the Building Safety Regulator.
* Report to the regulator any structural and fire safety occurrences that could cause a significant risk.
* Serve contravention notices on tenants who fail to comply with their obligations under the Building Safety Act.
* Ensure Riverside act upon any “compliance notice” or “urgent action notice” issued by the regulator requiring the group to take specified steps within a specified period.
* Support and respond to any request from a “special measures manager” appointed by the regulator.
Legal Access Procedures
* Develop, implement and monitor compliance with our risk policy milestones and support operatives gain access to customers' homes.
* Manage our access procedures and legal escalation to ensure access to customers' homes and ensure we are able to demonstrate all reasonable attempts have been made, and evidence held within our system to support legal cases.
* Work with external legal teams to produce witness statements for court applications.
General
* Manage the performance and development of your Enforcement team providing expertise, coaching and other developmental support as required, ensuring a quality service is provided and under performance is dealt with appropriately.
* Work collaboratively with the leadership team to ensure effective delivery of the wider service.
* Ensure that all data protection requirements are met in accordance with the Group’s policy, procedures and statutory requirements.
* Ensure that health and safety requirements are met in accordance with the Group’s policy, procedures and statutory requirements.
Person specification
Essential
* Qualifying law degree (LLB) or a non-law degree followed by a Common Professional Examination (CPE)/Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL).
* Clear understanding of dispute resolution mechanisms.
* Experience holding without prejudice meetings and you should have excellent writing skills.
* Be able to produce clear, accurate and timely reports for senior management.
* Understanding of the Building Safety Act and shorthold tenancy agreements.
Desirable
* Completion of Legal Practice Course (LPC) and member of Solicitors Regulation.
About Us
Riverside is one of the UK’s leading not-for-profit social housing and regeneration organisations, owning or managing around 75,000 homes from Irvine to Kent. We are a leading provider of supported housing services, particularly for those affected by homelessness, and our track record of transforming lives and revitalising neighbourhoods dates back over 90 years. We have plans to build over 15,000 affordable homes over the next decade.
Our ways of working
Commitment to Diversity
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