Building Safety and Assets Compliance Lead
There is never a dull moment in Local Government and certainly not in housing. This is an opportunity to join the Housing Assets Team as the Building Safety & Assets Compliance lead, staying true to our mission of Helping People, Shaping Places. With our C2 grading from the Regulator of Social Housing in August 2024 following a proactive inspection, we have confidence in our journey so far and in the plans we have to enter the next chapter for housing at Melton Borough Council.
As part of our Housing Asset Team, the role will directly support the Housing Asset Manager. This is an important management role with responsibility for ensuring safe homes for council tenants. You will lead and coordinate delivery, review and continuous improvement of the Council’s compliance management plans and associated delivery arrangements, projects and programmes of work.
About you
We are looking for someone that has high level knowledge of gas, electrical, asbestos, fire and water matters related to landlord responsibilities with experience or understanding of performance management, including creating systems to collect and present information, ideally with experience of government data returns.
You will have strong technical knowledge and understanding of Landlords statutory repair and maintenance responsibilities and other related legislation and why this is relevant to ensuring high quality homes and accountable landlord services.
You will be able to plan over a long-term period, including short and long term, evidence based, budget setting.
A relevant professional qualification (such as NEBOSH) would be advantageous, or commitment to work towards a Level 4 qualification with the Chartered Institute for Housing (CIH) alongside significant landlord safety experience and CPD.
About Us
Melton resides in the beautiful Leicestershire countryside. Its town centre Melton Mowbray, is a quintessential English market town built on a strong tradition of farming. Renowned for its fine food and drink, the borough has become the centre of excellence for local food producers. The town itself is steeped in history and together with the surrounding area has much to offer all those that choose to live, work or visit here.
At Melton Borough Council, we are firmly committed to promoting a vibrant and sustainable economy, focused on growth and prosperity. Working for us, you will find a great sense of community in which we work together towards achieving the council’s shared objectives and which ensures our customers are at the heart of everything we do. You’ll also enjoy an excellent range of benefits and family friendly working policies. These include flexi time with no core hours, agile working arrangements which enables multi-site and home working, generous leave entitlement, a full week off at Christmas, Local Authority Pension Scheme and a clear commitment to your continued professional development.
More information
You can find out more about this role by viewing the full job description and person specification below.
Melton Borough Council is committed to offering a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants that meet the essential criteria for a job profile and who:
• Declare themselves to have a disability covered by the definition outlined within the Equality Act 2010
• Are considered to be a care leaver
• Are a veteran or reservist
To find out more and to see if you may qualify, please read our guaranteed interview scheme document, (opens in a new tab).
If you would like an informal chat, please do not hesitate to get in touch with:
Jazz Gallocker - Compliance Officer.
Email: jgallocker@melton.gov.uk
Telephone number: 01664 502 502
*Closing Date: 12 Noon, Tuesday 28 April 2026
Interviews: Thursday 7 May 2026.
*We reserve the right to close this vacancy early when we receive sufficient and suitable applications. Therefore, please ensure that you submit your application as soon as possible so that you can be considered for this role.