Head of Property & Safety

At L&G, we’re working to address the undersupply of affordable housing while delivering safe, high‑quality, and efficient services for our customers. We’re looking for a Head of Property and Safety to lead our approach to asset management, compliance, and long‑term property performance. If you’re motivated by delivering safe homes, shaping strategy, and driving lasting impact for communities, this is an excellent opportunity to make a meaningful difference.

What you’ll be doing:

• Leading the organisation’s landlord health and safety approach and ensuring full legislative compliance
• Developing and implementing the Registered Provider Asset Management Strategy
• Overseeing performance management of property and safety metrics and driving top‑quartile outcomes
• Ensuring newly developed assets meet the required standards to deliver long‑term quality and performance
• Leading strategic asset management and investment planning to optimise asset use and customer outcomes
• Creating effective systems and information environments to support compliance and performance assurance
• Providing strong leadership to the Property and Safety team to embed business values and high standards
• Liaising with safety enforcement agencies and external partners to ensure best practice

Who we’re looking for:

• Degree‑educated or equivalent, with strong knowledge of asset management and landlord compliance
• Proven experience delivering landlord compliance and asset management services within a relevant organisation
• Strong understanding of the affordable housing sector and Registered Provider statutory responsibilities
• Demonstrated ability to influence and shape the design and development of new homes
• Experience in developing effective stock investment models that deliver value for money
• Strong contract management expertise with a proactive, solutions‑focused mindset
• Confident, decisive and comfortable working at pace in a changing environment
• Excellent relationship‑building skills with a strong customer focus and commitment to high standards

Whatever your role, we reward performance and behaviour with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you. Here are some of the benefits we offer:

• The opportunity to participate in our annual, performance -related bonus plan and valuable share schemes
• Generous pension contribution
• Life assurance
• Healthcare Plan (permanent employees only)
• At least 25 days holiday, plus public holidays, 26 days after 2 years’ service. There’s also the option to buy and sell holiday
• Competitive family leave
• Participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand-new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice (permanent employees only)
• There are the many discounts we offer – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online
• We’re creating net‑zero carbon workplaces by 2030 by investing in our sustainable, modern offices across the UK, all designed to bring people together and elevate the in‑person experience

Additional Information

At L&G, we believe it's possible to generate positive returns today while helping to build a better future for all. 

If you join us, you’ll be part of a welcoming, inclusive culture, with opportunities to collaborate with people of diverse backgrounds, views, and experiences. Guided by leaders with integrity who care about your future and wellbeing. Empowered through initiatives which support people to develop their careers and excel.

We care passionately about outcomes rather than attendance and are therefore open to discussing all kinds of flexible working options including part-time, term-time and job shares. Although some roles have limited flexibility due to customer demand, we accommodate requests when we can. 

It doesn’t matter if you don’t meet every single criterion in this advert. Instead, think about what you excel at and what else you can bring in terms of strengths, potential and connection to our purpose.