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BUILDING SAFETY SUPPORT ADMINISTRATOR - 12MONTH FTC

• Rendall & Rittner • Competitive • Home Based

ROLE OVERVIEW

You will play a vital role in helping us keep residents safe by providing organised, proactive administrative support to our Building Safety team. Working from home, you will coordinate documentation, track compliance actions and keep our building safety records accurate, audit-ready and up to date.

You will be the steady hand behind the scenes: collating reports, scheduling inspections, capturing minutes and following through on actions with colleagues, residents and contractors. Your attention to detail and calm, people-focused approach will help ensure we meet our responsibilities under evolving building safety legislation while delivering a clear, caring service.

ROLE EXPECTATIONS

Most days you will manage shared inboxes and trackers, prepare and file safety documentation, schedule surveys and inspections, and keep everyone aligned on deadlines and next steps. You will communicate clearly with internal teams, residents and suppliers, turn complex information into simple updates, and ensure evidence is captured accurately and stored correctly.

WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE

• Compliance trackers are consistently accurate, current and easy for stakeholders to understand.
• Safety documentation is filed correctly the first time, with clear version control and audit trails.
• Inspections, surveys and remedial works are scheduled promptly and completed on time.
• Actions from meetings and reports are chased professionally and closed within agreed SLAs.
• Residents and stakeholders receive timely, clear and empathetic communications.
• The Building Safety team is freed to focus on higher-value work thanks to your reliable support.

HOW YOU'LL SPEND MOST OF YOUR TIME

• Managing central inboxes, logs and action trackers for building safety compliance.
• Scheduling inspections, surveys, meetings and contractor appointments, and confirming access.
• Collating, formatting and filing reports, certificates and evidence to agreed standards.
• Preparing clear communications and updates for residents and stakeholders.
• Taking accurate meeting minutes and following up actions to completion.
• Producing simple dashboards or summaries to highlight progress, risks and deadlines.

WHO THIS ROLE IS FOR

• You are highly organised, detail-focused and comfortable juggling multiple deadlines.
• You communicate clearly, calmly and professionally with people at all levels.
• You take ownership, follow through on actions and enjoy bringing order to complexity.
• You care about doing the right thing for residents and colleagues, and act with discretion.
• You are tech-savvy, quick to learn systems and rigorous about data accuracy.

EXPERIENCE THAT HELPS

• Administrative experience in property, construction, compliance or a regulated environment.
• Working with contractors, residents or customer service teams to coordinate works.
• Using document management tools, shared drives or cloud platforms to maintain records.
• Building and maintaining spreadsheets, trackers or simple dashboards.
• Minute-taking, scheduling and action-chasing across multiple stakeholders.

WHAT WE OFFER

• Competitive salary, aligned to experience
• Discretionary bonus
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Private medical insurance, life assurance and enhanced family leave
• Fully funded training and professional development
• Paid sabbaticals as a loyalty reward
• Pension scheme and employee assistance programme
• Discounts across travel, retail, fitness and entertainment

ABOUT RENDALL & RITTNER

Rendall & Rittner is one of the UK's most established and highly accredited residential leasehold property management companies, managing over 90,000 homes nationwide. Founded in 1990 on the belief that property management should be more professional, transparent and customer-focused, those principles still drive how we operate today as a founding partner of Odevo.

We are people-led and technology-enabled, investing heavily in our teams, systems and continuous improvement. Our standards are recognised through Investors in People Platinum, regulation by RICS and the FCA, and multiple industry awards, including Property Manager of the Year and Managing Agent of the Year.

HOW WE HIRE

• Initial conversation with our talent team
• Interview focused on your organisational rigour, stakeholder communication and ability to manage compliance workflows

We aim to complete the process within two to three weeks and communicate clearly throughout.

INTERESTED?

Apply with your CV.

All applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK. Documentary evidence of eligibility will be required.