• Job description

    Creating safe, healthy and good quality homes and communities for our customers.

    Solihull Community Housing (SCH) is an Arm’s-Length Management Organisation (ALMO), established in 2004 to deliver housing services on behalf of Solihull Council. We manage just under 10,000 homes and are proud to serve a diverse and vibrant community with a strong sense of place.

    We are now seeking an experienced and values-driven Head of Property Services & Building Safety to join our Executive Leadership Team. This is a critical senior role with strategic and operational responsibility for building safety, statutory compliance, responsive repairs and voids across SCH’s housing stock.

    Reporting to the Executive Director of Operations, you will lead the delivery of all building safety, compliance and property services workstreams, ensuring our homes are safe, compliant and well maintained. You will provide visible leadership across a wide portfolio including fire safety, gas, electrical, asbestos, lifts, legionella and damp, mould and condensation, alongside responsive and empty homes services delivered through a mix of in-house teams and external contractors.

    As an Executive Leader, you will take collective responsibility for delivering SCH’s strategic vision and corporate delivery plan. You will champion a strong building safety and compliance culture, ensure robust governance and risk management arrangements are in place, and drive continuous improvement, value for money and excellent customer outcomes.

    This role requires someone who can operate confidently at both strategic and operational levels – interpreting complex legislation, shaping policy and practice, assuring compliance with the Building Safety Regime, and providing professional leadership to teams, partners and stakeholders. You will also play a key role in resident engagement, ensuring effective communication and transparency around building safety.

    You will bring substantial senior leadership experience within either housing or property services, or ideally both, with a strong track record in building safety, compliance and repairs. You will have a deep understanding of the regulatory and statutory framework in social housing and be confident managing complex budgets, contracts and performance.

    A collaborative and inclusive leader, you will motivate and develop high-performing teams, adopt a coaching approach, and role model SCH’s values and behaviours. You will be comfortable working with Boards, elected members, regulators and enforcement bodies, and acting as an ambassador for SCH. At SCH, we value purposeful leadership, open dialogue and teamwork. You will join an organisation committed to continuous improvement, safeguarding, equality, diversity and inclusion, and making a genuine difference for customers and communities. If you are passionate about building safety, service excellence and inclusive leadership: and want to make a real impact at executive level, we would welcome a conversation.

  • How to apply

    Your application

    Thank you very much for your interest in this Head of Property Services & Building Safety role at Solihull Community Housing (SCH).

    On the following pages, you will find details of the role and the selection process to assist you in completing and tailoring your application.

    You will no doubt do your own due diligence but do read this pack carefully as it will provide you with a good overview of the organisation and role. After you have done that, please feel free to get in touch with me, so that I can talk through your offer and get a sense of how that aligns to what SCH is seeking.

    To apply, we will need the following from you:

    • A CV. Make sure this confirms your current/most recent roles (you can sum up earlier roles, say before the last 15 years), tell us about your achievements so we get a picture of your skills and experience, and try to keep it to two pages or three at most;
    • A personal statement. We want to hear about your motivation, why this role/ organisation, and you will also want to evidence how relevant your offer is to the role specification; again ideally in two to three pages; and
    • The declaration form, which is accessible via the role page on our website. Please indicate if you cannot attend any of the interview dates.

    Please submit your completed application documents using the online form, which is accessible via our jobs page:

    Head of Property Services & Building Safety | Campbell Tickell | Consultancy & recruitment for the charitable, not-for-profit & public sectors

    You will receive an email confirmation and see an onscreen confirmation message after submitting your application, but if you have any issues, you can call 020 3434 0990.

    The role closes at 9am, Tuesday 26th May 2026. Please ensure we receive your application in good time. 

    I would be happy to have further discussion, so do get in touch and we can arrange a time to speak.

    Kind regards
    Kelly Shaw

    Kelly Shaw | Campbell Tickell
    [email protected]   
    07900 363803