BSR Residents’ Panel – recruiting an independent Chair
BSR Residents’ Panel – recruiting an independent Chair
Residents must be able to trust that the building safety system works for them – and that their lived experience helps shape how it operates in practice.
To strengthen that commitment, the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) is recruiting an independent Chair for its Residents’ Panel.
An important leadership role
The independent Chair for the BSR Residents’ Panel is an important leadership role within the new building safety regime.
The Chair will provide independent oversight and direction to the Panel. This will help ensure residents’ perspectives are heard, understood and meaningfully reflected in regulatory thinking, policy development and decision-making.
Why the BSR Residents’ Panel matters
The BSR Residents’ Panel brings together people with direct experience of living in higher-risk buildings.
It provides a structured and consistent forum for residents to share their views on building safety, raise concerns and contribute insight into how the system works for those it is designed to protect.
The Panel does not replace formal regulatory processes. Instead, it ensures that residents’ voices remain embedded in the wider building safety conversation – helping to inform how regulation is applied and improved over time.
An effective and trusted Chair is central to making this work well.
The role of the Chair
The Chair will be a current resident of a high-rise residential building and will bring direct, lived experience of the higher-risk building regime.
This requirement is intended to ensure that the Panel’s leadership reflects the perspectives of those directly affected by building safety policy and regulatory decisions.
The Chair will play a pivotal role in ensuring the Panel operates confidently, independently and with real impact.
Responsibilities include:
- leading quarterly Residents’ Panel meetings
- creating a safe, respectful and inclusive space for discussion
- supporting residents to articulate their experiences and concerns
- helping translate lived experience into practical insight that can inform BSR’s work
- working constructively with BSR while maintaining independence and credibility
BSR is seeking someone with strong facilitation and leadership skills who understands the importance of trust, fairness and clear communication.
Experience in housing, resident advocacy, regulation or public service may be helpful.
But what matters most is the ability to listen carefully, challenge constructively and represent residents’ interests with confidence.
Strengthening residents’ voices
This recruitment reflects BSR’s wider commitment to placing residents at the centre of building safety.
Not simply as consultees, but as active participants in shaping a safer and more accountable system.