Head of Compliance

Head of Compliance

Cenrtal UK – West Midlands

Multitask Personnel are working alongside a National Facilities Management company who provide a leading maintenance, engineering, technical procurement & support in dedicated partnerships with National Blue–Chip companies.

We are working alongside them to recruit a Head of Compliance; you will be ultimately accountable for maintaining accreditation within the company, overseeing operating procedures, promoting and ensuring a safe and compliant working environment across all of their customer accounts.

Key responsibilities for a Head of Compliance include:

Safety

• Develop and oversee control systems which minimise the risk of non–compliance, whether this be legislative, regulatory, company or client;
• Periodically conduct audits and reviews to ensure execution of compliance standards;

People

• Write policies and guidance that educate others on how to improve compliance;

Excellence

• Monitor and oversee compliance, driving improvement across the business through effective influence, challenge and guidance to the operational teams;
• Evaluate the efficiency of controls and drive continuous improvement;

Service

• Develop a strategy and ways of working to ensure that all planned compliance tasks are carried out in a timely manner and schedules are adhered to;
• Develop and implement reporting tools, monitoring and methodologies which will evidence compliance performance, both internally and externally;
• Support the operational teams in managing any non–compliance, acting as subject matter expert, conducting investigations to discover the root cause of any issues to prevent recurrence;
• Regularly scrutinise certification provided by third party suppliers and technicians, by carrying out a sample check of at least 5% of certification on a monthly basis;
• Keep abreast of regulatory developments and environmental standards, evolving best practices in compliance control;
• Support business development activity to identify possible compliance risks;
• Act as principle duty holder / EQS for NICEIC accreditation.

Skills and Experience for a Head of Compliance include:

• Educated to GCSE / Standard Grade level as a minimum, ideally NVQ Level 3/City and guilds 236 Part 1 + 2 or equivalent in electrical installation/Maintenance.
• City and Guilds 2391 Inspection & Testing
• City and Guilds th Edition.
• A working knowledge of the maintenance service within the FM industry is essential, with previous working knowledge of a multi–client contracted environment being desirable; and PPM and compliance background.
• Previous experience of effectively leading and managing a team is essential.
• Previous experience of developing client relationships at a senior level would be advantageous
• Strong PC literacy, with experience in extracting, collating and presenting performance data along with a good understanding of the CAFM systems.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
• Excellent planning, organising, prioritisation and project management skills
• Strong results focus, takes accountability for own performance and that of the team
• Effective problem–solving and decision–making
• Highly flexible and self–starting. The role will have many challenges and a flexible approach will be needed.

Salary is competitive.

For more information on the Head of Compliance role, please contact Wensdy on (phone number removed) or send your CV to (url removed)