Head of Compliance

Description

You will shape and deliver our compliance assurance strategy, lead a high-performing team, and ensure robust audit and assurance practices across statutory disciplines. You’ll also take direct responsibility for compliance assurance on a designated key account, working closely with operational teams and the client.

• Produce detailed performance reports and KPIs for the key account.
• Develop and maintain a company-wide compliance assurance framework aligned with legal requirements and business goals.
• Champion inclusivity, respect, and diversity within your team and across the business.
• Promote and model a strong Health & Safety culture, reporting incidents and adhering to safe work practices.
• Serve as the internal expert on statutory compliance interpretation and assurance.
• Verify compliance evidence (e.g., safety certificates, inspections, maintenance records).
• Identify and manage non-conformances and oversee corrective actions through to closure.
• Produce clear, insightful compliance reporting and dashboards for senior leadership.
• Lead and perform compliance audits for a designated key account, ensuring contractual and statutory obligations are met.
• Act as the primary assurance contact for the account’s operational team and, where required, the client.
• Drive the national risk-based audit programme to deliver consistent, high-quality assurance outcomes.
• Lead, mentor, and grow the Compliance Assurance team, setting standards of objectivity and technical excellence.

Requirements

• Proven senior experience in statutory compliance or technical assurance, ideally within Facilities Management or similar high-risk environments.
• Strong knowledge of statutory requirements including gas safety, electrical compliance, fire safety, water hygiene (L8), LOLER, PUWER, and related standards.
• Preferably from a Mechanical or Electrical engineering background.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance