Compliance Manager

Overview

Lead legal, risk and compliance strategy for sustainability-focused organization.

Key Responsibilities

• risk registers
• sustainability reporting
• regulatory liaison
• legal oversight
• governance processes
• compliance strategy

Tasks

In this position, you’ll take overall responsibility for legal oversight, enterprise risk management, and regulatory compliance across our rapidly growing organisation. You’ll work closely with the executive team to ensure that our operations, projects, and partnerships align with both our sustainability goals and our governance obligations. -Partner with teams across the business to promote a culture of integrity, accountability, and compliance. -Support sustainability-related reporting and assurance requirements. -Engage with external advisors, regulators, and industry bodies as needed. -Oversee policies, risk registers, and internal governance processes. -Advise senior leadership on contractual, regulatory, and ethical matters. -Shape and own a critical strategic function with real autonomy. -Lead the organisation’s legal, risk, and compliance strategy, ensuring robust frameworks support our growth.

Requirements

• risk management
• compliance
• legal oversight
• board influence
• commercial acumen
• governance

What You Bring

We’re seeking an experienced and strategic Legal, Risk & Compliance Manager to join my client's leadership team. This is a wide-remit, high-impact role — ideal for someone who wants to blend commercial acumen, governance expertise, and purpose-driven leadership. While you’ll need a solid grounding in legal, regulatory, and compliance frameworks, you do not need to be a qualified lawyer — commercial experience and sound judgement are what matter most. -Proven experience in risk management, compliance, or legal oversight, ideally within complex or regulated sectors. -The confidence to influence at board level and collaborate across all functions.

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Benefits

Southampton (Hybrid) -Enjoy a competitive salary and flexible hybrid working based in Southampton. -Join a dynamic and supportive team culture.

About The Green Recruitment Company

-Has grown into a global recruitment leader in the green energy sector, with offices across Europe, North America, Asia, and Oceania. -Bridges skilled professionals and innovators—from renewable developers to cleantech startups—fueling projects in solar, wind, storage, green hydrogen, carbon capture and more. -Deploys a suite of services—permanent hires, executive search, contract staffing, market intelligence and project teams—tailored to the full lifecycle of green energy ventures. -A standout strength is their specialist teams in green finance, trading & procurement, energy management, and emerging cleantech, enabling deep market insight and precision hiring. -Uniquely blends data-driven tech platforms with niche sector expertise, optimizing candidate attraction, retention and fit across six continents.

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