Senior Compliance Officer

Job Title: Senior Compliance Officer

Salary: £28,500 - £36,000 per annum

Hours per week: 35

Location: At IOSH, we embrace hybrid working because we believe it's the key to achieving work-life balance, strategic success and fostering our collaborative culture. You’ll be required to work from our head office in Wigston, Leicester a minimum of 2 days per week. The remainder of your working hours will be undertaken from home.

Closing date: 11 October 2024

Interview date: 14 and 15 October 2024

About the role

We are looking for a Senior Course Approval Officer to join IOSH, at this exciting time in our journey. IOSH is the Chartered body and largest membership organisation for health and safety professionals and in this role, you will play an integral part in supporting IOSH in delivering our Strategy, Activate 2028.

Leading a small team, you’ll be responsible for reviewing materials submitted by external organisations against existing course standards.  You’ll ensure there is continual improvement of the processes and systems in place for the approval of tailored courses, and providing appropriate feedback to organisations to ensure their content meets the approval standard.

 The role will contribute to cross organisational development activity as required, driving collaborative opportunities that deliver both departmental and organisational objectives.

 You’ll also;

• Lead the maintenance, improvement and development of the IOSH Course Approval team
• Effectively and efficiently resolve queries that have been escalated to management level
• Write succinct internal and external reports
• Engage and lead in standardisation exercises to ensure decisions are consistent across the team

What you'll bring

You will be a self-motivated team player with ability to work on own initiative, experienced in managing teams and have great organisational skills.  You will have experience in developing and improving internal and/or external materials and ensuring consistent standards are retained.

 In addition to the above, you will have:

• Excellent stakeholder management skills
• Excellent communication and relationship management skills, both orally and in writing
• Problem solving skills to help maximise customer satisfaction

Essential criteria

• Ability to review and align standards and work with stakeholders to support them with standards development.
• Experience of working with external stakeholders to develop and maintain quality assurance standards and processes.
• Experience of writing and evaluating content.

What's in it for you?

We support our colleagues to bring their best selves to work, so they can deliver exceptional outcomes. We do this by offering a comprehensive benefits package, including:

• Hybrid working and flexibility to ensure a positive work-life balance
• 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) increasing with length of service, with the option to buy more
• Private medical insurance and healthcare cash plan covered by IOSH
• Salary sacrifice pension scheme, minimum of 3% employee contribution whilst IOSH contribute 5%
• Individual performance related pay scheme
• Up to five paid volunteering days per year
• Employee Assistance Programme to support you and your dependent's wellbeing

About us

The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) is the world’s Chartered body for safety and health professionals.

We understand that diversity of thought, culture, perspective, and background is essential to our vision. We believe in creating a personal environment where everyone is treated as they wish to be treated. At IOSH, you can be yourself, no matter who you are.

We are proud to be a disability confident employer, and guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria for the vacancy.

Find out more about how we advocate for, and support health and safety professionals worldwide to create a safer and healthier world of work by visiting www.iosh.com.

How to apply
To apply, you'll need an up to date CV and some additional time to complete the application questions so we can find out more about you and your experience. Just click on the apply button below.

If you want to find out more about IOSH please visit our website. If you have any queries about the role or require any reasonable adjustments to support you with the recruitment process please reach out to [email protected].

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.