Compliance Officer

The Service & Team

Cornwall Council’s Property & Asset Service as part of ERA (Economy, Regeneration & Assets) is responsible for the strategic, operational, and commercial management of the Council’s extensive land and property portfolio.  The Compliance Team provides leadership in ensuring a safe and compliant estate in line with statutory, regulatory, and contractual requirements through the FM Contract and Corporate Landlord Assurance approach

The Role

Assist in the delivery of Property Inspections and Audit across the councils diverse Estate.

Monitor, Review and Assist in the completion of Property Related Risk Assessments.

To advise and manage a range of compliance functions which relate to the management of assets owned or occupied by the Council, including duties under the Equalities Act 2010, Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 and elements of Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 and other relevant legislation.

Working Pattern

This is a permanent role - 37 hours a week

What you’ll need to succeed

We are looking for a Property professional with experience in delivering high quality compliance work, including the proven experience of delivering Property Inspection and Audits.

Sound knowledge of property related legislation and standards is a key requirement of the role along with a strong understanding of the requirements of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.

You'll need to be a strong communicator able to deal with a wide variety of colleagues.

Please read the role profile for the full details of this role attached below in this advert

What you’ll get in return

Cornwall Council’s ambition is to be an employer of choice, a high performing Council and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract, motivate and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff. This helps provide our employees with a greater work/life balance. Whilst still ensuring that service needs are met.

Our core employee rewards and benefits include:

·         a competitive salary.

·         a defined benefit pension scheme, based on your career average earnings. This includes the option for extra voluntary contributions

·         a generous annual leave entitlement with the potential to purchase additional leave.

·         A national award-winning employee health and wellbeing programme

·         Employee benefits scheme giving employees access to a wide range of discounts to local and national goods and services.

Additional Information

Cornwall Council is unable to offer visa sponsorship or transfer existing sponsorship for this role.

The full role profile is attached here 

We recommend saving a copy of this to refer to if you are invited to an interview.

For more information or an informal chat about the role please contact Simon Dixon at Simon.Dixon@cornwall.gov.uk

Application Process

Please answer the following questions within your supporting statement:

1. Please detail your experience of working with CAFM systems and how you used them to effectively manage compliance? 

2. Please give an example where you have ensured that timescales are met for rectification of a non-compliance issue with a contractor? 

3. Please provide an example when you have produced audit/ inspection reports? 

4. Please provide an example where you have monitored compliance against legislation or contractual requirements?

Please attach a supporting statement to your application, you can add your Education & Qualifications details manually using the application form timeline or you can upload your CV. Remember to demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points marked as ‘Application’ on the Role Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. Guidance on how to complete your application can be found here – The application process.

Please note that applications cannot be edited after they have been submitted, please contact careers@cornwall.gov.uk if you have any queries or require assistance with your application.

Existing employees must apply using their Cornwall Council email address through the Opportunity Marketplace on Oracle.

Cornwall Council deliver services to more than half a million local people and over five million visitors a year. Working here - Cornwall Council

We are happy to talk about flexible working options such as part-time or compressed hours. More examples of our flexible working opportunities can be found here - flexible working options.

Fairness and inclusion are at the heart of our vision for Cornwall. In order to best serve our communities, we are striving to achieve a diverse workforce that is inclusive of all backgrounds, cultures and identities; e.g., race, disability, sex, gender reassignment status, age, religion and sexual orientation. We are an equal opportunities and Disability Confident employer, and we will assess applicants on their merits.

Cornwall Council is committed to safeguarding and following safer recruitment principles to help make sure our staff and volunteers are suitable to work with children, young people and adults at risk. It’s a vital part of creating a safe and positive environment and making a commitment to keeping all service users safe from harm.