Compliance Officer

Compliance Officer

Portsmouth | Bonus, Shares, Hybrid Working

Have you worked in compliance, quality, audit or a regulated environment and want to develop your career? Would you enjoy researching regulatory requirements, keeping information organised and helping a business improve its processes?

An established engineering manufacturer is looking for a Compliance Officer to support it's growing compliance function. Working directly with the Compliance Manager, you'll help monitor regulatory changes, maintain compliance documentation and coordinate activites across the business.

This is a new position with scope to learn and take on more responsibility as the function develops.

What you'll be doing as Compliance Officer:

• Monitoring legislation and regulatory changes, including product, enviornmental and sustainability requirements.
• Researching updates and highlighting information that could affect the business.
• Maintaining compliance registers, policies, trackers and document libraries, ensuring accurate records and version control.
• Gathering supplier compliance documentation and following up outstanding information.
• Supporting risk assessments, internal audits and compliance checks, keeping evidence organised and tracking actions
• Working with departments across the business to develop procedures, gather information and support compliance training.

What we're looking for from the Compliance Officer:

Your current job title isn't the deciding factor. You could be a Compliance Assistant, Compliance Coordinator, or Regulatory Affairs Assistant, or have relevant experience in quality, risk, audit or document control within a regulated environment.

You'll need:

• Strong organisational and documentation skills, with close attention to detail
• The ability to read detailed regulatory information, understand the key points and identify what may be relevant.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills
• Confidence working with different departments and following up outstanding actions
• A proactive, analytical approach and a willingness to learn and suggest improvements.

You don't need a degree or extensive specialist experience for this Compliance Officer role. Experience with ISO 9001, ISO 14001, internal auditing or supplier compliance would be useful, but isn't essential.

*We are not able to provide sponsorship for this role, so candidates must have full rights to work in the UK without the need for sponsorship. Candidates currently on a PSW visa, who will need sponsorship when that expires, are not suitable*

What's next?

If you're interested in this Compliance Officer opportunity and feel you have the relevant experience, APPLY NOW with an up-to-date CV. We also pay referral fees if you can suggest another suitable person that isn't already known to us.

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