Compliance Manager – Property Services – Alconbury Weald, United Kingdom
Our Benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage
- A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
- Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
- Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
- Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
- Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
- Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
- Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
- Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
- An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes
Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more.
About the role
As the Property Compliance Manager, you will lead the delivery of statutory and regulatory compliance across Cambridgeshire County Councils diverse property portfolio, including corporate buildings, operational sites, maintained schools and the rural estate. You will play a critical role in ensuring that all properties remain safe, legally compliant and fit for purpose, supporting the Council in fulfilling its duties as a responsible landlord.
Reporting to the Head of Facilities Management and Compliance, you will manage a team of specialist compliance professionals and provide strategic leadership across key compliance areas. These include asbestos management, water hygiene (Legionella), fire safety, and wider propertyrelated health and safety, security and accessibility requirements.
You will be responsible for developing and delivering the Councils corporate property compliance strategy and assurance framework, ensuring robust governance, performance monitoring and reporting to senior leaders and boards. The role requires strong oversight of compliance data and systems, using insight to drive continuous improvement and ensure consistent standards across a varied estate.
A key part of the role is the management of specialist compliance contracts, including procurement, performance monitoring and budget control, ensuring value for money and effective delivery of statutory programmes. You will also provide expert technical advice, guidance and training to internal teams, schools and service managers, helping to embed a strong compliance culture across the organisation.
Working collaboratively with internal stakeholders, regulators and external partners, you will lead on responding to compliance risks, audits, inspections and incidents, ensuring that appropriate corrective actions are implemented. You will build effective relationships across services, acting as a trusted adviser and enabling colleagues to understand and meet their compliance responsibilities.
This is a highimpact leadership role, requiring strong technical expertise, strategic thinking and the ability to influence at all levels to drive a proactive and positive approach to property compliance across the Council.
For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact Chris Finch:
chris.finch@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
About you
You will be an experienced compliance or health and safety professional with strong knowledge of propertyrelated statutory compliance, ideally gained within a complex, multisite environment such as the public sector.
You will bring:
- Indepth knowledge of key compliance areas including asbestos, water hygiene (Legionella), fire safety and wider property health and safety legislation.
- Proven experience of managing statutory compliance across a diverse property portfolio, ensuring legal requirements are met and risks are effectively controlled.
- Strong leadership skills, with experience of managing and developing teams to deliver highquality, customerfocused services.
- Experience of managing contractors and service providers, including procurement, performance management and budget oversight.
- The ability to interpret, analyse and use compliance data to monitor performance, identify risks and drive continuous improvement.
- Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to provide clear, pragmatic advice to a wide range of stakeholders, including senior leaders, operational managers and external partners.
- Experience of working with regulators and managing audits, inspections and incident investigations.
- A proactive and solutionsfocused approach, with the ability to balance compliance requirements with operational needs.
You will also be comfortable working both strategically and operationally, able to lead on corporate initiatives while ensuring daytoday compliance activity is delivered effectively. A strong commitment to collaboration, customer focus and continuous improvement will be key to success in this role.
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