Job Description

About The Role

Are you looking for a new challenge and a role which will allow you to build and lead a team covering all aspects of Compliance in a busy local authority?

We are looking for a Compliance Manager to deliver the function across the Council's range of services.

Are you an experienced compliance professional ready to lead on landlord, building and other safety threads across a diverse property portfolio? We are looking for a Compliance Manager to help ensure the safety, integrity, and compliance of the authority's assets, including housing stock.

In this vital role, you'll lead a team of compliance officers and work collaboratively across service areas to implement robust safety strategies, ensure legislative compliance, and manage a wide range of contractor-led works. You'll be at the forefront of creating a safer Borough.

The role will require you to:

build and lead a team of, overseeing all aspects of compliance performance and improvement shape and update safety strategies and policies in line with legislation and best practice manage contractor performance and deliver housing compliance programmes. providing expert advice on key areas including fire safety, asbestos, legionella, and building risk management ensure compliance through audit, assurance, and robust reporting mechanisms.
Closing date for applications: midnight on Friday 6th June 2025

Interviews will be held: Week commencing 16th June 2025

About You

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate that they have the following skills, knowledge, and work experience:

At least 3 years' experience in property related health & safety and compliance management.

In-depth knowledge of compliance areas including asbestos, fire safety, and legionella.

Strong leadership, analytical thinking, and contractor management skills. Relevant qualifications such as HNC in Building Surveying, NEBOSH, and/or specialist compliance certifications. A collaborative, inclusive, and outcomes-focused approach.
You need to be highly organised with great attention to detail and have a forward-thinking approach and you will be experienced in finding solutions to complex matters in a multi-disciplinary organisation.

You will have excellent verbal and written communication skills, and be able to influence and work in partnership with stakeholders both across the council and externally, to achieve desired outcomes.

You will be proactive, flexible, conscientious, and able to embrace change. Crucially, you will also share the Council's values and respect the opinions of others, you will work with integrity and compassion and be a team player.

You will have excellent time management skills and can prioritise and organise your own and your team's workload to meet service demands and deliver a high-quality service against agreed KPIs, targets and timescales.

You will be proficient in the use of Microsoft Office products and other electronic management systems, ideally NEC; you will be experienced in analysing data and producing the required reports. You will have experience of maintaining databases to record information precisely.

You will have leadership skills and be able to motivate your team to achieve optimum efficiency.

You will have experience of reporting to senior managers in both written and spoken form.

You will have experience of procuring contractors and managing them effectively.

About Us

Great Yarmouth Borough Council has the goal to achieve excellence for the Borough. We don't just say we are ambitious; we mean it. We are always looking at the ways in which we can improve and be the best that we can, providing the best for the people who live, work, visit and operate businesses in the Borough.

We have big plans for the future and massive opportunities ahead. We are one of the most successful enterprise zones in the country, Great Yarmouth is England's offshore energy hub and Norfolk's biggest seaside resort at the edge of the Broads National Park. The challenges we face in the borough are wide, but our commitment to achieving more has never been so focused.

We know that our team members are our most valuable asset, working hard to achieve our short and long term goals. Find out more about the people who work with us, and if you are as ambitious as we are, apply now and be part of our team.

We offer a range of exciting benefits as an employer and are committed to a policy of equal opportunity in employment and the services we provide.

There is more information on the Jobs page of the Great Yarmouth Borough Website, with details of how to apply and the recruitment process. You will also be able to find more details regarding DBS checks (if relevant for the job role), Right to Work checks, along with details of our values and behaviours, agile working and our Privacy Notice.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: 36,124.00-39,513.00 per year

Work Location: In person