Job Title: Compliance Manager
Location: Ashford, Kent
Salary: GBP 58,488 to GBP 63,225 per annum
Job Type: Full time, Permanent
Working Hours: 37 hour per week
Closing Date: 2nd November 2025
About The Role:
We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Compliance Manager to lead our Housing Compliance Team who values innovation, safety, and community wellbeing. This is a pivotal role in ensuring our housing stock remains safe, legally compliant, and aligned with our commitment to delivering affordable, quality homes and achieving carbon reduction targets across the borough.
Key Responsibilities:
As Compliance Manager, you will be response for overseeing a multidisciplinary team responsible for managing all major and minor compliance areas, including:
-Fire Safety
-Gas
-Electrical
-Water Hygiene
-Lifts
-Asbestos
You will be responsible for ensuring our buildings meet current safety standards, statutory records are maintained, and cyclical testing and servicing programmes are implemented effectively, along with:
-Managing procurement and contract delivery for compliance services, including specification drafting, tender evaluation, and contractor supervision.
-Maintaining up:to:date statutory records and ensuring all properties remain compliant across all key safety disciplines.
-Liaising with regulatory bodies and statutory agencies, ensuring robust data management and evidence of compliance.
-Overseeing additional systems such as access control, CCTV, alarms, sprinkler systems, and emergency power installations.
-Conducting site inspections, preparing reports, and responding to complaints, FOIs, and disrepair claims.
-In addition, you will provide strategic updates to the Head of Housing Assets and contribute to Cabinet and Committee reporting.
About you:
To be competent in this role it is essential that you have HNC/HND in Building Studies or significant relevant experience, along with having:
-Membership of a professional body (e.g., CIBSE, RICS, MCIOB)
-Proven experience of managing multidisciplinary teams and contractors
-Strong knowledge of housing compliance and regulatory frameworks
-Excellent communication, contract management, and IT skills
-The ability to manage changing priorities and deliver high:quality outcomes
Benefits:
We offer a competitive remuneration package including:
-Hybrid Working : We are an organisation that puts people first and understands how important employee wellbeing is. We want to help you to balance your working life and home life and offer flexible ways of working to help structure your life in a positive and productive way; both at home and in the office. This maximises personal development and collaborative working.
-Excellent salary linked pension scheme
-Generous annual leave with flexi time
-Free life insurance
-Supportive relocation package
-Opportunities for training and development
Additional Information:
With devolution news and talks evolving across the country for local authorities, we understand that there may be some uncertainty for those currently serving within the sector. Although Kent and Medway have not been included in the Devolution Priority Programme, discussions continue in this area. Kent, Medway and all District and Borough Councils in the South East will continue to work closely with each other to deliver vital services to our communities. This is an exciting, but stable time to join our organisation.
Ashford Borough Council recognises the need to ensure the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults when they come into contact with the services we provide
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