Job description
Prospero Teaching are looking to hire a Compliance Officer to work within our Leeds Office.
Role Definition/The Role:
1. Ensuring compliance with legislation, Government guidance, professional standards, best practice and auditing bodies.
2. Promoting safer recruitment – which not only protects the company but safeguards children and adults at risk.
Key Responsibilities
3. Ensuring compliance with all legislation, sector changes and company policies/procedures, as implemented by Head of Compliance & Safeguarding.
4. Candidate documentation, safeguarding and vetting checks in line with safer recruitment, professional standards, statutory guidance, government legislation, framework/client contracts and company procedures. This includes:
5. Acquiring and checking all required original documentation
6. Right to Work checks
7. Identity checks
8. Enhanced DBS checks
9. Overseas police checks, where applicable
10. Employment history checks
11. Reference checks
12. Qualification and prohibition checks
13. Up to date training
14. Obtaining placement feedback
15. Chasing candidates and consultants for outstanding documentation.
16. Answering any questions from consultants – with a continued focus on raising the general level of safeguarding and compliance knowledge across all teams.
17. Highlighting or escalating areas of concern including those that may pose a safeguarding risk.
18. Liaison with professional bodies, Local Authorities and clients where applicable.
19. Data input and database maintenance.
Essential Skills & Attributes
20. Self-motivated
21. Proactive
22. Willing to go above and beyond
23. Committed to safeguarding
24. A team player
25. Professional
26. Enthusiastic
27. Personable, confident and able to build relationships
28. Excellent time management
29. Meticulous
30. Excellent written and oral communication skills
Experience
31. Experience working within the Education compliance sector desirable however not essential.
32. Safeguarding trained desirable however not essential.
33. Excellent knowledge of IT software (for example – word, excel) and CRM systems if applicable.
The duties outlined in this job description are not exhaustive. At Prospero you could be supporting any part of the Prospero business. The Company reserves the right to add to or amend the responsibilities of this role as required with appropriate consultation.
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