Senior Compliance Officer

2 months ago

Croydon, United Kingdom Home Office Full time

Job summary

The Home Office works to build a safe, fair, and prosperous UK. We achieve this through our work on counterterrorism, policing, fire, crime, drugs policy, immigration, and passports.

The Public Safety Group�s role is to keep the public safe by cutting crime, disrupting the highest harm criminals, protecting the vulnerable and ensuring that our police, fire, and rescue services are as efficient and effective as they can be in delivering front line public services. We collaborate with our partners in other government departments, local government, and the voluntary sector to develop and implement policy, provide funding, and deliver legislation.

The Senior Compliance Officer role is an operational management role within the Drugs and Firearms Licensing Unit (DFLU). You will lead a team of compliance officers that inspect sites across the UK assessing licensees� compliance with the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and its associated Regulations.�

This is an exciting and varied post, which requires significant travel and an opportunity to visit a wide range of companies/organisations from varying industry backgrounds such as pharmaceutical, aviation, sports, medical settings, education, and research. If you are looking for a new challenge where you can make a real difference to a great many, and to diversify your skills in this outward-facing regulatory field, of Ministerial interest, this is the role for you.

Job description

The role reports to the G7 - Head of Domestic Licensing and is one of four Senior Compliance Officers within the Unit. They are responsible for leading a team of compliance officers to deliver accurate and timely risk-based licensing decisions while ensuring adherence to all laws, regulations, and international obligations.�

The role requires reviewing the quality of the service, work and decision making through a quality assurance framework, paying particular attention to compliance, documentation, and procedures.�

You will work closely with cross-functional teams to develop, implement, and monitor compliance, policies, and procedures contributing to an efficient and effective licensing regime.

This role requires significant domestic travel throughout the UK. This does include overnight stays in line with Home Office guidance. All reasonable costs associated with this travel will be met by the business area. You will be responsible for organising your own travel and claiming your expenses.

Training:

There is a 16-week training plan for this role. In addition to this, after passing any probationary period, within the first 18 months of the role there is a requirement for you to undertake a Bond Solon Advanced Professional Certificate in Investigatory Practice Qualification.

You will receive full training and support to do the job. Training takes place initially in the classroom and then continues on the job with a mentor who supports you until you are fully confident in the role. Even then you are never alone; you work as part of a team where there is always someone around for advice and support. Further information on what the training involves can be found�

Working Pattern:

Due to the business requirements of this role, it is only available on a full-time basis.

Applications from job share candidates are welcome, but any job offer is conditional upon a viable job-sharing arrangement being available.

Further information can be found in the attached document.

Person specification

Essential criteria:

Recent experience of operational delivery and drafting reports in a regulatory systems environment.Experience of line management or developing individuals and teams to get the best out of people to achieve the delivery of key outcomes.Strong leadership skills with the capability and experience to overcome challenges to deliver quality business outcomes.Strong planning and organisational skills with capability and experience to overcome challenges to deliver quality business outcomes.Direct experience of working with legislation and policy matters in an operational environment.Direct experience of litigation work, in either a HR or casework context.

Desirable criteria:

Knowledge and understanding of interrogating reports including working with statistical data and basic chemistry and/or pharmacology.Knowledge of UK Drug Legislation and/or Medicines Legislation.

Licences

Wherever possible, business travel is made by public transport to meet the Government-wide sustainability agenda. If there is no public transport available, due to the nature of the work and/or the geographical area(s) covered, driving is a key requirement for this role. Applicants are required to have a full valid UK manual/automatic driving licence.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

Making Effective DecisionsDelivering at Pace

We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:

Making Effective Decisions

Benefits

In addition to your salary, a career with the Home Office offers a range of benefits, including:

A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of In-year reward scheme for one-off or sustained exceptional personal or team achievements.25 days annual leave on appointment, rising with service to 30 days.Eight days of public holidays, plus one additional privilege day.Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working.�This is a non-contractual arrangement where all employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in an office.

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