Compliance Admin Team Leader

Job Description

Posted Monday, 3 November 2025, 19:00- ** What we offer**:

- #INDHP
- The only way to truly know the benefits of this culture is to experience it as an EMR employee, but some examples of the support we offer include:

- Competitive pay rates and a bonus scheme
- 25 days annual leave plus the option to buy or sell leave
- Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
- Employee support, including life assurance and critical illness pay
- Wellbeing Scheme, provided through Health Shield, giving every colleague - and their dependents - unlimited access to GPs and counselling, as well as cash back on a wide range of health and wellbeing treatments
- 24/7 anonymous access to advice on any aspect of health and wellbeing
- Financial wellbeing support, including access to affordable loans, savings plans, advanced earned pay and financial education
- Savings on online purchases from retailers and utilities to entertainment and beyond
- Cycle 2 work scheme-
- We’re proud to have achieved Great Place To Work status for three years running - and to be recognised among the UK's Best Workplaces in Manufacturing, Production & Transportation.
- But it's about so much more than badges to us, it's about being recognised by our people for the continuous work we do to do better for them.

** About Our Opportunity**
- We’re looking for a Compliance Administration Team Leader to take the lead in supporting our UK operational and commercial teams. This is a hands-on role where you’ll combine leadership and compliance expertise to keep our business running smoothly and compliantly.
- As the go-to person for compliance administration, you’ll oversee a small, dedicated team, ensuring accuracy, efficiency, and regulatory excellence. You’ll play a key role in helping us meet our obligations under the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) directive, alongside other environmental and business compliance standards.
- This is a fantastic opportunity to make a tangible impact—streamlining processes, guiding others, and continuously improving how we work. If you’re someone who thrives in a busy, collaborative environment and enjoys seeing the direct results of your efforts, this role could be the perfect fit.

** What You’ll Be Doing**- Leading with purpose: Manage and support a small compliance administration team, ensuring workflows are efficient, priorities are clear, and high standards are maintained.
- Owning compliance control: Generate WEEE Evidence Notes, compile and submit AATF and WEEE AE returns, and prepare forms for regulatory submissions—all completed accurately and on time.
- Maintaining documentation: Create and manage export, return, and packaging compliance records, keeping everything audit-ready and up to date.
- Supporting commercial activity: Assist with internal and external Duty of Care audits, guide colleagues on compliance best practice, and stay ahead of regulatory changes.
- Delivering customer support: Manage smaller PCS customer accounts, handle WEEE compliance queries, and ensure internal systems reflect accurate costs and records.
- Driving improvement: Identify ways to streamline processes, enhance reporting, and strengthen cross-department collaboration to make compliance seamless and efficient.-
- **About You**
- You’ll bring a blend of leadership, organisation, and attention to detail to everything you do. You enjoy balancing hands-on work with supporting others and take pride in getting things right the first time.
- Here’s what you’ll need to succeed:

- Proven experience in administration, ideally within a compliance or regulatory environment.
- Previous team leadership experience with the ability to motivate, guide, and develop others.
- Knowledge of WEEE compliance or similar environmental regulations (advantageous but not essential).
- Confident using Microsoft Office, especially Excel, to manage and report on data.
- Excellent attention to detail and accuracy in all aspects of your work.
- Strong communication skills—both written and verbal—with the ability to engage confidently with colleagues and stakeholders.
- Highly organised with the ability to multitask, prioritise effectively, and meet tight deadlines.
- Familiarity with CRM systems and database management.- If you have these qualities and experience managing others in a customer service environment, you’re already well on your way to being an incredible Team Leader. We’ll happily fill in the gaps by developing your knowledge, skills and expertise on the job. And we won’t stop training you once you’ve reached peak Team Leader status, because when you work for a global leader in sustainable materials, there is no limit to your career progression.-
- **Who we are**:

- _ Our purpose is to create a future where the materials we use don’t need to be extracted from the planet.’_- At EMR, we give new life to unwanted materials. Every year, we recycle 10 million tonnes of metals and plastics, saving 19 million tonnes of carbon