Compliance Assistant

**About The Role**:
Nisbets is never a business to rest on its laurels and following a great trading year in 2021 we move into a new 3 year strategy that will see further growth and huge investment into our infrastructure. We are passionate about doing the right thing for our customers, and our employees fully embrace and embed this in everything they do. We are nothing without our great employee community who work together to help us realise our goals. So, does this sound like the kind of place you would like to work?

In order to facilitate the growth of our product portfolio we need to recruit a Compliance Assistant to support the team. As our Compliance Assistant you will work closely with the Compliance Manager to ensure all our products comply with the relevant UK, EU and ANZ legislation. You will work with a great team of highly skilled individuals and support a dynamic group of Product Development specialists, so you can expect to learn a lot and really develop your expertise and decision making skills. This role could suit someone from an engineering background who has an interest in product development, or potentially a graduate who is highly numerate with excellent attention to detail. There is plenty of scope for our Compliance Assistant to develop new ways of working and really make your mark on improvements in the team.

**What will I be doing as a Compliance Assistant?**
- Ensure compliance in accordance with appropriate UK, European and Australian laws where appropriate.
- Ensure suppliers are aware of their role in product compliance, particularly with regard to Brexit.
- Maintain the Technical Construction File (TCF) & update with changes in Directives and/or Regulations when required.
- Report on TCF status highlighting any non-compliance and identifying requirements that need renewal.
- Provide support to the QC and Commercial teams on compliance issues, liaising directly with Exclusive brand suppliers.
- Liaise with Trading Standards and Environmental Health Officers as appropriate

**About You**:**
What are we looking for in a Compliance Assistant?**
- Strong organisational, documentation skills and excellent attention to detail
- Ability to research Product Standards and Directives
- Good IT competence, MS Office Suite - essential

**Whats in it for me?**

We recognise that people are our biggest asset and we aim to offer a supportive work environment in which all people can thrive. You will have a buddy to support you from day one and a line manager to help you set clear objectives and develop your skill set. As a family owned business we have very much maintained that sense of family in all our teams, where we all pull together to achieve success. This has perhaps been even more important in the last year facing the challenges that a global pandemic have thrown at us. We look after you too, as an employee you will receive a really good range of benefits which includes:

- An attendance allowance which can means up to 4 additional days annual leave or a cash bonus
- Huge discounts on our full range of products
- Colleague profit share paid as an annual bonus which can be up to 3% of salary.

**About Us**:

- Here at Nisbets, we aim high and we dream big. From a one-man operation in 1983, to the UK’s market leader today - it’s always been our determination to hit whatever goal we set ourselves, no matter how big. And we’ve done it time and time again.

We’re looking for experts. Passionate, forward thinkers who obsess about our customers as much as we do. We need strivers, trailblazers and problem solvers who are as determined to grow, develop and succeed as we are.

We’re determined to take the next step. But we need your help to do it. It’s all about you.

If you’re looking for a forward-thinking business on which to leave your mark; where your work is valued; Where you’ll test your skills and then develop them further than you thought you could - Nisbets is for you.

You’ll be pushing the boundaries with us, day in day out. You’ll work in a fast-paced, ever changing environment. You’ll collaborate with a wide range of other experts around the business, bringing big ideas to life, and play a leading role in taking our journey to the next level.

We are a business with heart. From the small indie diner to the Michelin-star restaurant, Nisbets deliver the equipment they need to excel. If you join our team you’ll be working in a family-owned business that isn’t afraid to let you grow. That understands the value of innovation. And that puts our impact on the environment, our commitment to ethical trading and our determination to being a fully transparent business at the forefront of all we do.