Compliance Manager

At Brighton & Hove City Council we are making great progress on developing our Health, Safety and Wellbeing approaches, through our team of committed practitioners.

We are looking to recruit a Compliance Manager, to join a busy team of enthusiastic people to help ensure the quality and consistency of Building and Fire Safety arrangements and performance across the council.

Are you an effective communicator, able to work effectively and sensitively with a wide range of people? Do you have great attention to detail and have a pragmatic balanced approach to managing your workload? Are you able to build and maintain strong and productive relationships with stakeholders across the Council including educational establishments?

Due to the varied nature of our work, it can be challenging as well as rewarding.

If this is you, then we would love to hear from you.

Interview date: TBC

There is full information about the role below and attached but, if you would like an informal discussion, please contact: Graeme Stimpson – Building & Fire Safety Service Manager at graeme.stimpson@brighton-hove.gov.uk.

About the role

The Compliance Manager role sits in the Building & Fire Safety Team; one of the Services of the Health Safety & Wellbeing Facilities & Building Services service area. Building Services is responsible for the ongoing repair, maintenance and statutory compliance of our stock of properties within the City of Brighton & Hove. We have a diverse portfolio with properties ranging from the Victorian era to new build properties.

Due to the stock profile and age, alongside increasing regulation and new legalisation, it will be vital that you are able to drive efficiency in how our compliance activities are undertaken whilst ensuring that building user safety remains the number one priority.

As Compliance Manager you will be responsible for the Compliance area of the service. We pride ourselves on our cross working with other Directorates and Teams and you will need to develop effective relationships with key corporate stakeholders within the Council.

The role needs someone with exceptional self-motivation and organisation skills, who is comfortable working in a complex environment, is an influential communicator and has a proven track-record of delivering competent, compliance advice.

Encouraging a diverse workforce
Our city is known and loved for its diversity. Not only is the mixture of people, culture and skills vital to the economic and social development of the city, it's what makes Brighton & Hove such a great place to live, work and visit. We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities we serve so we welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds. In order to achieve our aims of proportionate representation, we particularly encourage applicants from a BME or White Other background as well as those who identify as disabled, male or trans.

Find out more about our commitment to being a fair and inclusive place to work where everyone can achieve their potential by reading about our fair and inclusive actions, our anti-racism strategy and the work we are doing to encourage a diverse workforce (brighton-hove.gov.uk).

Why work for us?
As a council, we want to:
• be connected
• be confident
• be innovative and creative
• be diverse and inclusive
• be healthy and psychologically safe
For more information about our values and the benefits of working at the council, visit Why work for us which gives details of our wellbeing support, our benefits including leave and pensions as well as details of our training and development.

How to apply
Please read our Apply for a job at the council pages carefully. They give you all the guidance you need to complete your application as well as information on what will happen after you’ve submitted your application and at interview.

As part of your application, you will need to provide your education and career history and answer some application/shortlisting questions. Your answers to the application/shortlisting questions are the most important part of your application as they will be used in the shortlisting process to assess whether you meet the essential requirements for the role that are set out in the person specification and to decide whether you should be offered an interview. Before you start your application, please read our Shortlisting questions guidance (brighton-hove.gov.uk) as this gives important advice which will increase your chance of success in the shortlisting process.

AI advice for candidates
We are interested in hearing about your experience and skills in your own words. While we value people who know how to use AI, we ask that you minimise using it in your application.

We are keen to hear how your experience and skills align to our values and the skills and experience needed to perform well in our roles with clear real examples from you. To support you in this, we have guidance on using the STAR model which can help you ensure you are telling us your whole story. We also provide clarity on the skills we are looking for in our adverts and in the job description/person specification attached to each job advert.

All the applications we receive are read by at least two hiring managers and we do not use AI in this process. Our experience of reading applications is that those that have heavily used AI contain generic paragraphs that are strikingly similar to other applicants’ responses. This makes it extremely difficult to differentiate between applications, and doesn't give us enough evidence of your individual skills. There is a risk that we will therefore not be able to shortlist you. Instead, we recommend you ensure your application stands out by presenting clear examples of your actual skills and experiences in your own words.

Additional information
Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term-time only.

We are a workplace that supports flexibility and employee wellbeing in the way we work whilst providing the best service for our customers. Team and service working arrangements are designed to support both employee work life balance and team collaboration. These would be part of your individual working arrangements alongside any personal preference agreed with your manager in advance of joining. Your contractual location will be the designated council office for your team and travel to and from your contractual location would be at your own expense.

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