Blackburne House – Compliance Officer

LCVS; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Blackburne House, a women-focused education charity in Liverpool, seeks a Compliance Officer on a temporary 12-month maternity cover. This full-time role requires ensuring compliance with Further Education funding rules and maintaining high accuracy in a small college setting.

You will work independently, prioritise across departments and collaborate with staff to safeguard funding integrity and reporting requirements.

Qualifications

• Experience of Further Education funding requirements.
• Ability to work independently and manage competing priorities.
• High standards of accuracy and professionalism.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with Further Education funding requirements.
• Manage competing priorities in a small college environment while maintaining high accuracy.
• Collaborate with colleagues across departments to support funding reporting and compliance.

Job description

Posts available: 1
Contract: Temporary – 12 months maternity leave cover
Term: Full-Time
Salary: From £22,935
Hours per week: 35 hours
Reporting to: Director of Education
Location: Blackburne House, Blackburne Place, Liverpool.

Employer Bio

Blackburne House is a unique education charity and training provider in the heart of Liverpool. For more than 43 years, they have empowered women through education, skills development and wellbeing support, helping them gain the confidence, qualifications and opportunities needed to build rewarding and sustainable careers. Each year, they create over 1,000 learning opportunities within a safe, inclusive and welcoming environment. Whether learners are taking their first steps into education, returning after a break, or looking to progress in their chosen profession, their programmes are designed to help them succeed.

Their holistic approach goes beyond teaching and learning, addressing the barriers that can prevent women from reaching their full potential. For them, success is measured not only by outcomes, but by the lives transformed along the way. At Blackburne House, education is about more than qualifications. It is about unlocking potential, creating opportunities and supporting women to achieve ambitions they may once have thought were out of reach.

Job Summary

They are looking for a Compliance Officer who has experience of Further Education funding requirements alongside the ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and maintain high standards of accuracy and professionalism. Working within a small college environment, the successful candidate will need to be proactive, flexible, and confident in working with colleagues across different departments.