Compliance Administrator

Sellick Partnership; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Sellick Partnership is recruiting a Compliance Administrator for our public sector client in Derby. This office-based role is offered on a 6-month fixed-term contract with a salary of £24,854 - £26,394 per annum.

You will manage end-to-end onboarding, conduct DBS checks, verify Right to Work, and ensure GDPR-compliant records. The role requires meticulous attention to detail, strong communication, and the ability to work under tight deadlines in a collaborative team.

Qualifications

• Experience in a compliance, onboarding, recruitment administration or HR administration role.
• Experience conducting DBS checks and pre-employment screening.
• Strong understanding of Right to Work requirements and document verification.
• Experience supporting IR35 processes or contractor compliance.
• Experience verifying professional registrations, memberships and qualifications.
• Experience within recruitment, public sector, or healthcare would be beneficial.
• Knowledge of GDPR and data protection requirements.
• Familiarity with applicant tracking systems, onboarding platforms or compliance management systems.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end onboarding for permanent, temporary and contract workers.
• Conduct and validate DBS checks in line with requirements.
• Verify Right to Work documents and ensure immigration compliance.
• Administer and review IR35 assessments for contractors and ensure correct status.
• Verify professional registrations, memberships and qualifications.
• Perform employment history, reference and qualification checks.
• Ensure candidate records are complete, accurate and compliant before start dates.
• Liaise with candidates, hiring managers and external bodies to obtain compliance documentation.
• Maintain compliance databases and onboarding systems, ensuring records are up to date.
• Monitor expiry dates for DBS certificates and other documents.
• Identify compliance risks and escalate issues where appropriate.
• Support internal and external audits with accurate documentation.
• Ensure onboarding processes comply with GDPR and employment legislation.
• Provide excellent customer service to candidates throughout onboarding.
• Build relationships with internal teams and external regulatory bodies.
• Respond to compliance queries in a timely and professional manner.
• Support continuous improvements to compliance processes and onboarding procedures.

Skills

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Prioritisation

Working under pressure

Stakeholder liaison

Tools

ATS systems

Onboarding platforms

Compliance management systems

Job description

Role: Compliance Administrator

Sector: Public Sector

Duration: 6 Months FTC

Location: Derby (Office based)

Salary: £24,854 - £26,394 per annum

Sellick Partnership is currently recruiting for an experienced Compliance Administrator to join our public sector organisation, based in Derby. The role is for offered on a 6 - months fixed term contract and is office based.

The duties of the Compliance Administrator include:

• Managing the end-to-end onboarding process for permanent, temporary and contract workers.
• Conducting and validating Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks in line with organisational and client requirements.
• Verifying candidates' Right to Work documentation and ensure compliance with UK immigration legislation.
• Administering and reviewing IR35 assessments for contractors, ensuring the correct status determination is applied.
• Verifying professional registrations, memberships and qualifications, ensuring candidates maintain valid registrations where required.
• Performing employment history, reference and qualification checks.
• Ensuring all candidate records are complete, accurate and compliant before start dates are confirmed.
• Liaising with candidates, hiring managers and external bodies to obtain outstanding compliance documentation.
• Maintaining compliance databases and onboarding systems, ensuring records are up to date and auditable.
• Monitoring expiry dates for DBS certificates, Right to Work documentation and professional registrations.
• Proactively identifying compliance risks and escalating issues where appropriate.
• Supporting internal and external audits by providing accurate compliance documentation and reports.
• Ensuring onboarding processes comply with GDPR, employment legislation and industry regulations.
• Providing excellent customer service to candidates throughout the onboarding process.
• Building strong relationships with internal teams, hiring managers and external regulatory bodies.
• Responding to compliance queries in a timely and professional manner.
• Supporting continuous improvements to compliance processes and onboarding procedures.

The Compliance Administrator will ideally have:

• Previous experience within a compliance, onboarding, recruitment administration or HR administration role
• Experience conducting DBS checks and pre-employment screening.
• Strong understanding of Right to Work requirements and document verification.
• Experience supporting IR35 processes or contractor compliance.
• Experience verifying professional registrations, memberships and qualifications.
• Experience within recruitment, public sector, or healthcare would be beneficial
• Knowledge of GDPR and data protection requirements.
• Familiarity with applicant tracking systems, onboarding platforms or compliance management systems.

The Compliance Administrator will need to have excellent communication skills and effectively be able to communicate to stakeholders of all levels. Furthermore, the ideal candidate will have an impeccable eye for detail and accuracy to ensure all workload is carried out effectively and efficiently. They will also need to able to prioritise their workload and be efficient and effective to meet unpredictable deadlines and deal with conflicting demands, whilst working in a high-pressured environment.

Sellick Partnership is proud to be an inclusive and accessible recruitment business and we support applications from candidates of all backgrounds and circumstances. Please note, our advertisements use years' experience, hourly rates, and salary levels purely as a guide and we assess applications based on the experience and skills evidenced on the CV. For information on how your personal details may be used by Sellick Partnership, please review our data processing notice on our website.