Compliance Administrator

Stevenage Borough Council; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government authority in Stevenage is looking for a Compliance Administrator to provide vital administrative support within their Facilities team. This role focuses on ensuring compliance across various safety aspects, including fire safety and electrical safety. Key responsibilities include monitoring statutory compliance, maintaining records, and producing compliance reports. Ideal candidates will have excellent organizational skills, a proactive attitude, and experience in compliance or facilities management, along with strong IT skills, especially in Excel.

Benefits

Career average pension scheme

Flexible working options

Generous holiday allowance

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to Work scheme

Qualifications

• Proactive and detail-focused to manage compliance effectively.
• Comfortable working with data, tracking actions, and minutes.
• Experience in compliance or facilities management is essential.

Responsibilities

• Monitor statutory compliance across fire safety, legionella, asbestos, and electrical safety.
• Maintain accurate records and support audits.
• Coordinate contractors and produce compliance reports.

Skills

Organisational skills

Attention to detail

Clear communication skills

Proactive problem solving

IT skills

Compliance experience

Tools

Microsoft Office (Excel, Outlook, Word)

CAFM systems

Job description

We are excited to offer a rewarding opportunity to join our Facilities team, part of Estates, as a Compliance Administrator. This role provides essential administrative and organisational support to ensure our buildings and services remain safe, compliant, and well managed. You will work closely with the Facilities Manager – Hard Services and Compliance and the Business Support Team Leader, with alignment to the Facilities & Compliance Manager. A key part of the role will be monitoring statutory compliance across areas such as fire safety, legionella, asbestos, and electrical safety, maintaining accurate records, supporting audits, coordinating contractors, and producing compliance reports and KPI dashboards for audits and internal use. You will play an important role in helping ensure that the Council's buildings remain safe, compliant, and well managed for staff, contractors, and visitors. If you have an eye for detail, a proactive approach, and a passion for supporting compliance and facilities management, we'd love to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities

• A chance to play a key role in keeping council buildings safe and compliant
• Opportunities to develop your skills in compliance and facilities management
• A supportive and collaborative team environment within Estates

Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate will be proactive, detail-focused, and comfortable working with both data and people. You will bring strong organisational skills and the ability to balance multiple priorities while maintaining accuracy and professionalism.

Qualifications & Skills

• Excellent organisational skills and strong attention to detail
• Confident in managing data and documentation
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to take minutes and track actions
• Proactive problem solver, able to work independently and as part of a team
• Experience in compliance, facilities management, or a property-related environment
• Strong IT skills, particularly in Microsoft Office (Excel, Outlook and Word)
• Experience of compliance systems such as CAFM (desirable)
• Experience supporting compliance reporting and KPI dashboards (desirable)

Benefits

• Pension Scheme: We offer a career average pension scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
• Flexible working: available upon request, subject to operational requirements.
• Part time and Job share opportunities – all our full‑time vacancies are open to job share unless otherwise stated.
• A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave, maternity, paternity, adoption and parental leave.
• 25 days holiday rising to 31 days (depending on Local Government service)
• An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
• Employee Assistance Programme – 24/7 confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues
• Season ticket loans and discounts for public transport
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Stevenage Credit Union: secure savings, free life insurance and access to cheap loans.
• Employee Discounts: via monthly paid membership of the Civil Service Sports Council (CSSC)
• Discounted Health and Fitness membership
• Trade Unions: For a small fee, all employees have the opportunity to join a Trade Union