Compliance Analyst - Scheme Compliance

Low Carbon Contracts Company; Birmingham, Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 34,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus (up to 10%)

25 days annual leave + bank holidays

Pension contribution up to 8%

Study support and professional members

Job summary

Low Carbon Contracts Company is seeking a Compliance Analyst to support Scheme Compliance. The role focuses on implementing assurance services across schemes like CfD, HPBM, and CCS, ensuring compliance with sustainability and metering standards and accurate payments.

You will contribute to verification activities, document processes, and work with internal teams and external producers to maintain rigorous compliance and continuous improvement within a hybrid UK office setup.

Qualifications

• 1-12+ months experience in sustainability, metering or verification roles.
• Bachelor's Degree in a STEM subject or equivalent with analytical thinking/problem-solving.
• Evidence-based decision making and ability to translate technical concepts for stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop verification activities and contractual requirement expertise (CfD, LCHA, DPA, ICC, WICC).
• Create and maintain key documentation to support contract requirements.
• Ensure assurance services meet standards and drive process improvements.
• Plan verification activities and engage producers, emitters and generators on emissions procedures.
• Collaborate with internal teams to provide assurance support for live and upcoming schemes.
• Maintain team documentation and ensure guiding references are up to date.

Skills

Sustainability

Metering

Verification

Analytical thinking

Problem-solving

Technical understanding

Attention to detail

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree in STEM

Job description

Compliance Analyst - Scheme Compliance

Application Deadline: 1 November 2026

Department: Ops Hub

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Birmingham, England, United Kingdom; Leeds, England, United Kingdom

Description

Contract type: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours / week
Salary: circa £38,000 depending on experience
Location: Leeds (Ls1 4HR) OR Birmingham (B2 5DB)
WFH policy: Employees are required to attend the office 2 days/week
Flexible working: Variety of flexible work patterns subject to line manager discretion e.g. Compressed 9-day fortnight.
Reports to: Lead Operational Assurance Manager - Scheme Compliance
Deadline Note: We reserve the right to close the advert before the advertised deadline if there are a high volume of applications.
Role Summary:
The Scheme Compliance Team (SCT) plays an important role in managing multiple assurance services that apply to a range of strategic schemes across LCCC, including Contracts for Difference (CfD), Hydrogen Production Business Model (HPBM), Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), and other emerging schemes. The assurance services are pivotal to ensuring compliance with contractual sustainability, metering and other standards across LCCC schemes, ensuring payments are made for low carbon outputs.

As a Compliance Analyst, you will contribute to the successful implementation, delivery and continual improvement of these assurance services and verification activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Developing technical expertise relating to industry best practice on verification activities and contractual requirements (e.g. CfD, LCHA, DPA, ICC, WICC) to support assurance implementation and delivery.
• Developing key documentation to support delivery of contractual requirements.
• Ensuring assurance services meet verification body standards and best practice. This includes maintaining critical documentation, risk management & process improvement.
• Conducting planning and support of verification activities; interacting with producers, emitters and generators (PEGs) to agree emissions measurement procedures and reviewing their compliance data.
• Working with internal teams to provide assurance support and assessments on live and upcoming schemes.
• Create and maintain team documentation including ensuring process, quality management systems and external guidance are up to date & effective.
• Create planning documents for verification activities against scheme requirements (Sustainability Criteria, Low Carbon Hydrogen Standard, Hydrogen & CO2 Metering).
• Review assurance services against industry best practice and work with SMEs to implement process changes to ensure compliance.

Skills Knowledge and Expertise

Essential: Qualifications & Experience

• 1-12+ months experience working in sustainability, metering or verification roles.

And/Or

• Bachelors Degree in a STEM subject or alternativeshowing analytical thinking, problem-solving, or technical understanding relevant to the role.

Skills and Competencies:

• Ability to understand new technical concepts quickly and translate them into delivery requirements, showcasing evidence-based decision making.
• Ability to draw synergies across delivery requirements to streamline implementation.
• Ability to maintain an organised work schedule to deliver outputs across a range of timelines, including working independently.
• Experience translating technical/scientific requirements to stakeholders at different levels of understanding.
• Strong attention to detail and ambition to deliver excellence across government support schemes.
• Interest in a career pathway in low carbon technologies and the UK energy sector.
• Be a team player, with strong interpersonal skills, working collaboratively towards a shared vision for the future.

Employee Benefits

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. Key benefits that may be available depending on the role include:

• Annual performance based bonus, up to 10%
• 25 days annual leave, plus eight bank holidays
• Up to 8% pension contribution
• Financial support and time off for study relevant to your role, plus a professional membership subscription
• Employee referral scheme (up to £1500), and colleague recognition scheme
• Family friendly policies, including enhanced maternity leave and shared parental leave
• Free, confidential employee assistance, including financial management, family care, mental health, and on-call GP service
• Three paid volunteering days a year
• Season ticket loan and cycle to work schemes
• Family savings on days out and English Heritage, gym discounts, cash back and discounts at selected retailers
• Employee resource groups