Compliance Coordinator - Property Sector

Unico Recruitment (London) Ltd; Watford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Unico Recruitment London is seeking a Property Compliance Coordinator to manage statutory and regulatory compliance across a residential portfolio. The role focuses on accurate records, proactive risk management and robust audit trails, coordinating inspections and remedial works with contractors to maintain compliance.

Ideal candidates will have strong property compliance experience, understanding of regulatory requirements, and a track record of ensuring timely completion of inspections and

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of regulatory and statutory requirements for residential property.
• Experience in property compliance, residential property management or technical property services.
• Excellent record-keeping, proactive risk management and robust audit trails.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and monitor statutory compliance across a residential property portfolio.
• Maintain accurate, up-to-date compliance records with audit-ready evidence.
• Monitor inspections, testing, certification and remedial actions against timelines.
• Track actions to completion and identify items at risk of overdue status.
• Escalate significant risks and support audits with ready evidence.
• Coordinate contractors for statutory inspections, testing and remedial works.
• Work with Property Managers to ensure compliance is understood and actioned at property level.

Skills

Property compliance

Regulatory knowledge

Records management

Audit readiness

Risk assessment

Job description

Property Compliance Coordinator

We are recruiting on behalf of an established property management business for an experienced Property Compliance Coordinator to join their business

This is a key role responsible for supporting the effective management of statutory and regulatory compliance across a residential property portfolio. You will ensure that compliance requirements are understood, monitored, evidenced and followed through, helping to protect residents, clients and the organisation from regulatory, health and safety and operational risk.

The role will suit someone with strong experience in property compliance, residential property management or technical property services, who understands the importance of accurate records, proactive risk management and robust audit trails.

The Role

As Property ComplianceCoordinator, you will have responsibility for coordinating and monitoring compliance activity across a portfolio of residential properties

A major part of the role will be ensuring that compliance information is accurate, current and audit-ready, with particular emphasis on identifying potential risks before they become overdue or escape.

Key Responsibilities

Property Compliance & Regulatory Requirements

• Coordinate and monitor statutory compliance requirements across a residential property portfolio.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date compliance records, ensuring all supporting evidence is available and audit-ready.
• Monitor inspections, testing, certification and remedial actions against required timescales.
• Track compliance actions through to completion and proactively identify items at risk of becoming overdue.
• Maintain a strong focus on ensuring high-risk compliance actions do not become overdue.
• Review compliance documentation to ensure it is complete, accurate and appropriately recorded.

Risk Management & Auditing

• Maintain records of risk assessments and associated actions.
• Escalate significant risks, recurring issues and overdue actions promptly.
• Support internal and external audits by ensuring compliance records and evidence are readily available.
• Conduct regular property/site inspections to identify potential health, safety, maintenance and compliance risks.

Contractor & Remedial Works

• Coordinate contractors undertaking statutory inspections, testing, planned works and remedial activity.
• Review contractor documentation and certification following completion of compliance-related works.
• Ensure relevant compliance evidence is captured and uploaded to the appropriate systems.

Property & Compliance Operations

• Work alongside Property Managers and Estate Managers to ensure compliance requirements are understood and actioned at property level.
• Coordinate remedial and reactive works arising from compliance inspections and risk assessments.

About You

• We are looking for a property compliance professional with a strong understanding of the regulatory and statutory requirements associated with residential property.
• You may currently be working as a Property Compliance Coordinator, Compliance Manager, Property Manager, Technical Manager, Building Compliance Coordinator or similar and be looking to take the next step in your career.

Due to a very high number of applications, we are unable to come back to every candidate with feedback. If you do not hear from us within 48 hours, please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion. Your CV will be registered with us, and we will keep you updated with any other positions that may be of interest. However please keep checking our website as new roles will be updated daily, Unico Recruitment London wishes you the best of luck in your job search.

Unico Recruitment London operate as an independent recruitment agency with over 20 years of experience supporting clients and candidates nationally across the UK.