Compliance Officer

April Quest Ltd; Portsmouth; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

April Quest Ltd. is seeking a Compliance Officer to support its growing compliance function in Portsmouth. You will monitor regulatory changes, maintain documentation and coordinate activities across the business, with scope to learn and take on more responsibility as the function develops.

You'll work with the Compliance Manager to gather supplier documents, support audits, and help develop procedures while engaging multiple departments. Hybrid working is available.

Qualifications

• Strong organisational and documentation skills with close attention to detail.
• Ability to read detailed regulatory information, extract key points and assess relevance.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills.
• Confident collaborating with multiple departments and following up actions.

Responsibilities

• Monitor legislation and regulatory changes (product, environmental and sustainability).
• Research updates and highlight information affecting the business.
• Maintain compliance registers, policies, trackers and document libraries with version control.
• Gather supplier compliance documentation and chase outstanding information.
• Support risk assessments, internal audits and compliance checks, organize evidence.

Skills

Organisational skills

Regulatory reading

Communication

Analytical thinking

Proactive learner

Job description

Compliance Officer

Portsmouth Bonus, Shares, Hybrid Working

Have you worked in compliance, quality, audit or a regulated environment and want to develop your career? Would you enjoy researching regulatory requirements, keeping information organised and helping a business improve its processes?

An established engineering manufacturer is looking for a Compliance Officer to support its growing compliance function. Working directly with the Compliance Manager, you'll help monitor regulatory changes, maintain compliance documentation and coordinate activities across the business.

This is a new position with scope to learn and take on more responsibility as the function develops.

What you'll be doing as Compliance Officer:

• Monitoring legislation and regulatory changes, including product, enviornmental and sustainability requirements.
• Researching updates and highlighting information that could affect the business.
• Maintaining compliance registers, policies, trackers and document libraries, ensuring accurate records and version control.
• Gathering supplier compliance documentation and following up outstanding information.
• Supporting risk assessments, internal audits and compliance checks, keeping evidence organised and tracking actions
• Working with departments across the business to develop procedures, gather information and support compliance training.

What we're looking for from the Compliance Officer:

Your current job title isn't the deciding factor. You could be a Compliance Assistant, Compliance Coordinator, or Regulatory Affairs Assistant, or have relevant experience in quality, risk, audit or document control within a regulated environment.

You'll need:

• Strong organisational and documentation skills, with close attention to detail
• The ability to read detailed regulatory information, understand the key points and identify what may be relevant.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills
• Confidence working with different departments and following up outstanding actions
• A proactive, analytical approach and a willingness to learn and suggest improvements.

You don't need a degree or extensive specialist experience for this Compliance Officer role. Experience with ISO 9001, ISO 14001, internal auditing or supplier compliance would be useful, but isn't essential.

We are not able to provide sponsorship for this role, so candidates must have full rights to work in the UK without the need for sponsorship. Candidates currently on a PSW visa, who will need sponsorship when that expires, are not suitable