Compliance Programme Manager

Nations Recruitment; Swindon; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A local council in England is seeking a Compliance Programme Manager to oversee the delivery of the Electrical Installation Condition Report testing programme. Responsibilities include managing contractors, ensuring compliance, and leading stakeholder communication. This role requires significant experience in programme management, strong governance skills, and knowledge of electrical compliance within housing. The position offers a hybrid working model, requiring a minimum of 2 days in the office each week.

Qualifications

• Proven programme management in housing/compliance or asset-related programmes.
• Strong contract management and supplier performance oversight.
• Excellent stakeholder management and tenant-centric communication skills.
• Confident governance, assurance, and reporting capability.
• Data and IT System literacy, able to interpret dashboards.
• Collaborative, accountable, and safety-focused leadership.

Responsibilities

• Deliver governance and recovery of the EICR testing programme.
• Lead project planning and contractor performance management.
• Oversee procurement planning and financial management.
• Manage stakeholder communications effectively.
• Embed a safety culture within the programme.

Skills

Programme management in housing/compliance

Contract management and supplier performance oversight

Stakeholder management

Governance and reporting capability

Data and IT System literacy

Leadership and continuous improvement

Public sector procurement knowledge

Electrical compliance knowledge

Education

Recognised project/programme management qualification

Electrical Qualification

Job description

Job Category: Interims

Job location: Civic Campus, Euclid Street, Swindon, SN1 2JG

Swindon Borough Council

Hours per week: 37

Start date: Immediate start

Salary: £60.81 per hour

Hybrid – minimum 2 days in office

Job Purpose

The Compliance Programme Manager is accountable for the end‑to‑end delivery, governance, and recovery of Swindon Borough Council’s Electrical Installation Condition Report (EICR) testing programme and associated remedial works across the housing portfolio on a contract/fixed term basis.

They will lead full programme and project planning and work distribution, leading on contractor performance management and oversight, stakeholder engagement, tenant communications, data and records management, and continuous performance monitoring to ensure timely five‑yearly inspections, prompt remedial action, clear communication with tenants, and robust compliance evidence.

This role provides professional assurance to senior leaders and embeds a safety‑first culture, risk‑based scheduling, and evidence‑based decision‑making under proactive consumer regulation.

Key Accountabilities

• Chair multiple weekly progress meetings with work stream/supplier leads; and monthly programme boards, updating progress, risks, issues, and decisions.
• Oversee procurement planning, tendering and contract award in line with Council policies and value‑for‑money principles.
• Manage multiple term contractors through KPIs, SLAs, performance reviews, improvement plans, and escalation routes.
• Ensure contractors deliver access strategies, remedial workflows, tenant messaging, and data returns on time and to specification.
• Oversee financial management: forecast, track spend, manage variations, and control commitments against budget.
• Maintain a robust governance framework: controls, audit trails, documentation standards, and decision logs.
• Provide professional assurance to senior leaders, audit, and scrutiny—clear line of sight from schedule to evidence.
• Ensure complete and accurate records: inspection outcomes, remedial completions, access attempts, tenant communications, properties exempt or deferred with rationale.
• Lead stakeholder communications (Members, senior leaders, tenancy services, corporate repairs, customer contact, data teams).
• Ensure appropriate instructions to contractor and stakeholder regarding tenant‑focused communications: notices, appointment setting, reminders, and access/recovery messaging, ensuring clarity, respect, and inclusion.
• Embed a safety culture: make it easy for residents to understand the process and report issues; incorporate customer feedback into service improvements.
• Own the single source of truth for programme data; ensure data integrity, timeliness, and security.
• Produce dashboards and reporting packs for operational, senior management, and Member audiences: coverage, cycle compliance, remedial throughput, access rates, contractor performance, risks/issues.
• Use evidence and insight to drive continuous improvement—trend analysis, root‑cause reviews, and targeted interventions.
• Maintain the programme risk register and live recovery plans for overdue cycles, no‑access properties, and backlogs.
• Coordinate multi‑disciplinary recovery (legal, tenancy, customer contact, estates) and align with safeguarding and vulnerability protocols.
• Escalate critical risks promptly with clear options, impacts, and recommended actions.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Cycle compliance: % of homes with in‑date EICR within five‑year cycle.
• Remedial timeliness: % of remedial actions completed within agreed SLA.
• Access & recovery: % first‑time access; % resolved within recovery pathway; average days to resolve no‑access cases.
• Contractor performance: On‑time delivery, quality, data completeness, and customer measures.
• Budget control: Forecast accuracy, variance to budget, and cost per inspection/remedial.
• Data quality & audit readiness: Zero critical data errors; positive audit outcomes.

Decision‑Making

Leads cross‑functional delivery, sets programme priorities, and approves operational recovery actions within delegated authority. Recommends contract variations and investment decisions with clear outcomes and value‑for‑money rationale. Acts as the single point of accountability for programme performance and compliance.

Knowledge & Experience

Candidates must have substantial knowledge and experience in the following areas of business and will be required to provide evidence of this:

• Proven programme management in housing/compliance or asset‑related programmes.
• Strong contract management and supplier performance oversight, including KPIs/SLAs and improvement plans.
• Excellent stakeholder management and tenant‑centric communication skills.
• Confident governance, assurance, and reporting capability—able to brief senior leaders and Members.
• Data and IT System literacy. Interpret dashboards, maintain records, spot trends, and drive decisions from evidence.
• Leadership: collaborative, accountable, and safety‑focused; fosters continuous improvement.
• Training/experience in public sector procurement and NEC/JCT contract management.
• Electrical compliance knowledge (policy‑level) within social housing—e.g., understanding of:
• EICR five‑year cycles and programme sequencing,
• landlord duties and compliance evidence expectations,
• remedial pathways and access/recovery approaches,
• how standards and guidance inform governance (not hands‑on technical work).
• Qualifications: Recognised project/programme management qualification id desirable, such as: PRINCE2 Practitioner or APM PMQ (Project Management Qualification); Electrical Qualification is advantageous.

Qualifications

Recognised project/programme management qualification id desirable, such as PRINCE2 Practitioner or APM PMQ. Electrical Qualification is advantageous.