Ethics Compliance Manager

Mineral Park, Inc.; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK Food Manufacturer is seeking an experienced Ethics Compliance Manager in Birmingham. The role involves protecting vulnerable workers, ensuring compliance with legislation, and driving ethical standards across multiple locations. You'll have real autonomy, reporting to the HR Director and influencing operations. A competitive salary of £75,000 plus benefits including a company car, private healthcare, and generous holiday allowance are offered.

Benefits

Company car

BUPA private healthcare

Enhanced pension

33 days holiday including bank holidays

Life assurance

Qualifications

• Strong experience in Ethical Compliance, Recruitment Compliance, or Social Auditing.
• Solid knowledge of the Modern Slavery Act and right to work legislation.
• Experience managing ethical supply chains and standards like ETI or SEDEX.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate modern slavery consultants and manage ethical audit programmes.
• Run internal and external audits on sites and labour providers.
• Manage the full skilled worker visa lifecycle.
• Conduct human rights risk assessments and due diligence across supply chain.
• Write and update policy documents that are actively used.

Skills

Ethical Compliance experience

Knowledge of UK employment law

Experience with ethical supply chains

Comfortable working across diverse teams

High integrity and organizational skills

Job description

Solihull | £75,000 + 10% bonus + car + benefits

Recruiting exclusively through K.A.G. Recruitment

We are working with one of the UK's leading Food Manufacturers to find an experienced Ethics Compliance Manager who gets Recruitment Compliance inside out.

Are you ready to make an actual change?

You'll be protecting vulnerable workers, keeping sites compliant with modern slavery legislation, managing skilled worker visas, and making sure ethical standards are actually lived and breathed across 15 UK and Ireland locations.

You'll own the relationship with external auditors, manage the SEDEX platform, carry out supplier due diligence, and train site teams to spot warning signs before they become problems. When things do go wrong, you'll lead investigations with external consultants and employment law support.

This is a senior role with real autonomy. You'll report directly to the HR Director, work across the business at every level, and have genuine influence over how the company operates.

What You\'ll Be Doing

• Coordinating modern slavery consultants and managing ethical audit programmes (SMETA)
• Running internal and external audits on sites and labour providers
• Managing the full skilled worker visa lifecycle: allocating certificates of sponsorship, reviewing applications, coordinating arrivals, handling renewals
• Keeping the business compliant with UKVI reporting and conducting immigration spot checks
• Carrying out human rights risk assessments and due diligence across the supply chain
• Training hiring managers, site HR teams and other departments on right to work, modern slavery prevention, and ethical recruitment
• Managing accommodation compliance including safety checks and standards audits
• Writing and updating policy documents that actually get used
• Building relationships with suppliers, labour providers, and management teams to resolve issues before they escalate

What You\'ll Need

• Strong experience in Ethical Compliance, Recruitment Compliance, or Social Auditing (ideally in food, agriculture, FMCG or manufacturing)
• Solid knowledge of UK employment law, the Modern Slavery Act, and right to work legislation
• Experience managing ethical supply chains and working with standards like ETI or SEDEX
• Comfortable working across sites with diverse teams, from shop floor to boardroom
• High integrity, well organised, and able to manage competing priorities without needing your hand held

What\'s On Offer

• £75,000 base salary
• 10% personal objectives bonus
• Company car
• BUPA private healthcare
• Enhanced pension (5% employee, 5% employer matched, or 5%/3% on default auto-enrolment)
• Life assurance (4x salary on enhanced pension, 2x on default)
• 33 days holiday including bank holidays
• Support from an HR Centre of Excellence and direct access to in-house employment solicitors

This is a role in a business that takes ethics seriously. You\'ll have the backing to challenge, the resources to deliver, and the platform to make a genuine difference.

If you\'ve got the experience and want a role with real purpose, let\'s talk. Contact K.A.G. Recruitment now. We\'re by your side from the first conversation to first day.

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