Head of Compliance & Onboarding

QCS Staffing; Dacorum; Hybrid; GBP 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading staffing consultancy in England is seeking a Head of Compliance and Onboarding to manage contractor onboarding processes and ensure legal compliance. This challenging role involves leading a team and enhancing profitability through compliant solutions. Ideal candidates will have experience in onboarding across multiple jurisdictions, strong legal contract review skills, and the ability to thrive in a dynamic environment. The position offers hybrid working and numerous benefits such as training, cash incentives, and healthcare schemes.

Benefits

Award-winning training programs

Hybrid working

Cash prize incentives

Private healthcare and pension plan

Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

Paid parking

Social events

Qualifications

• Previous experience in onboarding contractors in the UK, USA, and European jurisdictions.
• Experience of using technology-based onboarding systems.
• Ability to address legal issues related to contracts in the recruitment sector.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team and support their day-to-day roles.
• Develop and maintain compliance frameworks.
• Manage candidate communications during onboarding.
• Ensure compliance checks and issue contracts.

Skills

Onboarding contractors experience

Experience with Bullhorn

Legal contract review

Strong commercial acumen

Knowledge of recruitment legislation

Team management experience

Ability to work independently

Job description

Head of Compliance and Onboarding – permanent – onsite / hybrid – Berkhamsted

QCS Staffing is a successful international staffing consultancy, established in 1992.

With over 33 years of proven success, QCS Staffing stands as one of the largest privately owned specialist recruitment consultancies, delivering expert talent solutions across three of the world’s fastest-growing sectors.

The company provides specialist Contract and Permanent staffing services to clients within very specific industry sectors across the EMEA, Americas, and APAC regions. We employ 140 staff across 6 offices :

• Headquarters based in Berkhamsted, UK
• North Carolina, USA
• Boston, USA
• Dublin, Ireland
• Rotterdam, The Netherlands
• San Juan, Puerto Rico

The role of Head of Compliance & Onboarding within QCS Staffing can be described as challenging, exciting, stressful, satisfying, varied and complex. The three fundamental purposes of this integral role are for the business unit :

1. To ensure all contractors are onboarded efficiently and in full compliance with all relevant international laws, regulations, and industry standards.
2. To create compliant solutions that enables the business to increase profitability and gain a competitive advantage.
3. To manage, coach and guide their business unit and team members; and create an environment where open and honest communication is encouraged.

Why work for QCS Staffing

Some of our amazing benefits include :

• Award-winning training and development programmes (we invest in YOU)
• Huge growth across the business
• We specialise in working in three of the fastest growing sectors
• Clear promotional criteria set from day one
• Hybrid working
• Early finish and cash prize incentives (we reward your hard work!)
• Healthcare cash plan, Private Healthcare & Pension plan
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Paid parking
• Early finish Fridays
• Socials galore : BBQs, team meals, multiple charity events, Directors lunches

Key Tasks and responsibilities

• Team Management & Development : Lead a team, helping and supporting with their day-to-day roles, set up & responsibilities, mentoring and supporting their growth and development
• Route to Market Compliance : Responsible for developing and maintaining the commercial route-to-market frameworks as well as responding to legal and technical route-to-market decisions
• Candidate Queries and Onboarding : Issue contracts and manage candidate communications throughout the onboarding process and respond to general candidate queries.
• Client role & profile setup
• Client Statements of work & Purchase Orders
• Candidate Compliance Checks
• Professional References
• Issuing Candidate Contracts

Skills

• Ideally have previous experience in onboarding contractors in the UK, USA and 1-3 European jurisdictions.
• Experience of using a technology-based onboarding system and proficient in use of Bullhorn.
• Ability to review contractor contracts from a legal perspective
• Strong commercial acumen and a pragmatic approach to legal problem-solving.
• Knowledge of legislation impacting the recruitment sector such as IR35; labour leasing; cross border working; worker’s misclassification; A1 certificates etc
• Proven experience of managing a team of at least 3 people
• Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment and thrive in a constantly evolving landscape.

The candidate must have the rights to work in the location stated in the job advert.

Make the leap into a progressive and rewarding career today – and apply now!