HR Compliance Officer

Notting Hill Genesis; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading housing association is seeking a detail-focused HR Compliance Officer for a six-month secondment in the UK. The role involves conducting audits across HR areas, supporting auditors, and ensuring compliance with data protection regulations. Ideal candidates will have strong experience in data management and audits, alongside excellent IT skills, particularly in Excel. Benefits include flexible working arrangements and a generous pension scheme, providing plenty of opportunities for growth within the organization.

Benefits

Excellent annual leave allowance

Generous pension scheme

Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption pay

Employee assistance with confidential advice

Health cash plan

Staff discounts

Interest free loans

Cycle to work scheme

Life Assurance x 4 annual salary

Qualifications

• Strong experience managing data quality, integrity, and large data sets.
• Good understanding of GDPR, data protection, and retention requirements.
• Experience of conducting audits and analysing data to drive improvement.
• Customer-focused approach, acting with integrity and delivering excellent service.
• Intermediate/advanced IT skills, particularly in Microsoft Excel.
• Strong organizational and workflow design skills.
• Ability to coach and influence colleagues.
• Strong written and report-writing skills.

Responsibilities

• Conduct audits across key HR areas such as payroll and training compliance.
• Support internal and external auditors ensuring documentation is up to date.
• Collaborate with HR Services to ensure payroll accuracy.
• Review HR processes to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Work with digital teams to optimize HRIS functionality.
• Provide coaching and guidance to HR colleagues.

Skills

Data quality management

GDPR compliance

Experience conducting audits

Customer focus

Intermediate IT skills

Organizational skills

Coaching and influencing

Written and report-writing skills

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Job Introduction

Are you detail-focused and passionate about compliance? We're looking for a HR Compliance Officer to join our People team on a six month secondment to help us maintain data integrity, manage audits, and improve processes across the HR function.

How you'll do it

• Conduct audits across key HR areas such as payroll, DBS, Right to Work, safeguarding, and training compliance.
• Support internal and external auditors, ensuring documentation, controls, and risk maps are maintained and up to date.
• Support with NHG's certificate of sponsorship, SM&CR, DBS and data protection/security, ensuring full compliance.
• Collaborate with HR Services and Systems colleagues to ensure payroll accuracy and maintain robust governance processes.
• Review HR processes and identify opportunities to simplify, automate, or improve service delivery.
• Work with digital teams to optimise HRIS functionality, support data migration, and strengthen data integrity.
• Provide coaching and guidance to HR colleagues.

The ideal candidate

We believe great service starts with great people, and we are committed to recruiting and developing passionate, enthusiastic, and talented individuals who can add value to our thriving organisation.

Essential

• Strong experience managing data quality, integrity, and large data sets.
• Good understanding of GDPR, data protection, and retention requirements.
• Experience of conducting audits and analysing data to drive improvement.
• Customer-focused approach, acting with integrity and delivering excellent service.
• Intermediate/advanced IT skills, particularly in Microsoft Excel
• Strong organisational and workflow design skills.
• Ability to coach and influence colleagues.
• Strong written and report‑writing skills.

Hybrid arrangements - currently at least three days a week in our main office but more may be needed depending on work and interactions required.

What's in it for you?

Once you join us, you'll find plenty of opportunities to grow within our organisation. You'll also have access to a wide range of learning opportunities to help you achieve and maximise your potential. Benefits include:

• Excellent annual leave allowance and flexible working opportunities (qualifying period may apply).
• Generous pension scheme.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption pay in addition to statutory entitlements (qualifying period may apply).
• Employee assistance - free confidential advice and counselling services provided by independent specialist organisations.
• Health cash plan.
• Staff discounts - we give our staff access to discounts at hundreds of major retailers, gyms, restaurants, entertainment, days out, insurance, and much more.
• Interest free loans - season ticket loan, tenancy deposit loan, and training loan.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Life Assurance x 4 annual salary.

All about us

For more information on what we do and what makes us different please visit: https://group.nhg.org.uk/careers/

We welcome applications from everyone. We actively monitor the diversity of our workforce and strive to show equal representation throughout all levels of the organisation. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Disability Confident employer amongst other diversity commitments.

To find out more about our approach to equality, diversity and inclusion please visit: https://group.nhg.org.uk/careers/diversity-is-our-strength/

Selection Process

Step 1: If you are interested, please send your application now! C closing date is 8 January 2026.

Step 2: Successful candidates will be asked to do an assessment as part of the interview process.

Step 3: Successful candidates will be invited to interview at our Kings Cross office on the 15 January 2026.

Please submit your CV and supporting statement. Please note a supporting statement is not a cover letter. Your supporting statement (about 750 words long) should cover the following:

• your experience of managing data quality, integrity, and large data sets.
• your experience of conducting audits and analysing data to drive improvement.
• your experience of monitoring and managing GDPR and data retention requirements.
• why you're the ideal candidate for this role taking into consideration the role profile.

Please apply for this role online. If you are not able to apply online or if you have any reasonable adjustment requirements arising from a disability or medical condition to fully participate in the recruitment process, please discuss this with our hiring team via [e-mail].

This role is not eligible for sponsorship.

Should a redeployee apply for this role, their application will be considered before any others.

NHG reserves the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role, so we advise you to submit your application at your earliest opportunity.