Licensing Audit Officer

Heathrow Airport; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A major international airport is seeking a Licensing Audit Officer to ensure compliance with operational licenses. You will manage audits, produce reports, and support strategic projects, all while championing a positive safety culture. Ideal candidates will possess audit experience, attention to detail, and effective stakeholder management skills. This role offers competitive salaries, performance bonuses, and a hybrid working model, allowing flexibility for work-life balance.

Benefits

Competitive salaries

Performance-based bonuses

Private health insurance

Generous annual leave

Qualifications

• Experience of conducting audits and making key decisions.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to compose formal documentation.
• Capable of developing productive stakeholder relationships.

Responsibilities

• Manage Airside Licensing Audit Programme using a risk-based approach.
• Conduct audits to verify compliance with GOL/AOLs.
• Produce high-quality reports supporting continuous improvement.

Skills

Experience of conducting audits

Attention to detail

Stakeholder management

Excellent IT literacy

Ability to think laterally

UK driving license

Job description

There’s nothing quite like the buzz you’ll feel when you’re playing a crucial role at the heart of one of the busiest airports in the world. With more than 1,000 arriving and departing flights on a normal day, the Airside and Airspace Operations team works with customers and suppliers to ensure the safe, efficient and effective operation of the airfield and aircraft. Every day, you’ll discover a world of fresh possibilities, when every decision taken has a real impact on the way our whole airport operates.

You’ll join a high-performing team with a wide range of skills and a shared passion to make every journey better. You’ll be part of a team that not only delivers a safe and efficient operation every day but is also at the cutting edge of innovation, crafting and delivering new technology and infrastructure. Whether your role is to improve process efficiency, monitor aircraft movements or oversee safety measures, you’ll be vital to the continuing smooth running of our airport.

Job Info

• Job Identification 4482
• Job Category Legal and Compliance
• Posting Date 12/24/2025, 11:45 AM
• Apply Before 01/11/2026, 11:59 PM
• Job Schedule Full time
• Locations Heathrow Airport Limited, Hounslow, Middlesex, TW6 2GW, GB
• Contract Type Permanent
• Working Pattern Monday-Friday Business hours

Job Description

As a Licensing Audit Officer, you play a vital role in ensuring the effective administration, enforcement, and continuous improvement of licensing functions under the Ground Operations Licence (GOL) and Airside Operations Licence (AOL).

Your role will involve

• Managing the Airside Licensing Audit Programme, using a risk-based approach to ensure compliance with Heathrow standards, CAA regulations, and CAP642 guidelines.
• Conducting audits and process confirmations to verify that licensees meet the terms and conditions of their GOL/AOLs.
• Producing high-quality reports and documentation that support continuous improvement and operational excellence.
• Presenting audit findings and safety performance data to senior stakeholders, identifying trends, risks, and opportunities for improvement.
• Supporting assurance activities and contribute to strategic projects alongside the Lead Licensing Manager.
• Championing a positive safety culture, promoting a ‘just’ culture across Airside Operations and the wider Heathrow community.

These skills are essential

• Experience of conducting audits and making key decisions within this process.
• Attention to detail, with the ability to compose high quality formal documentation.
• The ability to develop positive and productive relationships for effective stakeholder management.
• Excellent IT literacy with the ability to develop reports or other information formats which ‘tells a story’ or demonstrates a need for change.
• Ability to follow a defined process but also able to think laterally (‘around the problem’) when required.
• A valid UK driving license and occupational health medical check to obtain an Airside Driving Permit.

Ideally, you will also have:

• Knowledge of following and continuously improving the Airside Licensing Programme using a risk-based approach.
• The ability to report on data trends and present to stakeholders.
• Experience of working in an Airfield/Airside environment.

About us

There’s something so special about working at the world’s most iconic airport. Its sights. Its sounds. Its constant air of excitement. Heathrow is an amazing backdrop to a career filled with unique opportunities.

Every day, you’ll discover a world full of fresh possibilities and end the day buzzing with stories to tell, as you encounter people from all cultures, nationalities and experiences. A world full of pride for what we do and no end of exciting career prospects to explore.

It brings out the best in all of us. And inspires everyone to deliver on our ambitious plans. Together, we’re working to welcome millions more passengers while ensuring aviation can continue to be a force for good by leading global efforts in sustainability.

Join us on that journey and we'll help you achieve your ambitions too. Supporting you to learn, encouraging you to be yourself, backing you to achieve more than you might ever have imagined. Because there’s no place like Heathrow.

Our rewards

We offer competitive salaries and excellent benefits that will support you now and in the future. As well as performance-based annual bonuses and our longer-term Share in Success Bonus plans, we also offer generous annual leave allowances and market-leading pensions. With family friendly policies, access to private health insurance and a wide range of wellbeing tools, we’ll support you to be at your best inside and outside work. And of course, we’ll provide varied learning and development opportunities too. Here you’ll find everything you need for a fulfilling career journey that can take you in exciting directions.

Working Location

Our Hybrid working approach offers the opportunity for colleagues in some roles to work from home for an average of two days a week, providing the flexibility to work in an agile way whilst ensuring we deliver for the operational needs of Heathrow . Working arrangements vary from team to team and will be confirmed during the recruitment process. You’ll need to be based in the UK and within a commutable distance to Heathrow.

As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all. We believe that diverse talent makes us stronger – not least because we welcome passengers from all corners of the globe, every single day. Heathrow is an accessible place to work. With five diversity networks, we champion inclusivity and celebrate individuality.

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