Operations & Compliance Administrator

Cavendish Consulting; Southampton; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid working

Private Medical Insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

Cavendish Consulting is seeking an Operations & Compliance Administrator in Southampton for a permanent, full-time role (37.5 hours). The position offers a flexible, hybrid working model and a strong focus on compliance, records, and office management across Cavendish’s operations.

You will support policies, audits, and environmental reporting while helping colleagues stay organised and compliant in a fast-paced consultancy environment.

Qualifications

• Strong technical ability in O365 including Word, PowerPoint and Excel.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Well-organised with the ability to multi-task.
• Ability to balance immediate and long‑term needs through planning.
• Extremely detail orientated. Previous admin/compliance experience.

Responsibilities

• Support compliance and quality processes across the company.
• Assist with policies and procedures.
• Audit coordination and compliance tracking.
• Maintain key operational records.
• Support external mailing suppliers and Royal Mail processes.
• Assist environmental reporting and emissions tracking.
• Health and safety administration and training coordination.
• Office management support across Cavendish.

Skills

O365 proficiency (Word, PowerPoint, 2+

Excellent communication

Well-organised

Planning & prioritisation

Detail oriented

Admin/compliance experience

Job description

Operations & Compliance Administrator.
Southampton.

Permanent.

Full time 37.5 hours.

What we’re all about:

Cavendish is all about talented people, delivering excellent results for our clients. We are a multi-award-winning, PR Week Top 150 communications consultancy, ranked No 1 in PR Week’s UK Public Affairs consultancy rankings and recognised at PRCA National Awards 2025 as Large Consultancy of the Year.

Across our 12 strategically located UK and Ireland offices, Cavendish brings together industry-specialist communications to provide integrated solutions for clients and limitless development opportunities for our people.

We believe in sourcing talent from diverse backgrounds, nurturing a company culture that leads to a strong work life balance, and strengthening it by providing great learning and development opportunities.

What you will get from us:

You’ll have the opportunity to take your career to the next level, working with dynamic, talented people in a fast paced and expanding organisation. Alongside a competitive salary, we provide extensive training and development opportunities and an industry leading benefits package including:

• A flexible, hybrid working model
• Access to mentorship from some of the best minds in the industry
• Industry leading allocation of paid time off
• Geographical flexibility across our regional offices
• Private Medical Insurance
• Regular social and teambuilding events
• Paid time off to volunteer for a charity

What we are looking for:

• Strong technical ability in O365 including Word, PowerPoint and Excel.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Well-organised with the ability to multi-task.
• Ability to balance immediate and long-term needs of the business through planning and prioritisation of work.
• Extremely detail orientated.
• Previous experience in a business administration or compliance role.

What you’ll need to do:

This is a varied role that would suit someone who enjoys working across different areas of the business, keeping records accurate, supporting audits, coordinating key activities and helping colleagues stay organised and compliant. Your specific duties will include:

• Supporting compliance and quality processes across the company.
• Assisting with policies and procedures.
• Audit coordination and compliance tracking.
• Helping maintain key operational records.
• Supporting external mailing suppliers and Royal Mail processes where required.
• Supporting Cavendish’s environmental activity including environmental reporting, tracking emissions data and assisting with impact assessments.
• Health and safety administration including keeping logs for fire wardens and first aiders, booking annual training, tracking first aid kits and making sure risk assessments are up to date.
• Office management support across Cavendish.

Equal Opportunities:

Our vision is to be a truly diverse and inclusive workplace that enables us to attract and retain a diverse workforce, representative of our clients and community. For this reason, we welcome applications from candidates regardless of qualifications and experience in industry and from all persons, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age.

Everyone stands to benefit when we embrace and value the diversity of thoughts, ideas, and ways of working that people from different backgrounds, experiences and identities bring to an organisation.

We are a disability confident employer. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the application and interview stages, please email [e-mail].