Recruitment Compliance Officer

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

Job summary

A leading food manufacturing company in Birmingham is seeking an experienced Recruitment Compliance Officer. The role involves managing ethical compliance, conducting audits, and ensuring adherence to UK legislation. Candidates should have strong experience in ethical compliance and knowledge of relevant laws. The position offers a competitive salary of £75,000 plus bonuses and benefits including a company car and private healthcare.

Benefits

Company car

BUPA private healthcare

Enhanced pension

Life assurance

33 days holiday including bank holidays

Qualifications

• Strong experience in Ethical Compliance, Recruitment Compliance, or Social Auditing.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Coordinating modern slavery consultants and managing ethical audit programmes.
• Running internal and external audits on sites and labour providers.
• Managing the full skilled worker visa lifecycle.

Skills

Ethical Compliance

Recruitment Compliance

Social Auditing

UK employment law

Modern Slavery Act

Right-to-work legislation

Job description

Overview

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 recruit an experienced Recruitment Compliance Officer who gains recruitment compliance inside out. Are you ready to make an actual change?

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 are actually used.
• Building relationships with suppliers, labour providers, and management teams to solve 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 organized, 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 day one.