Trade Compliance And Export Control Officer

Morgan Jones Recruitment Consultants; Stone Cross; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit sharing

Private healthcare

Pension

Death in service

Rewards and recognition scheme

9-day fortnight

Job summary

Morgan Jones Recruitment Consultants is seeking a Trade Compliance & Export Control Officer in Kent. The role focuses on leading export controls, licensing, and跨-border operations, ensuring compliance with UK law and regulations.

You will collaborate with sales, logistics, and finance to manage licensing, classifications, and documentation, while driving risk reduction and process improvements. The package includes a competitive salary (£40,000-£45,000 DOE), profit sharing, private healthcare,

Qualifications

• Experience in export controls, customs compliance or international trade.
• Knowledge of UK export controls, HMRC requirements and sanctions compliance.
• Experience with import/export documentation and licensing processes.
• Strong analytical skills and excellent attention to detail.
• Confident communicator with ability to work across multiple departments.

Responsibilities

• Manage export control and trade compliance activities.
• Determine export licence requirements and oversee licence usage.
• Prepare and review import/export documentation.
• Classify products using commodity codes and export control classifications.
• Conduct sanctions and restricted-party screening.
• Support customs compliance and import/export processes.
• Work closely with sales, logistics, finance and operations teams.
• Maintain accurate records and support audits.
• Monitor compliance risks and support corrective actions.
• Provide guidance and awareness training to internal stakeholders.
• Assist with shipping solutions and import clearances.

Skills

Export controls

Customs compliance

Licensing processes

International trade

Analytical skills

Job description

Trade Compliance & Export Control Officer | Competitive salary + profit share + private healthcare | 9-day fortnight with every other Friday off | Join a growing engineering-focused business where you'll lead export compliance, licensing, customs processes and international trade activities.

Location: Kent

Salary: £40,000-£45,000 DOE+ Excellent Benefits

The Role

This is an excellent opportunity for a compliance professional with experience in export controls, customs, licensing and international trade. You will play a key role in reducing regulatory risk, supporting cross-border operations and ensuring adherence to relevant legislation.

Key Responsibilities

• * Manage export control and trade compliance activities.
• * Determine export licence requirements and oversee licence usage.
• * Prepare and review import/export documentation.
• * Classify products using commodity codes and export control classifications.
• * Conduct sanctions and restricted-party screening.
• * Support customs compliance and import/export processes.
• * Work closely with sales, logistics, finance and operations teams.
• * Maintain accurate records and support audits.
• * Monitor compliance risks and support corrective actions.
• * Provide guidance and awareness training to internal stakeholders.
• * Assist with shipping solutions and import clearances.

About You

• * Experience within export controls, customs compliance or international trade.
• * Knowledge of UK export controls, HMRC requirements and sanctions compliance.
• * Experience with import/export documentation and licensing processes.Strong analytical skills and excellent attention to detail.
• * Confident communicator with the ability to work across multiple departments.
• * Experience within defence, aerospace, engineering, manufacturing or technology sectors would be advantageous.
• * Eligible to obtain SC level security clearance.

Why Join Our Client?

• * Competitive salary
• * Company profit sharing scheme
• * Stakeholder pension
• * Death in service benefit
• * Private healthcare plan
• * Rewards and recognition scheme
• * 9-day fortnight with every other Friday as a non-working day

Morgan Jones is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.