Compliance Officer

Estates and Facilities Compliance Officer

Location: Multi-site (Norwich, Easton, Paston)

Reporting to: Facilities & Compliance Manager (Sam Burton-Browne)

Contract: Full-time | Permanent

Salary: £36,701 - £38,738

Role Purpose

A newly created role to strengthen the College’s approach to statutory compliance, asset management, and planned maintenance.

You will coordinate and monitor statutory inspections and servicing across a diverse and complex asset base, ensuring a consistent, compliant and well-governed process across both curriculum equipment and estate infrastructure.

The Opportunity

With the introduction of a new TopDesk asset management system, this role is central to:

• Creating a single, accurate asset register
• Improving visibility and compliance assurance
• Driving a structured, efficient approach to inspections and maintenance
• Reducing risk across all campuses
•  

Key Responsibilities

• Asset & Compliance Management
• Maintain a centralised asset database across all departments and estates.
• Track statutory inspections and servicing requirements.
• Inspection & Maintenance Coordination
• Plan and coordinate inspection programmes with departments and E&F teams.
• Ensure timely completion and certification.
• Compliance Monitoring
• Review inspection reports and documentation.
• Identify risks, non-compliance, and required remedial actions.
• Reporting & Analysis
• Produce compliance reports, dashboards and trend analysis.
• Provide assurance to senior management.
• System Development (TopDesk)
• Support implementation and ongoing use of TopDesk.
• Improve data quality, workflows and reporting.

Working Relationships

• Line managed by Estates & Compliance Manager
• Work closely with:
• Facilities Managers
• Department Technicians
• Administration teams
• External contractors

About You

• Experience in estates, facilities, engineering or technical compliance
• Knowledge of statutory inspection regimes (e.g. LOLER, electrical, pressure systems, or similar)
• Strong organisational and data management skills
• Ability to work across teams and coordinate activity effectively.
• Proactive, detail-focused, and solutions-driven

Experience with asset systems (e.g. TopDesk) desirable but not essential.

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a high-impact, newly created role.
• Shape a modern, data-driven compliance framework.
• Improve safety and performance across a complex estate.
• Play a key role in a major system transformation.

To apply please visit our website by clicking on the 'apply on company website' button.

Closing date:  Monday 31 August 2026 at Midnight   

As a College we are required to undertake various Safer Recruitment checks as set out within the guidance from the Department for Education Keeping Child Safe in Education. We require all staff to undertake an enhanced Adult and Child Workforce DBS Check and to register with the DBS Update Service. Please note: From 28 November 2020 the government implemented changes to the filtering rules, and we have been instructed that we cannot accept any update service checks on DBS certificates that have been issued before this date. Therefore, a new one must be completed with City College Norwich.