Compliance Manager

Salary: £30,000 – £36,000 per year

Our client is a forward-looking organisation with a fast-growing client service team to support their delivery of apprenticeship and commercial training in Reading and Southampton. A tuition provider providing training to some of the best accountancy firms in the region as well as supporting the development of finance teams in firms of all sizes.

About the role:
The purpose of the role is to develop, manage and deliver effective data, contracts, reporting and compliance for our apprenticeship provision. You will be responsible for managing Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) compliance, maintaining ILR data, using data and creating related management reports to enable accurate forecasting and monitoring of risks ensuring the company remains audit and inspection ready at all times. You will be responsible for the line management of an administrator.

Areas of responsibility:
To support the Operations Director in ensuring that we are compliant with Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) apprenticeship regulations and provision remains audit and inspection ready at all times.
Ensuring that all aspects of the learner journey meet the requirements of the ESFA funding rules working with the client relationship managers and the skills coach team.
Working with the director of quality to contribute to the implementation of a thorough internal audit process.
Prepare a monthly audit and compliance update report for submission to the Board of Directors.

About you:
Possess a passion for compliance, be detail orientated and with the tenacity to see issues through to resolution.
Be comfortable in an office environment and able to communicate compliance requirements effectively.
Confident using Excel with experience of analysing and presenting data in comprehensive way.
Able to work under pressure and to work closely with the wider team when needed.
You will have a good understanding of the ESFA funding rules but you will be supported by the FI central hub and can build on your skills on the job.
Previous management experience is not essential but would be preferred.

About Protocol:

are the specialist full-service recruiter dedicated to education, training and skills. People are at the heart of everything we do. We place people first. We’re more than a recruitment agency – we pride ourselves on our ongoing support and aftercare delivered by our expert team, and all our candidates benefit from free access to our exclusive online CPD portal, Learning Zone. Whatever your career goals, we’ve got the right role for you. With a wide range of temporary and permanent positions available, from lecturing and training jobs

The legal bit…

Protocol National ltd trading as Protocol are acting as an employment business for this position. If you are successful, Protocol is required to see evidence of your Right to Work in the UK; in addition to you applying for an enhanced DBS Certificate should you not already hold a suitable certificate registered on the DBS Update Service. The position is subject to agreement to Terms and Conditions and suitable application and reference process. As a result of the volume of applications we are currently receiving we regret that we may be unable to respond with individual feedback. If we have not contacted you within two weeks of your application being received then regretfully your application will not be taken forward on this occasion.