Compliance & Enforcement Officer

Compliance & Enforcement Officer, Boston

Monday - Friday

Includes travel to local sites across the region - full driving license required. Includes car allowance.

A respected public sector organisation responsible for managing critical infrastructure, environmental assets and flood risk across a significant operational area.

The role:

To help strengthen governance, regulatory compliance, risk management and organisational assurance, working as part of a small close-knit team with regular interaction with members of the public.

Responsibilities:

• Enforcing land drainage laws and byelaws - ensuring members of the public and commercial organisations have completed relevant permission for their development/activity
• Managing the consent process for members or the public and commercial planning applications, according to land drainage and town planning acts
• Ensuring the organisation adheres to the relevant governance and policies
• Administering policies, background paperwork, and health and safety compliance of the organisation's activities.
• Working in a methodical and process-driven manner, following internal controls and external regulatory controls

Required experience:

• Experience in some sort of public-facing enforcement role such as housing, construction, planning, HSE, audit, food safety or environmental is desirable
• Experience working in a heavily regulated environment/industry
• Compliance monitoring or policy adherence monitoring experience, ideally within planning regulations
• A good understanding of health & safety and safe working practices, especially on construction sites or land development sites
• Sector background within local government, infrastructure, utilities, environmental services, housing, engineering or other regulated sectors is helpful
• Applications are welcomed from former Armed Forces personnel and service leavers whose experience has developed strong leadership, operational assurance, governance and risk management capabilities.

In return, this opportunity offers a varied and rewarding career, excellent professional development, a generous Local Government Pension Scheme, car allowance and the chance to make a genuine impact within an organisation that helps protect communities, businesses and the environment.