Statutory Compliance Officer

Job Description

Job Category : Building Services & Maintenance
Location : Municipal Buildings, Knowsley, L36 9YU, Knowsley Borough Council
Hours Per Week : 36.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:30
Salary: £29.00

This is not a comprehensive list of all the tasks, which may be required of the post holder. It is illustrative of the general nature and level of responsibility of the role.

1. To undertake all day-to-day activities necessary to ensure that the council complies with all statutory regulations and requirements relevant to its portfolio of operational assets (buildings).

2. To manage the day-to-day performance of contractors to ensure the delivery of professional services required to fulfil a series of corporate policies and/or working procedures, in relation to a broad range of statutory compliance disciplines (such as water hygiene, asbestos management, fire alarms and emergency lighting, gas and electrical safety and fire safety).

3. To support the Principal Compliance Officer to ensure all tenders written for the procurement of professional services are fully inclusive and deliver the aims of the contract whilst providing the Council with value for money.

4. To undertake site visits to operational assets to: –

a) become and remain familiar with detail of each site, so ensuring site specific services are delivered;
b) undertake spot checks on contractor’s performance;
c) check site record keeping is sufficiently robust to pass both internal and external audit;
d) ensure buildings are compliant with relevant regulations;
e) check customer satisfaction with the services the team directly and indirectly deliver.

5. To support site managers and duty holders with day-to-day guidance on statutory compliance issues.

6. To support the Principal Compliance Officer, in the day-to-day supervision of the Statutory Compliance Assistant to ensure that the duties of the post are performed to a high standard.

7. To support the Principal Compliance Officer in ensuring the delivery of a programme of appropriate statutory compliance training for all persons in accordance with relevant regulations, guidance and legislation.

8. To maintain a record of statutory compliance services, repairs, site visits for each operational asset, to allow for reporting and audit regimes which demonstrate levels of statutory compliance.

9. To liaise with other officers, departments, customers and external agencies to ensure that all works are conducted with minimum disruption to front line service delivery.

10. To support management in ensuring effective and appropriate value for money services are delivered within allocated budgets.

11. To support the Management Team in the development and implementation of strategies, plans, policies, procedures, relevant to the work of the Service.

12. To work with other members of the Assets Service to ensure delivery of complimentary services and economies of scale for the authority.

13. To support the formal escalation process to ensure duty holders and responsible officers take prompt and appropriate action to remediate any issues in relation to statutory compliance services in their premises.

14. To support the Group Manager (Building Projects and Maintenance) and the Head of Assets to ensure that effective financial management and monitoring systems are adhered to, to ensure the capacity to delivery services, including robust audit trails.

15. To contribute to the production of reports to senior officers, elected members and external partners as required by the Head of Service and other senior managers.

16. To represent the service area at internal and external working groups and meetings as required.

17. To undertake any other duties as required by the Head of Assets and Assistant Executive Director (Governance and Assets), that are commensurate within the grade and the post in responding to changes in work load and accepting responsibility for customer care.

An understanding of Statutory compliance regulations and legislation (in particular fire safety) would be an advantage, but candidates will be expected to support all statutory compliance disciplines. Candidates should also be familiar with Microsoft Excel and Teams.