Head of Compliance At British Red Cross

Job Description:

Head of Compliance
Location: UK Flexible
Hours: 35 Hours per week
Contract type: Permanent
Salary: Circa ?60,000 per annum (plus Inner London Weighting where applicable)
Are you an inspirational Compliance leader with the ability to create a new function and influence organisational culture?
As Head of Compliance, you will establish standards and implement procedures to ensure that compliance activities across our organisation are effective and efficient.
About this unique opportunity…
In this exciting new role, you will oversee compliance within the British Red Cross (BRC), influencing the culture of the organisation, and ensuring compliance with laws, regulatory requirements, policies, and procedures.
Reporting to the Senior Director – Professional Services, you will shape a new compliance function, partnering with senior management and subject matter experts to join up compliance activities across the organisation under a coherent strategy and consistent standards.
You will deliver compliance services in a way that enables the organisation to manage risk effectively, gives our people a great experience, ensures we are a learning organisation, and reduces our cost to serve. You will help us streamline compliance processes and tools enabling our front-line teams to do more for people in crisis.
What we’re looking for…
With strong regulatory knowledge that includes compliance strategy, objectives, and methodologies, we are looking for a candidate who also has proven consultancy skills; analytical and solutions focussed and can move between detail and strategy for ‘big picture’ awareness.
You will have excellent organisati onal and leadership skills, able to collaborate with, and influence senior stakeholders and decision makers to make impactful change, whilst managing and developing a central compliance function.
Experience of designing and overseeing an effective complaints process is essential, and we’re keen to receive applications from candidates who are skilled at assessing and interpreting risk.
Please read the attached Role Profile/ Job Description for more information about this opportunity, including Person specification and essential criteria.
Closing date for applications is 23:59 on Monday, 19th July 2021 with interviews anticipated to be held week commencing 26th July 2021 (via Zoom)
We offer a wide range of staff benefits, including:
⦁ 36 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays)
⦁ Option to buy an extra 5 days annual leave
&#x 2981; Up to 6% contributory pension
⦁ Flexible working policy
⦁ Genuine investment in your development
A little bit more about us
The British Red Cross help anyone, anywhere in the UK; get the support they need if crisis strikes. From hiring a wheelchair or dealing with loneliness, to adjusting to life in a new country – we’re there when you need us.
Our organisation was born out of a desire to bring help without discrimination. Impartiality and neutrality have been central values for the Red Cross since we started.
At the British Red Cross, we are looking for the best people to help us provide support to millions of people affected by crisis in the UK. We want our team to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve, offering equal opportunities to everyone, regardless of; age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partners hip, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.
Diversity is something we celebrate and we want you to be able to bring your authentic-self to the Red Cross. We want you to feel that you are in an inclusive environment, and a great position to help us spread the power of kindness.
In the British Red Cross we will not tolerate any form of misconduct, including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse. We have a code of conduct in place, and are committed to creating a culture of integrity in the organisation where misconduct is not tolerated, situations of abuse are quickly investigated and perpetrators are dealt with effectively.
If you are appointed to a role within BRC you will be subject to the organisation’s Code of Conduct, a copy of which you can find on our website.
The British Red Cross, incorporated by Royal Charter 1908, is a charity registered in England and Wales (220949) and Scotland (SC037738).
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