Job Description

Our client is an award-winning building services design consultancy. Due to continuing growth, an exciting opportunity has arisen. We are looking for an experienced Ethics & Compliance Officer to join our friendly, fast paced and creative working environment. This is a permanent position reporting to the Business Services Director where the successful candidate will have specific responsibility to carry out a wide range of duties to provide support and assist in the provision of administration in respect of ethics and compliance services and outputs including, conducting details risk assessments and reviews, policy adoption and dissemination, guidance on policy processes and key point of contact for Ethics matters.

The ideal candidate will be able to work autonomously and assist in more complex ethics and compliance duties. Familiarity with our industry would also an advantage. The role would suit candidates with easy access to work from either our London or Bicester office.

ROLE REQUIREMENTS

Previous Director level support experience in a legal or compliance capacity (essential)
Degree qualified in law and/or experience in the ethics and compliance field
Minimum of 3 years’ relevant experience in a similar role
Advanced knowledge of MS Word, Powerpoint and Excel
Intermediate knowledge of other MS Office applications including Outlook and Microsoft Team
Excellent organisational skills
Excellent time management skills
French language – written and spoken (desirable)
Ability to prioritise own workload
Pragmatic and flexible approach to tasks
Excellent attention to detail
Good understanding of ethics and compliance constitution, processes and terminology (essential)
Hours flexibility (able to carry out overtime at short notice)
Competent in research aspects and presenting findings
Good analytical skills
Ability to prepare impactful and succinct graphical information from multiple data sources
Good understanding of business issues and eager to work in an international environment
Adept at problem-solving, including being able to identify issues and resolve in a timely manner
Strong interpersonal and team working skills
Ability to communicate clearly, both written and orally
Ability to work to tight deadlines
Act in an ethical manner and follows the principles of the Ethics Charter and Ethics in Practice Guidelines

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

To provide support and assist in the provision of administration in respect of ethics and compliance services and outputs including, conducting details risk assessments and reviews, policy adoption and dissemination, guidance on policy processes and key point of contact for Ethics matters.
Ensure ethics and compliance is fully embedded in the strategy, management and practices of RED including ongoing support
Attend regular meetings, either in person or remotely, with the wider Ethics and Compliance network
Manage and monitors policies and processes to guarantee compliance in-line with group commitments and Ethics Charter
Ensure all necessary resources are in place to enforce ethics & compliance policies and detect any violations
Setup and monitor systems for ensuring all ethics and compliance procedures are in place
Risk detection: anticipate, detect and analyse ethical risks and set out mitigation action plans
Support and champions ethics and compliance programme
Conduct ethical checks and due diligence for projects
Support the Business Services Director on Ethics & Compliance matters
support the delivery of training on Ethics and Compliance including inductions and changes in policy
Communicates changes in Ethics and Compliance policies and procedures and good practice to employees
Assists the Business Services Director in managing ethics issues, including reporting them to the wider Ethics and Compliance Network
Compilation and submission of Annual Ethics Report
Report on ethical and compliance issues together with the provision of supporting data for board meetings and group social reporting
Compliance of the declaration and treatment of ethics incidents
Conduct ethics and compliance audits, including the implementation and respect of the Groups compliance procedures

BENEFITS

Salary is commensurate with experience.
Our people work in friendly teams, we offer a comprehensive benefits package and are an equal opportunities employer.

The role will suit a UK national as we are unable to offer sponsorship.

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