We are looking for a highly organised and detail‑focused Compliance Officer to join our Skills and Employment team. This is an exciting opportunity to support the delivery of high‑quality adult learning and skills provision across the city.
Contract type: This role is fixed term.
Fixed term end date 31 July 2027
Interviews to be held: To be confirmed.
There is full information about the role below and attached but, if you would like an informal discussion, please contact Donna Keenan, Skills Programme Delivery Manager on 07543 303 427 or email
[email protected].
About the Role
We are looking for a highly organised and detail‑focused Compliance Officer to join our Skills and Employment team. This is an exciting opportunity to support the delivery of high‑quality adult learning and skills provision across the city.
Working closely with training providers, colleagues and stakeholders, you will play a key role in ensuring that our Adult Skills Service contracts meet funding requirements and that all learner evidence is accurate, complete and submitted on time. Your work will directly support adults to access training, develop new skills and progress into employment.
What You’ll Be Doing
As our Compliance Officer, you will:
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Process learner evidence and related documentation within agreed timescales.
- Act as the main point of contact for training provider enquiries, enrolments, and compliance procedures.
- Manage invoices, purchase orders and other financial processes.
- Maintain accurate data through departmental systems, spreadsheets and management information platforms.
- Support content creation for newsletters, web updates and social media to promote adult learning opportunities.
- Prepare information for ILR returns and audit requirements.
- Provide wider administrative support such as minute‑taking, managing SharePoint files and scheduling observations.
This role is varied, fast‑paced and highly rewarding — ideal for someone who enjoys accuracy, structure and working with others.
About You
We are looking for someone who:
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Has experience working in an administrative compliance environment.
- Is confident using databases and systems for caseload or data management.
- Has experience with financial processes such as invoicing or POs.
- Communicates clearly with colleagues, providers and the public.
- Can prioritise a busy workload and remain calm under pressure.
- Is proficient in Microsoft Office and comfortable managing digital content.
- Brings a strong commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion in everything they do.
If you like solving problems, keeping processes running smoothly, and ensuring things are done correctly first time — this could be the role for you.
Encouraging a diverse workforce
Our city is known and loved for its diversity. Not only is the mixture of people, culture and skills vital to the economic and social development of the city, it's what makes Brighton & Hove such a great place to live, work and visit. We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities we serve so we welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds. In order to achieve our aims of proportionate representation, we particularly encourage applicants from a BME or White Other background as well as those who identify as disabled, male or trans.
Find out more about our commitment to being a fair and inclusive place to work where everyone can achieve their potential by reading about our fair and inclusive actions, our anti-racism strategy and the work we are doing to encourage a diverse workforce (brighton-hove.gov.uk).
Why work for us?
As a council, we want to:
- be connected
- be confident
- be innovative and creative
- be diverse and inclusive
- be healthy and psychologically safe
For more information about our values and the benefits of working at the council, visit Why work for us which gives details of our wellbeing support, our benefits including leave and pensions as well as details of our training and development.
How to apply
Please read our Apply for a job at the council pages carefully. They give you all the guidance you need to complete your application as well as information on what will happen after you’ve submitted your application and at interview.
As part of your application, you will need to provide your education and career history and answer some application/shortlisting questions. Your answers to the application/shortlisting questions are the most important part of your application as they will be used in the shortlisting process to assess whether you meet the essential requirements for the role that are set out in the person specification and to decide whether you should be offered an interview. Before you start your application, please read our Shortlisting questions guidance (brighton-hove.gov.uk) as this gives important advice which will increase your chance of success in the shortlisting process.
AI advice for candidates
We are interested in hearing about your experience and skills in your own words. While we value people who know how to use AI, we ask that you minimise using it in your application.
We are keen to hear how your experience and skills align to our values and the skills and experience needed to perform well in our roles with clear real examples from you. To support you in this, we have guidance on using the STAR model which can help you ensure you are telling us your whole story. We also provide clarity on the skills we are looking for in our adverts and in the job description/person specification attached to each job advert.
All the applications we receive are read by at least two hiring managers and we do not use AI in this process. Our experience of reading applications is that those that have heavily used AI contain generic paragraphs that are strikingly similar to other applicants’ responses. This makes it extremely difficult to differentiate between applications, and doesn't give us enough evidence of your individual skills. There is a risk that we will therefore not be able to shortlist you. Instead, we recommend you ensure your application stands out by presenting clear examples of your actual skills and experiences in your own words.
Additional information
Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term-time only.
Please note that this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and is subject to a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) Check.
We are a workplace that supports flexibility and employee wellbeing in the way we work whilst providing the best service for our customers. Team and service working arrangements are designed to support both employee work life balance and team collaboration. These would be part of your individual working arrangements alongside any personal preference agreed with your manager in advance of joining. Your contractual location will be the designated council office for your team and travel to and from your contractual location would be at your own expense.
