Estates Compliance and Assurance Lead


Company:	Government Recruitment Service
Salary:	£57,515 to £57,515 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Hastings
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	15 Sept 2026
Closing date:	30 Sept 2026

Apply for this job

Summary

Can you lead compliance, assurance and audit activity, driving improvements in quality and performance?

Have you managed contract compliance, risk and financial performance to ensure value for money and service improvement?

Are you effective at building stakeholder relationships, supporting strategy, and leading or supporting teams?

If so, we would love to hear from you!

Department for Transport is a high-profile department at the heart of UK government. We work with agencies and partners to support the transport network that helps businesses and gets people and goods travelling around the country. We plan and invest to make journeys better.

This role sits in the Estates function, reporting to the Head of Group TFM Contract and is responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining DfT’s quality assurance strategy and ensuring compliance across the estate. The role ensures compliance with all relevant legislation, standards, and departmental policies while fostering a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence across all business areas. The role is also required to assist with leading compliance and assurance activity across the Group Total Facilities Management (TFM) contract as well as delivering contract management activities.

This will include working with senior leadership across the Estates team and the wider Department to lead and identify areas of improvement to ensure a safe, complaint and efficient working environment. The role holder will work closely all aspects of the Estates function and support with delivering contract management compliance and assurance for Estates related contracts.

Find out more about what it's like working at Department for Transport Central - Department for Transport Careers.

The role holder will be a strong communicator who can work collaboratively across multiple functions to identify best practices, share learning and support the implementation of change if required. The role will require high levels of stakeholder engagement up to and including Director and CEO level.

Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to:

Develop and maintain an Estates compliance and assurance framework aligned to current delivery and future strategy
Lead internal and external assurance activity, ensuring effective resolution of risks, issues and non-compliance
Monitor and report on quality and performance indicators, driving improvement plans where required
Support teams to implement robust quality control processes, documentation and best practice
Manage external audits and ensure timely, sustained delivery of all required actions
Lead compliance and assurance across the Estates contract management portfolio, addressing non-compliance with clear processes
Oversee risk, financial performance and value for money, including reporting, forecasting and escalation as needed
Build effective stakeholder relationships, contribute to strategic planning, support leadership activity and provide team management or deputising cover where required

Great line management is important to us as an organisation, and we will equip and support line managers to develop the skills they need. We aim to empower line managers to create teams where people can flourish and deliver excellent outcomes for the public. 

For further information on the role, please read the role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.

Apply for this job

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

About Disability Confident

Disability Confident is a government scheme. It encourages employers to recruit and retain disabled people and those with long term health conditions.