Compliance Officer


Company:	Thanet District Council
Salary:	£34,536 to £38,052 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	MARGATE, CT9 1XZ
Working pattern:	On-site
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	16 Sept 2026
Closing date:	6 Oct 2026

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Summary

We are looking for an organised, proactive individual with a strong attention to detail to join our Tenant and Leaseholder Compliance Team as a Compliance Officer.

This is an exciting opportunity to help ensure the health and safety of our residents is kept at the forefront of what we do by fulfilling our compliance obligations across the various compliance streams, including gas safety, electrical safety, fire safety, asbestos, lifts, water and more.

It is a varied role and involves working closely with contractors, building good working relationships with our residents, leaseholders and colleagues.

You must be organised and able to prioritise your workload, ensuring that compliance is maintained and any services/actions are completed within timescales on your assigned compliance streams.

We are looking for someone who:

Is a good communicator, comfortable with visiting people in their homes

Has a keen eye for detail, able to spot any errors or actions in compliance certificates as well as contributing to monthly KPI reports

Is able to prioritise workload and is tenacious in ensuring services and actions are completed within agreed timescales

Is a great team player who is happy to work on their own initiative but also assist across other areas of compliance when required

Has great negotiation skills and the ability to build rapports quickly

Has good time management, balancing time on visits with administrative tasks

Has the ability to produce written reports with strong administrative skills, uploading certificates to our Compliance software, recording no accesses, updating trackers and producing no access reports to our legal team where required. Ensuring the golden thread of compliance is maintained.

Experience of Landlord Compliance and Social Housing would be advantageous, along with any housing based Compliance Qualifications.

Thanet is a great place to live and work...

Our historic seaside towns of Ramsgate, Margate and Broadstairs and surrounding villages are rich in heritage and opportunity. With 19 miles of stunning coastline, our beautiful Blue Flag beaches, the internationally renowned Turner Contemporary, and the UK’s only Royal Harbour are all just a short train ride from central London thanks to the high-speed rail link. Our proximity to the port of Dover and the Eurotunnel at Folkestone mean Europe is literally on our doorstep too.

All of this, combined with a flexible approach to how we work makes it an exciting time to join Thanet District Council. We have set our sights high. We want our residents to enjoy the highest quality services. We want to ensure that by listening to local people, working in active partnership and doing things in an innovative way, we can accelerate improvement to meet the challenges ahead.

Our staff benefits package include

Competitive salary

Flexible working hours

Possibility of remote/hybrid working

Flexible annual leave and working arrangements

Local Government Pension Scheme membership

Reduced cost leisure membership, including Theatre tickets and sporting activities

An extensive Employee Wellbeing package

Due to the nature of the role the successful candidate will be required to undertake an Enhanced DBS check as part of their pre-employment checks.

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