At a Glance
- Tasks: Ensure nurseries meet regulatory standards and support continuous improvement through audits and compliance checks.
- Company: Join Banana Moon, a beloved UK childcare brand with a strong community focus.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive salary, 28 days leave, pension scheme, and childcare discounts.
- Other info: Flexible hybrid working with opportunities for travel and professional development.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in early years education while growing your career in a supportive environment.
- Qualifications: Experience in compliance or early years education is a plus, along with strong communication skills.
The predicted salary is between 30000 - 40000 £ per year.
The Compliance Officer is responsible for ensuring that all Banana Moon franchise nurseries within their designated region meet the applicable regulatory standards, safeguarding requirements, and internal quality benchmarks.
The role involves regular visits to nurseries to verify compliance through the self‑audit process, conduct safeguarding audits, and support centres in maintaining inspection readiness.
Responsibilities
- Manage the quarterly self‑audit process for assigned nurseries – receive submissions, review results, conduct verification visits, identify gaps, monitor action plans, and elevate significant concerns to the Head of Compliance.
- Conduct regular compliance visits to nurseries, assessing adherence to applicable regulatory frameworks (EYFS/Ofsted in England, National Standards/Care Inspectorate and Education Scotland in Scotland, Minimum Standards/CIW and Estyn in Wales), Banana Moon operational standards, and provide clear feedback and recommendations for improvement.
- Carry out safeguarding, learning‑and‑development, and facilities audits across assigned nurseries, ensuring procedures are robust, consistently implemented, and fully compliant with statutory requirements.
- Support nurseries in preparing for regulatory inspections – identify areas for improvement, monitor progress against action plans, and ensure inspection readiness.
- Identify, analyse, and report regional compliance trends and recurring themes to the Head of Compliance, contributing to network‑wide quality improvement and training priorities.
- Serve as the designated compliance point of contact for assigned nurseries, building and maintaining professional relationships with franchisees and nursery managers to support continuous improvement.
- Communicate compliance gaps and recurring development needs to the Training & Development team to support targeted, evidence‑based training and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Provide clear written reports and action points following compliance visits within agreed timescales.
- Offer ongoing onsite, virtual, and telephone developmental support to nurseries.
- Contribute to Early Years & Development support planning.
- Support own continuous professional development and keep current with industry best practices.
- Escalate significant development concerns to the Head of Compliance.
- Refer non‑compliance concerns to the relevant Franchise Support Team.
- When possible, support regulatory inspections within the network.
This is a field‑based role requiring regular travel to franchise locations across the UK.
The role offers flexible, hybrid working, including home‑based work and occasional visits to our Warwick‑based Franchise Support Office.
Occasional overnight stays may be required.
Why Join Us
Banana Moon is a well‑loved UK childcare brand with over 50 franchised nurseries and a reputation for quality, community, and warmth.
As part of The Learning Experience family, we are backed by one of the largest early years education providers in North America — which means career growth, transatlantic exposure, and the chance to build something meaningful as our UK footprint expands.
- Competitive salary — in line with experience and market rate
- 28 days annual leave including Bank Holidays
- Auto‑enrolment pension scheme
- Childcare fee discount at Banana Moon and TLE centres
- Genuine career development opportunity as the UK business grows
- A collaborative, people‑first culture with strong US and UK leadership support
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