Early Years Compliance Officer in Leeds

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 nurseries: receive submissions, review results, conduct verification visits, monitor action plans, and raise significant concerns to the Head of Compliance.
• Conduct regular compliance visits to franchise nurseries, assessing adherence to applicable regulatory frameworks (EYFS/Ofsted in England, National Standards/Care Inspectorate and Education Scotland in Scotland, and Minimum Standards/CIW and Estyn in Wales) and Banana Moon operational standards.
• 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 by identifying areas for improvement, monitoring progress against actions, and ensuring they maintain inspection readiness.
• Provide clear written reports and action points following compliance visits within agreed timescales.
• Identify and analyze regional compliance trends and recurring themes, reporting them to the Head of Compliance to inform network‑wide quality improvement and training priorities.
• Serve as the designated compliance point of contact for nurseries, building positive professional relationships with franchisees and nursery managers, and supporting continuous improvement.
• Communicate compliance gaps and recurring development needs to the Training & Development team to support targeted training and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Provide ongoing onsite, virtual, and telephone developmental support.
• Contribute to Early Years & Development support planning.
• Support own continuous professional development.
• Escalate significant development concerns to the Head of Compliance.
• Refer any 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
• 38 days as part of Annual leave programme, inclusive of Bank Holidays and Wellbeing days
• Car allowance included as part of role
• 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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