Compliance Training & Communications Officer | ED&F Man Corporate | London

We have a newly created opportunity for someone to join us as a Compliance Training and Communications Officer to support ED&F Man’s corporate compliance function reporting to the Deputy Head of Compliance. The role provides long term development potential for someone eager to demonstrate their skills and experience in the fast-paced soft commodities environment.

Established in 1783, ED&F Man is an employee-owned agricultural commodities merchant with 2,800 people in 43 countries and annual revenue in excess of $8bn. We trade sugar, coffee, molasses, animal feed and fish oils. Corporate responsibility is ingrained in our culture. We are passionate about sustainable production, take care to limit the environmental impact of our operations and actively support the communities in which we work.

Key Accountabilities

• Source compliance training materials for online automated delivery.
• Coordinate face-to-face compliance training sessions for compliance team for delivery across the business.
• Work with IT to ensure the online compliance training modules are uploaded to the compliance system.
• Arrange external training providers to deliver compliance training to the business.
• Manage compliance training certifications and reporting processes, including following up with non-compliant training obligations.
• Develop and roll out a compliance survey across the group.
• Arrange for translation of training materials.
• Develop a series of compliance communications for communication to the group on a monthly and ad hoc basis.
• Provide general administrative and training coordination support to the compliance team.

Skills and Experience

• The ideal candidate will have compliance training and communications experience from, preferably, a physical commodity trading business; other industry sectors will be considered.
• Understanding of the relevant laws and regulations relevant to bribery, data protection and compliance in commodity trading – highly advantageous but not essential.
• Preferably prior experience of developing, creating and delivering engaging training material both face to face and online.
• Confidence and capability to deliver face-to-face and virtual training to small to medium size employee groups.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Keen attention to detail.
• Fully conversant in MS Office and able to quickly learn how to navigate new IT systems.

We recognise that talent comes in many forms, and we value potential just as much as experience. If this role excites you but you don’t meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply.

Our Offer

We provide a fast-paced, stimulating and truly global environment, which will stretch your abilities and channel your talents. We also offer competitive salary and benefits combined with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the global leaders in soft commodity trading.

Our Values

Our values define who we are. They are the fundamental beliefs that determine our actions and guide our behaviour. They influence the way we communicate and collaborate, and define the way we engage with our clients, partners, and communities. Our values are underpinned by a set of essential behaviours, which form part of our performance management approach. Delivering on our objectives is very much about ‘what’ we do, but these essential behaviours also provide a guide and measure for ‘how’ we do things. Our performance essentials are Take Initiative, Self‐Management, Deliver Results and Collaboration.

Our Commitment

We are committed to creating and sustaining an inclusive and diverse work environment where all employees are treated with dignity and respect. We are committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment and are focused on actively building and developing diverse teams. All qualified applicants will receive equal treatment without regard to race, colour, sex, gender, age, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, marital or civil partner status, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender reassignment (identity, gender expression), genetic information or any characteristic protected by local law. We are willing to make any reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process.

We encourage people to speak up if they see any behaviour that violates any laws, regulations or our own internal policies, values and behaviours.