Compliance Administrator

Weaver Vale Housing Trust has an exciting opportunity for a Compliance Administrator on a 12‑month fixed‑term contract. You will be the first point of contact for the Compliance team, working within a multi‑disciplinary service delivering excellent customer support. This role helps ensure the Trust meets all statutory compliance requirements, particularly relating to gas, electricity, fire safety, asbestos, water hygiene, and lift maintenance.

What Will You Do?

The Compliance team plays a vital role in ensuring all statutory requirements are delivered to the highest standard, in line with legislation, best practice, and internal policies. As Compliance Administrator, you will:

• Assist the Compliance Team in ensuring the Trust delivers in all Compliance areas in particular for gas, electricity, fire, asbestos, water hygiene safety and lift maintenance and servicing.
• Support the Compliance Officers to plan and coordinate essential compliance programmes and follow up works, specifically planning and booking of customer appointments relating to key compliance programmes such as electrical testing and fire door inspections.
• Include liaison with in‑house trade operatives, managers, supervisors and surveyors as well as external contractors.
• Assist in general administration duties with other team members such as mail merges, minute taking, document storage and contacting of customers to arrange for access to enable works to take place.

Minimum Requirements For This Role

• Grade GCSE 4-9 / A* - C (Math’s and English) or equivalent level of qualification.
• Experience of providing a high level of accurate administration support.
• Experience of using Microsoft packages to produce letters, spreadsheets, emails.

The successful candidate will have strong administration experience, be self‑motivated and well‑organised, with excellent accuracy, communication and interpersonal skills. You must be IT‑literate, able to work flexibly, and capable of managing workloads under pressure while using your initiative to support continuous improvement. This role will require the successful candidate to undergo a DBS check.

In line with the Trust’s Disclosure & Barring Policy, please confirm WITHIN YOUR CV if you have any current convictions under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Applicants will be subject to a DBS check. Additionally, due to the flexible working arrangements with this role, you will need access to a room where you can work from and a suitable internet connection.

HOW TO APPLY

Click on the Apply button and follow the on screen instructions. Before you apply please review the Accountability Profile at the bottom of this page (on our website: www.wvht.co.uk) for further information and submit your CV and application demonstrating how you meet the Essential and Desirable criteria in relation to the accountability profile. Closing date for applications: Wednesday 29/04/2026. In person Interview and Assessment date(s): Thursday 07/05/2026.

Disclaimer

We may conduct social media checks from sources such as Google, Facebook and LinkedIn to assist us in our assessment of your suitability for the role. We reserve the right depending on application numbers to close or extend the closing dates for positions; we would therefore recommend an early application. Once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications, so please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. The recruiting manager will review your skills and experience to determine if there is a match with the position you have applied for. If there is, we will contact you by phone or email to schedule an interview / assessment. If not, you will not be contacted. We would love to respond to all unsuccessful applications but due to the number we receive this is unfortunately not possible. We will respond to applications who reach interview within 3 weeks of a vacancy closing. If you haven’t heard from us during this time, we will not be pursuing your application any further. Successful applicants will be required to provide evidence of their Right to Work in the UK evidence of essential qualifications, complete a health questionnaire and undertake a DBS check (if relevant to the role and if not already in place). We appreciate your interest in the role and the time you have invested in applying.

EEO Statement

The Trust invites applications from all members of the community, irrespective of Gender, Gender reassignment, Sexual orientation, Race, Religion or belief, Disability, Age, Pregnancy and maternity, Marriage and civil partnership.