Compliance Officer, Government

What you’ll be doing .

• Support the monitoring and maintenance of best practice contract management across WMCA.
• Monitor service-related issues through agreed processes and reporting systems.
• Recommend improvements to support service quality and compliance.
• Provide advice and support to ensure commissioned services meet required quality standards.
• Support compliance with UK contracting regulations, including relevant procurement legislation.
• Ensure quality and contract compliance in line with legislation, regulation, guidance and practice standards.
• Support the commissioning of quality services to meet performance measures and external inspection requirements.
• Work with Contract Managers to manage complex contract situations, including potential suspension or termination.
• Support negotiations with providers and organisations to achieve satisfactory solutions.
• Participate in the development of the Contract and Compliance team and contribute to service improvement.
• Work with services to facilitate meetings, workshops and learning sessions.
• Attend meetings with colleagues, providers and other agencies as required.
• Report regularly to senior management at quality assurance meetings.
• Provide advice and guidance to colleagues and providers on procurement and contract compliance matters.
• Manage your allocated workload within agreed schedules and work plans.
• Produce reports on monitoring activity.
• Produce and present information relating to monitoring, contract and compliance activity and outcomes.
• Support action where a service is not achieving expected standards, including deep dives, audit feedback and tracking corrective action.
• Support Contract Managers to ensure providers understand improvement requirements, deadlines and potential penalties for non‑compliance.
• Work with colleagues and other agencies to monitor outcomes and support quality service delivery.
• Collate data and information from providers and other sources to support quality and contract monitoring.

• Experience of managing contracts and ensuring compliance with governing body or public sector standards and regulations.
• Experience of developing and delivering SMART action plans and monitoring progress.
• Experience working effectively in partnership with other organisations and agencies.
• Experience collaborating with internal teams to develop and improve services.
• Experience collating a range of data and information and presenting it clearly and concisely.
• Knowledge of relevant legislative frameworks, including PCR
  2015 and PA2023.
• Ability to understand complex technical or legislative information and explain it clearly to non‑specialist colleagues.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Confident using Microsoft Office.
• Degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field.
• Evidence of continued professional development.

The location for this role is 16 Summer Lane, Birmingham, B19 3SD
with at least 2 days a week spent in the office.

There may be a requirement to work outside normal office hours on occasion, including working within stakeholder and partner offices within the WMCA constituent area on a regular basis.

We advertise salary ranges, with new appointments typically starting at the lowest salary point. In exceptional cases, the salary point may be adjusted to secure the best candidate. This approach allows for potential year‑on‑year salary increases, offering progression and appropriate rewards to employees. Requests for salaries above the maximum advertised range will not be considered.

We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes:

• Local Government Pension Scheme (one of the most generous pension schemes in the UK).
• Shared Cost Additional Voluntary Contribution scheme where you can build…