Governance and Compliance Business Partner

Better places, thriving communities.

Location: Home Working (UK wide travel required)

Hours: 37.5 Hours. Monday to Friday

Salary: £50,000 per annum

At Marlowe Environmental Services, part of Mitie, our people are our greatest strength, and our promise is to create a place to work where you can thrive and be your best every day. We're looking for a Governance & Compliance Business Partner who can work collaboratively with operational leaders, provide independent assurance and help embed a culture of accountability, integrity and continuous improvement across the business.

• Support the development, implementation and continual improvement of governance, compliance and risk management frameworks across Environmental Services.
• Deliver risk-based audits, inspections, reviews and assurance activities to assess compliance and operational effectiveness.
• Identify compliance risks, control weaknesses and opportunities for improvement, providing clear and practical recommendations.
• Partner with operational, commercial and support function teams to provide governance and compliance guidance and support.
• Maintain and support management systems including ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001, supporting certification audits and continual improvement initiatives.

• Experience with in governance, compliance, risk management, assurance or auditing functions.
• Full UK Driving Licence and willingness to travel throughout the UK.
• Experience conducting audits, compliance reviews or assurance assessments within an operational or regulated environment.

• Strong understanding of governance, risk management and compliance principles.
• Excellent communication, report writing and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to analyse information, identify trends and provide meaningful business insight.
• Experience working with management systems and continual improvement methodologies.
• A pragmatic, solutions-focused approach with the ability to influence and challenge constructively.

• Opportunity to influence governance, compliance and assurance strategy across a national business.
• Exposure to a diverse range of operational environments, projects and stakeholders.
• Professional development opportunities with support for relevant qualifications and membership of professional bodies.

Mitie is an accredited Real Living Wage Employer, meaning every role is paid at or above the independently calculated Real Living Wage, reflecting our commitment to fair pay and responsible employment.

Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.

We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.

When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days’ holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!

We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).

We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,000!

Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing Chloe Smailes at

Since 1987, Mitie’s 84,000 employees have been maintaining companies globally. We are the UK’s leading facilities management and professional services company, and our clients range from household names in banking, critical government sites as well as hospitals and schools.

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