Compliance Executive (1884)

RSPCA Assured is celebrating 30 years of improving the lives of farmed animals.

In that time, we're proud to have worked with thousands of farmers - and all of the UK's biggest supermarkets - to help make the lives of millions of animals better.

Every year, we inspect almost 4,000 farms and other scheme members to ensure they meet strict RSPCA animal welfare standards - ensuring a better life for farm animals.

So when you see an RSPCA Assured label on meat, fish, eggs or milk products, it means the animal was cared for according to the RSPCA's standards from birth to slaughter.

Our vision is a world where all farmed animals are respected and treated with kindness and compassion - and that's what we work towards every day.

We are looking for a new team member as a Compliance Executive.

• Working hours: 35 hours / Monday - Friday. 
• Hybrid role: Your base will be at our South East Hub in Horsham West Sussex. During your training period, you will regularly be in the office, thereafter, we expect you'll need to be in the office once a month.

Our teams stay connected through regular check-ins and meetings - and colleagues are always on hand to chat.

It's important to us that you feel part of our supportive team from the beginning.

Are you ready to join us and make a positive difference for farm animals?

We offer a wide range of benefits to recognise your contributions at RSPCA.

• 35 hour week 
• Great Annual Leave benefits - 25 days annual leave on joining increasing each year to a maximum of 31 days (pro rata for part-time)
• Additional Society day around Christmas.
• Flexibility in hours - with the introduction of Core Hours staff can work their 35 hours flexibly across Monday to Friday. Core hours are 10.00am - 15.00 (please note this isn't available for our frontline animal care roles) 
• Generous pension scheme 
• Career development through our in-house Learning & Development training 
• Charity worker discounts: Access to hundreds of discounts across many retailers, travel, insurance & cinema tickets.
• Dog friendly offices at our London & South East Hub! (Subject to eligibility criteria) 
   

Here at RSPCA Assured we know it's a cliche but no two days are the same, as a Compliance Executive, we've added a short summary of what a typical day might look like, for a full insight please refer to the attached job description.

The  Compliance Executive is responsible for ensuring that the Scheme Compliance Manager (SCM) is supported to operate effectively and within compliance processes and procedures.

Day to day, you will provide assistance and compliance support to the SCM, monitor and update certification reports, assist with reporting and be responsible for adding/updating information to the database (Salesforce).

You will regularly attend Compliance meetings and will be responsible for taking meeting and action notes. Along with this, you will be responsible for triaging the compliance mailbox, responding to emails pre approved by the SCM.

To be successful in this role, you will:

• Have excellent time management skills to meet conflicting priorities and tight deadlines
• Previously worked in an administrative role, where attention to detail is critical 
• Resilience and enjoy working in a broad role where you are required to be flexible and adaptable to changes
• Creative thinker and problem solver
• Experience of handling confidential information
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to work with all stakeholders at all levels
• Excellent verbal and written skills, including presentation skills
• Good IT skills (proficient in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and/or Google Drive applications).

Successful candidates for certain RSPCA roles will need to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK - We are unable to sponsor visas at RSPCA.

*Interviews for this role will be taking place W/C 6th January 2025*

Due to high interest in some of our roles, we review applications as they are received. This can occasionally result in positions closing earlier than advertised. Therefore, we strongly recommend submitting applications early. Unfortunately, we are unable to accept applications after the posted closing date.

We want to ensure we do all we can to give you a positive candidate experience through our recruitment. Whilst we do try to give feedback where we can, sometimes due to receiving high levels of applications, this may not always be possible.

We recognise that a diverse and inclusive workforce is essential to achieving our core mission. For this reason we actively encourage a wide diversity of applications - in particular from members of minority ethnic groups, and people with disabilities - as these candidates are currently under-represented at the RSPCA.

Should you need any support with your application or interview process please contact resourcingteam@rspca.org.uk / 0300 123 0685.

Our mission is to ensure animals have a good life by rescuing and caring for those in need, by advocating on behalf of all animals and by inspiring everyone to treat them with compassion and respect.