Ethics & Compliance Manager
2 days ago
Cheltenham
Ethics & Compliance Manager 📍 Cheltenham (2 days per week in office – Monday & Wednesday) 💷 Circa £50,000 + excellent benefits 🏡 Hybrid working | 🤝 Supportive culture | 🚀 Opportunity to shape and lead The Opportunity ✨ An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Ethics & Compliance Manager to join a collaborative and purpose-driven organisation within a newly created role. Reporting directly to the General Counsel & Company Secretary, this position has been created to take ownership of key compliance, ethics, and governance responsibilities across the organisation. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who enjoys building frameworks, improving processes, and operating autonomously within a varied and visible role. You’ll work closely with stakeholders across the business, helping strengthen compliance culture, governance standards, and operational best practice. The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring compliance activities are proactive, practical, and embedded across the wider organisation. Key Responsibilities 📌 • Lead day-to-day ethics and compliance activity across the organisation, • Oversee compliance areas including:, • Health & Safety, • Safeguarding, • Anti-bribery & corruption, • Modern slavery, • Support and maintain governance and compliance frameworks, • Assist with audit and ISO-related compliance activity, • Deliver compliance training and awareness initiatives, • Produce reports and updates for senior leadership and boards, • Review policies, procedures, and risk controls, • Build strong relationships across the organisation to promote a positive compliance culture, • Line manage a Health & Safety Advisor About You 👀 We’re looking for an experienced compliance, ethics, governance, or regulatory professional who is confident operating independently within a broad and evolving role. You may come from: • Compliance or regulatory management, • Audit or governance, • Ethics and risk, • Legal with a move into compliance, • Public sector, education, regulated, or corporate environments You will likely bring: • 5+ years’ experience within compliance, ethics, governance, audit, or regulatory management, • Experience building or managing compliance frameworks, • Strong stakeholder management skills, • Confidence operating autonomously, • Experience producing reports, policies, or governance documentation, • A practical and solutions-focused approach Experience supporting ISO or audit frameworks would be highly beneficial. The Ideal Candidate 🌟 You will be: • Highly organised and self-sufficient, • Pragmatic and commercially aware, • Comfortable managing competing priorities, • Calm, credible, and confident with stakeholders, • Proactive and hands-on, • Someone who enjoys improving processes and creating structure, • Collaborative and relationship-driven This role will particularly suit someone who enjoys ownership, autonomy, and making a visible impact within a supportive environment. What’s on Offer? 🎉 • Excellent work/life balance ⚖️, • Flexible and trust-based working culture 🤝, • Free gym access 💪, • Subsidised canteen and barista coffee ☕, • Modern refurbished offices 🏢, • Team socials and company events 🎊, • 5 volunteering days per year ❤️, • Mental health and wellbeing initiatives 🧠 The wider legal team is known for being collaborative, supportive, and down-to-earth, with a strong emphasis on teamwork and shared success. Additional Information 📋 • Hybrid working: 2 days per week in the Cheltenham office (Monday & Wednesday – non-negotiable), • Salary: Circa £50,000 depending on experience