Your Coop are looking for a Property Compliance Manager to join our society. We’re a unique multi-sector group operating in Food, Childcare, Travel, Post Office and Utilities, meaning you will get a breadth of experience in a collaborative and fast-moving organisation. No two days will ever be the same!
At Your Coop, you will be part of business that puts people at the heart of everything they do. What makes us different?
The money you help us make is returned to our members and communities. We are a cooperative which means we share a third of our profits to our members and invest a third in our community support initiatives. In a profit-driven world, we are the difference.
We’re proud to be owned by our members, and we’d love to be owned by you.
As a Property Compliance Manager, you will:
• Ensure that the Society has a Property Compliance Programme that is maintained and reviewed regularly, considers any changes in legislation and approved codes of best practice, changes in the Society’s portfolio and is fit for purpose meeting all the Society’s legislative requirements
• Ensure that an effective proactive property compliance and compliant orientated culture is adopted through the Society by: o Providing technical guidance and support to the business in respect of statutory requirements and planned preventative maintenance across the Society’s trading portfolio, as required
• Ensuring that any key risks are captured on the Property Compliance Risk Register and managed to mitigate the risk to the Society as far as possible. Highlight any areas of concern to line management
• Ensuring efficient and effective management of all compliance contractors including working with the Procurement Team to identify competent contractors, agreeing contract terms in conjunction with the Legal Team, managing and reviewing performance via agreed SLA (Service Level Agreements) and KPI’s (Key Performance Indicators) and maintaining relevant areas on the Society’s In-Tend contract management system
• Attending monthly capex meetings with Food Retail to provide guidance/support in respect of any compliance submissions
• Attending Health & Safety Steering Group to provide guidance/support to the various trading groups as required
• Analysing data and producing reports for senior management on a periodic basis making recommendations for any improvements required and/or highlighting any gaps or areas of concern to line management
• Building effective working relationships with relevant key stakeholders throughout the business
• Ensuring accurate and up-to-date records are kept utilising C365 Safety Management System
• Working with C365 to drive improvements in recording of data both centrally and at site level to ensure greater visibility overall, providing training and support to stakeholders as required
• Ensuring any remedials arising from the Compliance Programme are dealt with in a timely manner to maintain compliance Team Management
• Co-ordinating the recruitment process for new team members, ensuring people with the appropriate skills, abilities and experience are recruited into the Group
• Ensuring colleagues receive appropriate communications via check-in’s and team meetings, training and support to do their job to a competent level, and receive regular feedback on their performance
• Ensuring performance issues and Colleague’s grievances are dealt with promptly, in accordance with the Society’s grievance and disciplinary procedures
• Identifying where systems or procedures may be improved and making realistic/ workable suggestions for improvements or solutions
• Ensure the service delivery is always of a high-level and any areas of concern addressed as soon as possible
• Ensure documented processes are in place to maximise efficiency and to ensure cover can be provided during periods of absence