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Please note this vacancy is only available to Birmingham City Council employees.

Resourcing Compliance SME

Acting Up for 6 months

Grade D - £45,091 – £53,460

Consultation grade - subject to formal evaluation under the Pay Equity Review

Working 36.5 hours per week

Job Purpose
To ensure Birmingham City Council’s resourcing activity is safe, legally compliant, and aligned with safeguarding and statutory requirements. Provide expert advice across but not limited to DBS, Right to Work (RTW), pre employment checks and any other resourcing compliance, while managing compliance risk and assurance activity.
The role includes direct line management responsibility.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

Ensure safe and compliant resourcing in line with legal requirements for DBS, RTW, pre employment checks and any other compliance processes and procedures.
Collaborate with the resourcing team leadership team to plan team engagement and collaborative sessions addressing any compliance process gaps.
Act as the escalation point for all resourcing compliance risks.
Lead DBS compliance activity, including eligibility thresholds, monitoring, assessment, and audit.
Provide expert advice to and support DBS Adverse Panels, working in collaboration with the wider team and Safeguarding Lead.
Advise on RTW requirements, ensuring checks and verification are completed lawfully and in line with policy.
Act as escalation point for pre employment check risks, including reference checking.
Coordinate and deliver audit and assurance reports on DBS, RTW, and regulated role compliance.
Deliver compliance training to ensure team understanding and consistency.
Lead and motivate the Resourcing Compliance team across policy, process, and operational delivery.
Line manage and support the Compliance team, ensuring high quality delivery, accuracy and effective workload management.

Who We Are Looking For
Essential Criteria

GCSEs (or equivalent) in English and Maths
Experience of working in a compliance focused role
Experience of leading or contributing to a compliance function
Knowledge of compliance processes, DBS, RTW, pre employment checks, and employment law
Knowledge of visa sponsorship and UKVI rules
Ability to manage multiple competing priorities, audits, and compliance activity
Experience of assessing compliance risk and making evidence based decisions
Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information appropriately
Experience of training, coaching, or mentoring others

Equal Opportunities
All staff at Birmingham City Council are expected to understand and support Equal Opportunities in employment and service delivery.
As a Disability Confident Committed Employer, we will guarantee an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.

Please upload your up-to-date CV via the attachments part of your application, this is required for shortlisting. Unfortunately, we cannot consider any applications without a CV attached

Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer, and we are committed to employing, retaining and developing all of our people.

We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one, so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments, additional support, accessibility needs, or if there is any way in which we can support you through your application.

For any informal enquires please contact the Resourcing Team <Resourcing@birmingham.gov.uk>

A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be undertaken.

Proof of Right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in accordance with UK Home Office requirements, before any employment offer can be confirmed.

Sponsorship is not available for this post. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK that does not require employer sponsorship for the duration of the appointment.

Birmingham City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our citizens and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. You can view our Corporate Safeguarding Policy | Birmingham City Council here.

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