Location: This role will be a mixture of home working and occasional travel to one of our regional offices in Reading, Sheffield or Gateshead.
Salary: £31,434.00 per annum FTE
This is a full-time role permanent role. (37 hours per week)
At EDT we pride ourselves on creating an environment that supports a healthy work life balance for all our staff. We provide policies that encourage flexible working around individual needs. We offer a range of benefits including a generous holiday allowance, pension scheme and additional voluntary money saving benefits* that can be seen below.
Benefits include:
- 30 days holiday plus bank holidays (pro rota)
- 6% matched pension scheme
- Discounted gym memberships*
- Health care cash plan*
- Retail discounts*
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Wellbeing App.
About us: Education Development Trust is an education charity that exists to transform lives by improving education around the world. We work collaboratively with national and local governments, schools and other partners to design and deliver sustainable solutions to improve education.
The role of Data and Compliance Officer is to ensure that the Early Years Skills Bootcamp contract is delivered in full compliance with the requirements of the DfE. The role will conduct detailed checks and reviews that ensure project activities, funding claims and project deliverables are at all times fully compliant with all requirements. To carry out a broad range of regular and ad-hoc administrative services and tasks for and with managers, colleagues, customers and contract clients
The Data and Compliance Officer will be expected to liaise with and maintain effective working relationships with representatives from the DfE and partner agencies. The post may involve some travel. It may be necessary, on occasion, to work outside standard office hours.
Person Specification:
Knowledge
Essential:
- Educated to minimum GCSE Grade C / Level 2 or equivalent in Maths and English
- An understanding of and commitment to confidentiality and data security
- Demonstrable knowledge of Individual Learning Records (ILR), GDPR and DfE requirements relating to learner data
Desirable:
- Level 4 qualification in administration / business / finance or equivalent and relevant experience that demonstrates a high level of literacy, numeracy and analytical skills
- An understanding of the skills agenda
Experience
Essential:
- Working within a busy team, building and maintaining effective relationships
- Compliance checking, accuracy checking and auditing of data processes
Desirable:
- Experience of having led compliance and data returns on education programmes
- Experience of using the ILR Experience of working within the careers advice, employability or learning and skills sectors
Deadline for applications: Midnight Wednesday 13 March (Please note, we reserve the right to close our vacancies early if sufficient applications are received)
Interviews will take place over Microsoft Teams, on a rolling basis.
How to apply:
To be considered for this vacancy, applicants are required to complete and submit a fully completed application form through our website.
Education Development Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults whom we work with and come into contact with around the world. All applicants are subject to thorough screening and for applicable roles, successful candidates are subject to relevant criminal record checks with national police authorities or the UK’s Disclosure and Barring Service.
At Education Development Trust, we strive to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, can be themselves and knows they can reach their full potential. We embrace and celebrate our differences through various initiatives and support colleagues through a number of staff networks. We’re committed to building a strong, diverse workforce and making Education Development Trust an inclusive place to work. If you have specific requirements or adjustments, please let us know if there is anything we can do to support your application. We are proud to be a member of the Disability Confident employer scheme.