Work at Hanover

Role: Compliance Officer

Location: Edinburgh/ Hybrid                              

Working Hours: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday                              

Remuneration: £30,353 Starting Salary (salary during 6-month probation period), £31,871 Salary (upon completion of successful probation)

Closing Date: 12 noon on Friday 25th July 2025 

About Hanover

Hanover has been successfully housing and supporting people in Scotland for over 40 years. Our core purpose is to help people feel safe and secure at home so they can live full and independent lives.

 About the Role

As a key member of the Compliance Team, you will be responsible for maintaining our statutory and regulatory compliance of the inspection and servicing programmes relating to our properties. You will do this by recording, monitoring and actively seeking the relevant records and certificates whilst working closely with contractors and ensuring the business is 100% compliant and KPI’s are meet.

To work collaboratively with all key stakeholders to deliver Hanover’s safety compliance programmes.

Main Duties:

• To manager housing asset compliance programmes ensuring that Hanover maintains legal compliance with its statutory obligations.
• Ensure the servicing programmes are recorded and monitor compliance related data for example, but not limited to:
  • Gas Servicing
  • Electrical Safety Inspections
  • Asbestos Surveys
  • Fire Risk Assessments
  • Legionella and Water Hygiene Risk Assessments
  • Servicing of Fire-Fighting Equipment, Fire Alarms, Smoke and Heat Detectors, Sprinkling Systems and Dry Risers
  • Passenger Lifts
  • Portable Applicant Testing
  • Roof anchors
• Adopting a ‘One Team’ ethos in the delivery of housing compliance programmes.
• When required, provide a full range of administration services including issuing letters to customers in relation to contractor’s visits, tracking visits and any other support required.
• Responsibility for the detailed planning of all housing assets cyclical compliance programmes and the subsequent remedial works to ensure compliance.
• Notify relevant colleagues and tenants of forthcoming inspections and/or surveys.
• When required, provide the necessary data for the Key Performance Indicators, ensuring this data is well maintained and always monitored and kept up to date. Highlighting any potential risks of issues to the Customer Safety Co-ordinator & Head of Department.
• Ensure compliance data is available to share with colleagues and outside bodies, as appropriate, and respond to compliance information requests, as required.

What We Offer

Hanover offers a supportive and friendly environment where our people are valued and appreciated. We are a Scottish Living Wage employer as well as being a Gold IIP Wellbeing and Young Person’s Guarantee employer. Your hard work and drive to succeed are rewarded through:

• Competitive salary and pension options.
• Hybrid Working and Flexi-working.
• Health and Wellbeing support networks including Mental Health First Aiders and a 24/7 GP helpline.
• Access to our Hanover Perks platform which includes high street discounts and health cash plan.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Tech Scheme.
• Family friendly policies.

Recruitment Dates

Closing date for applications is Friday 25th July 2025 at 12 noon.

Interviews are likely to take place week commencing 4th August 2025. 

Hanover are firmly committed to equality, diversity and inclusion for all. As an accredited Disability Confident Employer, we will interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum requirements of the role.

Contact information

To find out about working with Hanover, contact us on 0800 111 4646 or email at recruit@hanover.scot