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Duration: 16 weeks with a possible extension.
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Compliance Officer – Asset Compliance – Southern Housing
Hours: Full-time (35 hours per week)
Contract: 16-week temporary contract from 7 December 2026 to 28 March 2027
Support Safe, Compliant and Well-Managed Homes Across Southern Housing's Property Portfolio
We're recruiting an experienced Compliance Officer – Asset Compliance to join Southern Housing, based at Building 800, Kent Science Park, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 8GU.
This is a specialist housing compliance role supporting the monitoring and administration of statutory and regulatory compliance across Southern Housing's asset portfolio. You'll help ensure inspections, servicing, certification and remedial actions are completed within required timescales and accurately recorded.
The role requires strong attention to detail, good knowledge of property compliance and the ability to work closely with contractors, surveyors, residents and internal teams.
About the Role
As a Compliance Officer – Asset Compliance, you'll support the effective management of key property compliance programmes across the housing portfolio.
You'll monitor compliance records, follow up outstanding actions, coordinate with contractors and colleagues, and help ensure Southern Housing can demonstrate robust compliance across its assets.
What you'll be doing:
- Monitoring statutory and asset compliance programmes across residential properties
- Maintaining accurate compliance records, certificates and inspection information
- Tracking servicing, inspections and remedial actions to ensure deadlines are met
- Following up outstanding or overdue compliance activity
- Liaising with contractors, surveyors, asset teams and housing colleagues
- Checking contractor documentation and certification for completeness and accuracy
- Updating asset and compliance management systems
- Supporting compliance across areas such as fire safety, gas, electrical, asbestos, water hygiene and lifts
- Identifying gaps, discrepancies or non-compliance and escalating appropriately
- Preparing compliance reports, spreadsheets and management information
- Supporting internal and external audits
- Monitoring contractor performance and service delivery
- Maintaining clear audit trails and case records
- Responding to compliance-related enquiries from internal teams and stakeholders
- Supporting the coordination of inspections and remedial works
- Helping ensure risks are prioritised and addressed promptly
- Contributing to service improvement and stronger compliance processes
- Ensuring work complies with relevant legislation, policies and internal procedures
Requirements
We're looking for a highly organised and detail-focused compliance professional with experience in housing, property or asset management.
You'll ideally have:
- Previous experience in asset compliance, property compliance or housing compliance
- Experience monitoring statutory servicing and inspection programmes
- Knowledge of key compliance areas such as fire, gas, electrical, asbestos or water safety
- Experience maintaining compliance records and certification
- Experience working with contractors and technical teams
- Strong administrative and data-management skills
- Ability to identify compliance gaps and escalate risks appropriately
- Strong attention to detail
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Experience producing reports and management information
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet compliance deadlines
- Experience using asset, property or compliance management systems
- Previous social housing or housing association experience would be highly desirable
- Understanding of regulatory and statutory property compliance requirements
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Eligibility to work in the UK
- Ability to provide relevant references/work history
- Ability to complete required pre-employment checks
Why Apply
- Opportunity to work with Southern Housing
- Competitive Umbrella rate of £210.42 per day
- Full-time 35-hour working week
- Specialist role within asset and property compliance
- Opportunity to work across key areas of housing safety and statutory compliance
- Chance to develop further social housing compliance experience
- 16-week temporary assignment
- Work within an established housing and asset management environment
Benefits
- Weekly Pay
- Company Pension
- Ongoing Agency Support
Additional Information
Client: Southern Housing
Job Title: Compliance Officer – Asset Compliance
Location: Building 800, Kent Science Park, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 8GU
Positions Available: 1
Hours: 35 hours per week
Start Date: 7 December 2026
End Date: 28 March 2027
Contract Duration: 16 weeks
Contract Type: Temporary
Pay Rate: Umbrella: £210.42 per day
Job Types: Full-time, Temporary contract
Pay: £210.42 per day
Benefits:
- Company pension
Application question(s):
- Do you have previous experience in asset compliance, property compliance or housing compliance?
- Do you have experience monitoring statutory inspections, servicing and remedial actions?
- Are you familiar with compliance areas such as fire, gas, electrical, asbestos or water hygiene?
- Do you have experience working with contractors and maintaining compliance records?
- Have you previously worked within social housing or a housing association?
- Are you able to reliably travel to Kent Science Park, Sittingbourne, ME9 8GU?
- Are you available to start from 7 December 2026?
Experience:
- Asset / Property Compliance: 2 years (required)
- Social Housing Compliance: 1 year (preferred)
- Contractor / Compliance Monitoring: 1 year (preferred)
Licence/Certification:
- Relevant Housing / Property / Compliance Qualification (preferred)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
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