Job Title: Compliance Officer – Higher Education

Location: London, Marylebone near Bond Street

Hours: Part-time – approximately 2–3 days per week

Reports to: Head of Quality and Standards / Senior Management

Contract: Part-time

Role Purpose

The European School of Economics in London is seeking a highly organised and proactive Compliance Officer to support its new registration with the Office for Students (OfS).

This is an important role at an exciting stage in our development. The successful candidate will help establish and maintain the systems, records and internal processes required to ensure that we continue to meet our regulatory obligations as an OfS-registered higher education provider.

The role will work closely with senior management, academic and administrative teams and the College’s governing body. It will suit someone who understands compliance and governance within UK higher education and who is comfortable translating regulatory requirements into practical actions, procedures and evidence.

The OfS requires registered providers to continue to satisfy the ongoing conditions of registration applicable to them, covering areas including quality and student outcomes, student interests, financial sustainability, governance and accountability. (Office for Students)

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain an up-to-date OfS compliance framework and compliance calendar, identifying regulatory requirements, reporting deadlines, responsible individuals and evidence required.
• Monitor the College’s ongoing compliance with the applicable OfS Conditions of Registration, highlighting areas of potential risk or non-compliance to senior management.
• Maintain a central compliance evidence repository, ensuring that policies, minutes, reports, data, approvals and supporting documentation can be readily produced if required by the OfS or another regulatory body.
• Track regulatory reporting requirements and coordinate the preparation and submission of returns, notifications and other information required by the OfS.
• Monitor changes to OfS regulations, guidance and regulatory expectations and advise relevant colleagues of actions required.
• Support senior management and the governing body in demonstrating effective oversight of regulatory compliance.
• Prepare concise compliance reports for management and governance meetings, including a RAG-rated compliance and regulatory risk register.
• Ensure that actions arising from compliance reviews, governing body meetings, audits or regulatory correspondence are recorded, assigned and followed through to completion.
• Support the maintenance and periodic review of institutional policies and procedures, ensuring that they remain current, internally consistent and aligned with regulatory requirements.
• Work with academic colleagues on evidence relating to academic quality, student support, engagement and outcomes, including the OfS B Conditions.
• Liaise with Finance and senior management in relation to financial and regulatory reporting requirements, including evidence relevant to financial viability and sustainability.
• Support compliance relating to student information, consumer protection, complaints and student protection requirements.
• Assist in ensuring that information published to prospective and current students is accurate, clear and consistent with the College’s regulatory obligations.
• Maintain records of key regulatory correspondence and ensure that requests from the OfS or other relevant bodies are responded to accurately and within required timescales.
• Support preparation for any OfS monitoring exercise, regulatory assessment, audit or information request.
• Promote a practical culture of compliance across the College, helping colleagues understand that regulatory compliance is an ongoing institutional responsibility rather than simply a periodic reporting exercise.