Compliance Specialist & Project Lead

Job Summary

Kiwa Product Compliance (KPC) is seeking a Compliance Specialist & Project Lead to join our team based in Aylesbury. In this role, you'll take full ownership of allocated customer projects and country-specific Type Approval applications. You'll manage project planning, risk mitigation, financial oversight, and overall delivery from start to completion, ensuring all regulatory and customer requirements are met.

About the role

• Take full ownership of allocated countries, including managing Type Approval application processes and research.
• Lead all project communication with customers, including participating in project conference calls.
• Mitigate risk to ensure projects are completed on time and within budget.
• Maintain open channels of communication with all stakeholders.
• Ensure customer and country project information is accurate within the system.
• Stay updated on relevant country regulations and developments.
• Monitor regulatory intelligence relevant to assigned customers and manage projects arising from regulatory changes.

Do you have what it takes?

• Experience of, or the ability to learn International Type Approval and certification schemes.
• Ability to take sole responsibility for assigned country and customer project portfolios.
• Excellent planning, organisation and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to reach targets and customer deadlines.
• Experience of balancing the needs of customers, shareholders and colleagues.
• Proactive problem-solving, attention to detail, and strong teamwork skills.
• Exceptional communication, leadership and interpersonal skills at all levels.
• The ability to speak French would be advantageous.

What can you expect from us in return?

• Salary: £35,000, dependent on experience
• Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday
• Location/working arrangements: Aylesbury, hybrid (2 days in the office, 3 days working from home)
• Performance-related bonus scheme
• Pension contributions: up to 6% matched employer contribution
• Annual leave: 25 days, increasing to 28 days with length of service, plus Bank Holidays and the option to buy and sell additional leave
• Health & wellbeing support: Health cash plan, Employee Assistance Programme, 24-Hour GP service, eye care vouchers
• Enhanced family leave: maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave with 6 months full pay, plus 2 weeks full pay for paternity leave
• Life assurance: 4x your annual salary
• Referral scheme: £1,000 for successful introductions
• Reward and recognition scheme
• Cycle2Work Scheme

At Kiwa, we deliver results driven by our core values: Ambitious, Reliable, and Engaged the principles that guide how we work with colleagues, customers, and everyone we encounter. We are committed to fostering personal development, encouraging you to be ambitious, explore new ideas, and contribute to making the world a safer, more sustainable place. Here, you’ll thrive in a dynamic environment with ample opportunities for growth and self-development.

As an equal opportunity employer, Kiwa celebrates diversity and is dedicated to building an inclusive, supportive workplace. We embrace flexibility in hiring talented individuals from all backgrounds globally, ensuring a work environment free from prejudice, discrimination, and intimidation. Inclusivity and equality are core to who we are, and we uphold these values without exception.

If you have any questions about this role and would like to speak a member of the Talent Team, please e-mail us at uk.careers@kiwa.com.