People Compliance Specialist

Location: Slough/London (Hybrid 2 days a week in the office)

Competitive Salary + Benefits

We are looking for a meticulous and knowledgeable HR Compliance Specialist to ensure our HR policies, practices, and programs comply with applicable labour laws and internal standards. You’ll be the first point of contact for our customers and you’ll provide a high quality and customer focused service whilst always trying to make things better.

As the People Compliance Specialist, you will support with all compliance matters relating to right to work, immigration, disclosure and BPSS checks and Ofsted requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide advice and guidance to the People team and the business as/when legislation changes, supporting with the delivery of training and briefings when required.
• Audit internal HR processes, documentation, and systems to identify and correct
  compliance gaps.
• Work closely with your manager to ensure the business remains compliant within its legal requirement for Ofsted, disclosure and BPSS checks, right to work and immigration and all related administration processes are adhered to with the support of regular reporting and monitoring.
• Work closely and proactively with the PS team to ensure appropriate RTW checks have been carried out correctly for sponsored workers and others with an immigration status before they start work/extend contract/switch to another visa category.
• Lead on the visa application process for staff, including issuing certificates of Sponsorship (CoS), ensuring the manager and applicant are kept up to date with progress.
• Verify Employer Checking Service (ECS) checks and ensure Positive Verification Notice expiry dates are inputted on the HR system, escalating any Negative Verification Notices for appropriate action.
• Continued monitoring of; 
  • Right to Work, Immigration & UK legislation compliance. Verify accurate input of nationality, passport details, Right to Work permission, and visa expiry dates on HR System. 
  • Future visa expiries, proactively tracking, following up and actioning where necessary, escalating where required.
  • BPSS compliance for employees with access to government data both inside and outside of the UK.
  • Correct disclosure levels

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Your Experience/Skill

• Proven experience of working within a varied and fast paced People team environment.
• Working knowledge and understanding of immigration legislation, UKVI Points Based System, Sponsorship and Right to Work rules, with a willingness to learn and develop.
• Strong understanding of compliance processes, including Ofsted, data protection
  (GDPR), and key employment laws.
• Ability to work independently and use initiative to develop methods for tracking and monitoring compliance.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, with intermediate Excel skills.
• CIPD level 3, equivalent HR Qualification or experience(desirable)

Down time

This is a very community-minded team and taking time for us is so important these days which is why we dedicate some of our benefits to support your health & wellbeing. These include: 27 days holiday each year, holiday buying scheme, Medicash plan, Gympass, Cycle to Work scheme, Employee Assistance Programme and 2 days per year charity leave.

How we’ll help with finance matters

In addition to pension, group income protection and life assurance, QA are offering you an annual pay review, access to our employee discounts benefit hub with hundreds of deals and savings on goods and experiences, season ticket loan, tech scheme and an employee referral scheme.

Personal growth

Learning and opportunity is at the core of what we do – and that applies to you too!

You’ll have the unique opportunity to develop your skills on our QA authored courses in the latest tech (you’ll get 3 training days/year to do this). You can also delve deep into our world-class digital learning content from Circus Street and Cloud Academy on a variety of tech and business topics. Or perhaps you’d like to enrol on an apprenticeship programme to enhance your skillset or learn new things.

Our people

We are an equal opportunity employer, focused on promoting a welcoming and inclusive environment. We embrace diversity, welcome applications from all candidates and aim to support the career growth of everyone. This means no matter what your gender, age, ethnicity, beliefs, or sexual preference, or if you are disabled or a carer, we welcome you and the alternative perspectives you bring to our diverse family. We’re proud of the progress we’ve achieved over the last few years to build an inclusive culture and celebrate our diversity – our rankings on The Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers List are a testament to this.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer.

If this is what you’re looking for, here are the next steps:

Hit the apply button and register on our QA website to fill out our quick and easy application form. If you’d like to hear more about the role you can find me on LinkedIn – Giselle Rodrigues or email me: Giselle.Rodrigues@qa.com - happy to help!

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