Compliance Manager (Maternity Cover)

Please note a full application including a covering letter detailing your experience alongside a CV is required for applications to be considered. Please be advised applications made without providing a cover letter will not be accepted.

This position is for maternity leave cover. (Fixed Term up to one year)

Background of department/role

Within the newly designed Student and Academic Services (SAS) Directorate, Admissions delivers a high-quality service to enquirers, applicants, and their advisers. The Compliance Team is situated within our wider Admissions team.

The Compliance Team is responsible for:

• Ensuring student and University adherence to the Student Route visa immigration rules and the Sponsor Guidance, as published by UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI).
• Managing and completing compliance tasks for CAS (Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies), attendance and engagement, changes to study, passports and visas as well as DBS checks, DBS panels, and other tasks as required.
• Providing professional leadership and guidance regarding UKVI compliance and DBS check activities to those parts of the University that have delegated responsibility in these areas.
• Planning and managing in-person registration of Student Route and non-UK national students.

We are seeking an enthusiastic and experienced Compliance Manager to join our busy Compliance Team to provide cover for a maternity leave. The post holder will be responsible for leading a team of Compliance Officers, managing their workload, auditing work for quality and compliance, and ensuring excellent customer service.

The post holder will ensure and promote compliance with Student Route visa immigration rules and Student Sponsor Guidance, as well as DBS check compliance, within the team and the University. The Compliance Manager is also responsible for ensuring the team’s daily on-campus presence.

The Compliance Manager will work collaboratively with the managers across Admissions, and will ensure Compliance are represented on School, Recruitment, and Marketing committees and working groups relating to Student Communications, Registration, and other areas. The Compliance Manager will work closely with Course Management and Attendance and Engagement teams as well to ensure adherence to the immigration rules and relevant University policies.

The post holder will work together with colleagues across Admissions, Marketing and Communications, Planning, and Academic Operations to support and deliver key activities such as Registration, as well as deliver the team’s work that supports our compliance with UK Visas & Immigration’s rules and DBS check compliance.

The Person

You will have experience of staff management or team leadership and relevant experience in a busy compliance environment. You will be able to motivate and develop a team to ensure high levels of accuracy and customer service. You will have an awareness of the current issues impacting Higher Education, as well as an excellent knowledge of UK Visas and Immigration’s Student Route and Sponsor Guidance. A knowledge of DBS checks and the requirements of this process would be an asset for this role.

How will you work?

We are committed to supporting flexible methods of working wherever possible. This role is partially hybrid however, there are several periods during the year where full-time, on-site working is required.

Campus attendance will vary on a day-to-day basis and across the year but must purposefully align to the service being delivered and to the needs of our students, staff, and stakeholders. It is expected that the majority of your working time will be spent on campus.

How to apply

Start date for applications: 11/08/2025
Closing date for applications: 29/08/2025
Interviews are to be held: 03/09/2025

If you require further information regarding the post please feel free to contact Elaine Seabrook, Head of Admissions Operations & Compliance, elaine.seabrook@canterbury.ac.uk (strictly no agencies, thank you) quoting reference number REQ05725.

Please note, Canterbury Christ Church University reserve the right to bring the closing date of this position forward where a high volume of applications is received. 

Additional Information

Internal applicants wishing to apply on the basis of a secondment from their current position should seek approval for such an arrangement from their current line manager at the earliest possible opportunity/ before applying for the job role.

Canterbury Christ Church University truly welcomes fresh perspectives and new voices. We want you to bring the real you to work, so we are committed to building a genuinely inclusive working environment where everyone is welcomed and where everyone can have a true sense of belonging. Our spirit of community will help us to eliminate discrimination and will enable us all to thrive in a culture that is underpinned by fairness and justice. We therefore seek people to join us who will proactively support and shape this aim and contribute in their own unique way. If this is you, then we are waiting to hear from you. #yourCCCU

Employment Visa Clarification: According to the UK Government Points Based System, this position does not fulfil the requirements for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker Route application.

Please ensure you include contact details of two employment referees in your application, one of which must be your current/most recent line manager.

Please note applications must be made online via the University website; details sent directly via email cannot be considered.

No agencies, thank you.