Depot Compliance Officer

Overview

Are you passionate about compliance, operational excellence, and making a difference in your community? We are seeking a proactive and detail-oriented Depot Compliance Officer to join our dynamic Fleet Administration team at Buckinghamshire Council. In this key role, you’ll help ensure our depot operations meet the highest standards of legal, regulatory, and ethical compliance, supporting a range of essential services that keep our neighbourhoods running smoothly.

About us

Buckinghamshire Council’s Communities Directorate is dedicated to delivering high-quality services that enhance the lives of residents and support the local environment. Our Neighbourhood Services team operates at the heart of the community, managing vital functions such as Recycling & Waste, Street Scene, Waste Transfer Station, and Workshop operations. We are proud, ambitious, collaborative, and trustworthy - values that guide everything we do. Join us and be part of a team that strives for excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement.

About the role

As a Depot Compliance Officer, you will play a key role in supporting compliance across all operational and administrative areas at our Pembroke Road Depot. Your responsibilities will include:

• Designing, implementing, and monitoring compliance and assurance procedures.
• Conducting audits and inspections, identifying risks, and recommending corrective actions.
• Preparing compliance reports and summaries for management and regulatory bodies.
• Investigating incidents and breaches, ensuring timely resolution and documentation.
• Providing training and guidance to staff on compliance requirements.
• Supporting Freedom of Information (FOI) and Data Protection requests.
• Liaising with internal departments, external regulators, and service providers.
• Maintaining accurate financial and operational records to support audit readiness.
• Identifying opportunities for process improvement and contributing to the continuous enhancement of compliance systems.

Fixed

As a ‘fixed’ worker, you’ll spend most of your time in the same location, which will likely be a fixed office or location where your role is performed. Typically, you’ll be based in the same location as the rest of your team, because you provide a particular service from that fixed location or need access to information there.

About you

We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive candidate for the Depot Compliance role. The ideal candidate will have experience in conducting audits and ensuring adherence to company policies. They should be highly organised, able to work independently, and possess strong communication skills to collaborate effectively across teams. Proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite is desirable, as the role involves preparing reports, analysing data, and maintaining accurate documentation.

For further information on this role please see the attached job summary.

Other information

This role is an on-site role as dealing with physical paperwork is a daily occurrence.

Shortlisting date: w/c 19^th January 2026

Interview date: w/c 26^th January 2026

Interview-type: In person

If you would like to have an informal conversation with the recruiting manager, please contact: Tomas Crowford – 01296 585117 or email [email protected]

This post is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:

• All unspent cautions and/or unspent convictions

For further information on how long it takes for cautions and convictions cautions to become spent, please refer to our guide on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (updated 2023) | Nacro

We understand that candidates may use AI tools to assist with their applications. While we welcome innovation, we expect all submissions to reflect your own experience, skills, and achievements accurately. Please ensure your application is truthful and demonstrates your personal capabilities, as this will be assessed during the selection process.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so please be advised to submit your application as early as possible.

Our values and culture

We have a set of values, which our employees have chosen, that represent what we are – Proud, Ambitious, Collaborative and Trustworthy.

By joining Buckinghamshire Council, you can expect:

• a fair and inclusive culture
• the chance to really make a difference to those around you
• health and well-being initiatives including an Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and mindfulness workshops
• a unified voice through our Employee Representative Group
• ongoing support, and the opportunity to develop and progress in your career with us
• opportunities to take part in fun activities such as fundraising and social events

At Buckinghamshire Council, we know that our biggest strength comes from the people that work for us, and that’s why we’re working hard to ensure we continue to be an accessible and inclusive organisation.

From dedicated staff networks overseen by our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Steering Group, to proudly standing as a Disability Confident employer, it’s important to us that all our colleagues feel engaged, listened to, and valued. Our offer of flexible working empowers a productive and happy workforce and allows employees to combine work with other responsibilities and commitments.

We believe our workforce should reflect the diverse communities we service in Buckinghamshire, and are looking for like-minded individuals to join us in promoting equality, fairness, and inclusion for everyone.

About the Business Unit

Our Communities directorate works across the county to deliver a number of the key customer-facing services that our residents, businesses and visitors rely on every day. 

This directorate includes a wide range of services, including:

• collecting and disposing of waste and recycling
• maintaining our roads and Rights of Way network and parking
• ensuring the delivery of school transport, and supporting sustainable travel including public bus services and School Crossing Patrollers
• managing Country Parks
• leisure facilities, museums, theatres and libraries, as well as developing our Cultural Strategy
• Licensing, Environmental Health and Trading Standards
• Cemeteries and Crematoria

The customer is central to how we develop and deliver all of these services, which help promote our rich and vibrant culture and special environment. 

We are looking for enthusiastic, ambitious and committed individuals to join our team and help us to continue to make Buckinghamshire a great place to live, work and visit. This is an exciting time for us as we bring together the services previously run by five separate councils before Buckinghamshire Council was created. Whilst making major changes to contracts affecting residents across Bucks, we continue to focus on delivering great customer service. You will join us on our journey of continuous improvement - whether that’s through developing strategies and ways of working or delivering services on the ground, every person in Communities is a valued member of the team.

We recognise and reward you

Hard work and success deserves recognition. That’s why we pride ourselves on the benefits we give our people. We actively encourage a good work-life balance and promote flexible and agile working arrangements. We provide discounts on various Cafés, restaurants, shops and auto enrolment onto our generous Pension Scheme. In addition to the opportunity to gain membership to Costco, we have discounted gym memberships, travel discounts with Arriva and much more.

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