Compliance Operations Executive

Zen Educate

Job Location:

Cape Town - South Africa

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Department:

Operations

Job Summary

R18 000 - R25 000 a month

Location: Claremont Cape Town

Type: Full-time

Working hours: 9:00am 6:00pm UK time (11:00am 8:00pm SA time in Summer 10:00am 7:00pm SA time in Winter) Shorter working days during some of August.

Salary:Rand per month depending on experience and performance.

Contract type: Full time Temp to perm permanent contract starting after 6 month probationary period.

About the Role

The Compliance Operations Executive plays a critical role in ensuring candidates are fully compliant to work in schools.

This includes reviewing all required documentation completing compliance checks signing off candidates and keeping all documentation up to date. Accuracy attention to detail and speed are essential to ensure candidates can begin working as quickly as possible.

The role also involves documenting current processes identifying areas for improvement and implementing changes to make compliance operations more efficient. Protecting children and maintaining high safeguarding standards is the top priority in every compliance decision.

This role is essential in maintaining high compliance standards while enabling schools to access safe reliable and ready-to-work candidates.

Skill Sets and Mindsets

Attention to Detail

Carefully review documentation and identify inconsistencies or missing information.

Compliance Mindset

Understand the importance of safeguarding and regulatory requirements when working with schools and children.

Speed & Efficiency

Process high volumes of documentation quickly while maintaining accuracy.

Ownership & Accountability

Take responsibility for ensuring candidates are compliant to work in schools and all tasks are signed off correctly.

Stakeholder Communication

Communicate clearly with internal teams regarding candidate compliance status and requirements.

Resilience

Work effectively in a fast-paced environment with multiple priorities and deadlines.

Key Responsibilities

Key Responsibilties

Candidate Compliance & Sign-Off

-Review candidate documentation to ensure it meets Zen Educate compliance requirements.

-Complete compliance checks and final sign off before candidates work in schools.

-Ensure candidates are suitable and safe to work with children upholding safeguarding standards and regulatory requirements

Compliance Documentation Processing

-Accurately review identity right-to-work background safeguarding and qualification documents.

Ongoing Compliance Monitoring

-Track compliance expiry dates and proactively ensure candidates renew documentation before it expires.

-Maintain continuous compliance to prevent gaps in candidate eligibility.

Prioritisation & Coordination

-Collaborate with Candidate Onboarding and School teams to prioritise candidates needed for upcoming bookings.

Speed & Turnaround

-Process documentation efficiently so candidates can start work as quickly as possible.

Whats in it for you

-Work that you want to talk about

- Competitive salary

- 25 days of holiday in line with UK education term dates plus UK bank holidays.

-Fun-loving tight-knit team solving a problem that makes a difference

Diversity and Inclusion

We welcome applicants with diverse backgrounds and different experiences and perspectives - just like the staff who teach through Zen and the children at the schools we work with. We believe in hiring the best people from the widest pool and creating an inclusive atmosphere with a culture where peoples voices are heard and all our team can look forward to coming to work.

We value and respect all differences in all people (seen and unseen). We believe in an environment with equal access to career development opportunities and actively encourage applications from BAME candidates.

If you require any reasonable adjustments during your interview process with us please do let us know.

Due to the high volume of applications we regret that we are unable to provide individual feedback on initial submissions.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process such as reviewing applications analyzing resumes or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us.

R18 000 - R25 000 a monthLocation: Claremont Cape Town Type: Full-timeWorking hours: 9:00am 6:00pm UK time (11:00am 8:00pm SA time in Summer 10:00am 7:00pm SA time in Winter) Shorter working days during some of August.Salary:Rand per month depending on experience and performance.Contract type: Fu...