Global Compliance Officer (Counsel)

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Your new company
A growing and ambitious global organisation specialising in developing international schools, employing over 11,000 staff across over 25 countries and turning over in excess of £1billion. The company's exciting growth strategy includes doubling its global presence and student capacity in the next four years, and part of its development programme includes relocating its headquarters back to London focusing on hiring professionals who are pro-active, innovative and among the best at what they do.

Your new role
A Global Compliance Officer role reporting to the Chief Counsel within the in-house legal function. On an international basis, you will devise and implement the yearly compliance plan, conducting a thorough risk-based assessment. You will ensure ongoing compliance with company policies, deal with an incident register and head up the whistle-blowing programme, which will include investigations, risk analysis and sanctions matters. Additionally, your role will be responsible for ensuring the compliance around safeguarding children is exceptional. You role will also entail building excellent working relationships with senior stakeholders and continually expanding your knowledge of compliance processes across several jurisdictions, while supporting the business in its expansion into new territories.

What you'll need to succeed
You will be a UK-qualified lawyer or compliance professional with international experience. You will have achieved excellent academics and have a flexible attitude towards a quickly changing commercial environment. You will have demonstrable experience in looking after sanctions, investigations, policies and risk analysis matters from a compliance perspective, and while relevant sector experience is not essential, any such exposure will be enthusiastically received. You will be happy operating in a busy, corporate environment within a highly entrepreneurial setting, and you will be accustomed to liaising with senior leaders within an international business.

What you'll get in return
You will be part of a fantastic growth story of an immense private education organisation, which has impressive expansion plans across the world. You will work within a truly diverse and international environment, within beautiful offices in the heart of London. You will be able to make a genuinely enhancing contribution to an organisation that aims to be educating in excess of 100,000 children across 100 schools in the next four years. Further, you will be rewarded with an excellent salary and benefits package, commensurate with the level of this crucial role.

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