Compliance and Validation Manager

Job Introduction

Sodexo Healthcare are currently looking to recruit an experienced Compliance and Validation Manager at the prestigious Manchester Foundation Trust, to monitor performance and compliance to all contractual requirements within the PFI contract.

You’ll validate and establish evidence trail to all specific elements of the contract, including but not limited to statutory and legal compliance. You’ll work independently to the operations and establish electronic tracking systems on all performance standards.

Sodexo Healthcare is a leading provider of services to the NHS and private healthcare organisations in England. We provide quality of life services that improve patient and staff experience, raise standards and deliver financial benefits to our clients. We help to enhance the patient environment (including patient dining, cleaning/housekeeping, retail services), provide clinical support (equipment sterilisation) and manage technical estates teams (estates management, asset management, land maintenance and energy management).

Role Responsibility

• Manage all audits on the Sodexo Hard FM services provision including the attendance at audits, production of action plans and satisfactory closure of recommendations from audits.  Producing reports as and when required, all within the contractual and commercial constraints of the contract liaising with the Operational and Commercial teams as and when required
• Represent the contract technically at meetings and as required by the Deputy Head of Estates
• Exchange, interpret, analyse and calculate complex information and communicate to specialists and non-specialists
• Work with Operational and Commercial Managers in planning and scheduling a fully compliant Planned Preventative Maintenance plan
• Assisting the Technical Services Managers and Commercial Manager in preparation and delivery of the annual maintenance plans and lifecycle plan
• Monitor contractual response and rectification times to ensure compliance and avoidance of service failure and penalties
• Manage the contractual records associated with Sodexo’s obligations in relation to Schedule 25 Record Provisions

The Ideal Candidate

• Experience and understanding of PFI Contracts
• Compliance experience in similar environment
• Ability to plan and achieve results in difficult situations and in limited timeframe
• Confident and adept communicator, with the ability to operate effectively at all level
• Knowledge of monitoring systems
• Proficient IT skills, including Excel, Word & Microsoft office
• Experience of working to ISO 9001 or similar quality system
• Flexible, with the ability to work under pressure whilst looking for continuous improvements

Desirable

• Experience in Hard and Soft services in a of hospital environment

Package Description

£37,000 - £45,000 depending on experience

As part of our commitment to improving the quality of life for our employees, Sodexo offers a Flexible Benefits Scheme, allowing you to tailor a reward package to suit your needs but includes a technology scheme, private dental insurance, travel insurance, gym membership, Gourmet card, private medical insurance and the ability to purchase or sell annual leave. We also have a Sodexo Discount scheme, which offers employees and their friends and family the opportunity to benefit from over 1,200 discounts from top retailers both online and in-store.   

Grade I1 - access to a variety of Sodexo benefits and discounts, flexible benefit fund, bonus potential and pension scheme

40 hours per week, flexibility is a must.

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs some 35,000 employees to deliver integrated facilities management services to clients at over 2,000 locations in the corporate, healthcare, education, leisure, defence and justice sectors. With an annual turnover of over £1bn, we provide everything from catering, cleaning and reception to security, laboratory and grounds maintenance services, enabling our clients to focus on their core business.

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process.

Sodexo and our clients are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults within a regulated activity. Certain roles will require applicants to undergo screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and/ or Disclosure Scotland.