Regulatory Compliance Specialist Full Time NEW

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Hours: 37 hours per week – Monday to Friday

Worker Type: Hybrid

Salary: Starting Salary is £36,363 (Level one) rising to £39,152 (Level four) per annum (pro rata for part-time) (Pay award pending)

Location: London Road Heat Station, 12 London Road, Nottingham, NG2 3AB

We’ve got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce – perhaps this is the opportunity you’ve been looking for? Read on to find out more…

Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.

In return, we are looking for people like you – people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.

* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here .

About The Role

Nottingham City Council’s Enviroenergy service is seeking a Regulatory Compliance Specialist to play a pivotal role in ensuring our district heating operations meet current and emerging regulatory requirements.

This is a key specialist position with responsibility for interpreting complex heat network legislation and translating it into practical, workable arrangements across the organisation. You will be the central point of expertise on heat network regulation, including Ofgem’s consumer protection framework and the forthcoming Heat Network Technical Assurance Standards (HNTAS).

Working closely with senior leaders, technical teams and operational colleagues, you will provide clear guidance on regulatory obligations, develop and maintain internal policies, and lead compliance monitoring and audit activity. You will also design and deliver training to ensure teams understand their responsibilities and can confidently operate within a regulated environment.

The role involves regular engagement with external bodies such as Ofgem and industry assurance schemes, helping Enviroenergy remain informed, compliant and proactive as regulation continues to evolve. You will support the organisation in responding to regulatory change, addressing compliance issues where they arise, and embedding continuous improvement across services.

This is an opportunity to influence how a large local authority heat network operates in a newly regulated landscape, helping to protect customers, support decarbonisation objectives and ensure high standards of service delivery.

About You

The ideal candidate will have:

• Experience working with rules, policies or regulations, preferably in energy, utilities, infrastructure or the public sector.

• A good understanding of UK energy or heat network regulations, including consumer protection and assurance standards.

• The ability to understand detailed regulations and explain them in simple, practical terms for others to use.

• Confidence communicating with colleagues, managers and external organisations, both in writing and in person.

• Experience creating guidance, policies or procedures, and helping monitor or improve compliance.

• Able to manage their own workload, pay attention to detail, and take initiative to improve how things are done.
• This post is covered by the statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) (English Language Requirement for public sector workers) and therefore the ability to speak fluent English, is an essential requirement for the role.

You can find the job description for this post here

At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information for applicants page.

For informal enquiries please contact David Nicoll, Customer Service & Transformation Manager, by telephone on 07548 159143 or by email at david.nicoll@nottinghamcity.gov.uk

Closing Date: 28/04/2026

Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

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About Us

Thank you for your interest in working for Nottingham City Council. As one of the largest employers in Nottingham we offer a wide range of roles across a range of services. In return for your skill, drive and commitment to serving the people of Nottingham, we can help you to develop an exciting and rewarding career, with access to the following benefits.

In addition to working within a great team and a competitive salary you will have access to:

• 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years’ service) + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
• Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%
• Smart Working – to support your work life balance
• Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more!

Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and with different abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference.

We particularly want to hear from you if you are from Minority Ethnic communities, identify within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer+ community (LGBTQ+) and if you are Disabled – these groups of people are underrepresented in our workforce, and we’d like to reflect our local population more through our recruitment processes.

We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and we would encourage you to discuss this with us during the selection process, should this be something you are interested in.