Vetting and Compliance Administrator

£26000 - £28000 per annum
Inner London
Permanent
Start date: December 2025

Vetting and Compliance Administrator
Permanent, Full Time 
London City Centre 
(Monday to Friday. 40 hours. Flexible working between 8-6) 
£26,000 - £28,000 
 
Benefits: Up to 32 days holidays, birthday off as extra, wellbeing day off, flexible working shifts, 5-hour shifts outside term time, Life Assurance Scheme, Employee Assistance Scheme, Cycle To Work Scheme, Season Ticket Loan, flexible longer lunchbreaks to attend the gym, termly team lunches, termly competitions, end of the month company drinks, Laptop, annual group conference and awards ceremony (overnight stay), free breakfast and a 1/2 day out with the entire company for a team building event at the end of each term. 
 
Who are Horizon Teachers? 
Horizon Teachers places teaching staff across all sectors of Education within London and the Home Counties. This opportunity is to work specifically within the Vetting and Compliance Team as an integral part of the business.
You will be tasked with ensuring that all the Horizon Teachers teaching and support staff are thoroughly vetted and fully compliant in line with government requirements, in order that we can place them into mix of daily, long-term and permanent roles within London schools.
You will join a team culture that is fun, collaborative, forward-thinking and commercially savvy, based in a unique, bright, vibrant open space office in the heart of the City.
 
The Vetting and Compliance Administrator role will involve:

  • Ensuring worker suitability including eligibility to work, identification, experience, skills and criminal record checks (both DBS and Overseas where necessary)
  • Inputting applicants' details onto in house systems, processing applicants' files including sending and chasing reference checks and DBS checks. Ensuring applicants' files meet all mandatory checks
  • Regular monitoring of agency workers' visas and other documentation to ensure they are in date to ensure compliance and continued suitability
  • Administrative support, maintenance and management of information
  • Delivering relevant training to candidates
  • Assisting with general telephone enquiries from candidates
  • Assisting schools with any specific compliance/safeguarding requests

 
You'll ideally have these skills or experience:

  • Experience in administration in a fast-paced environment. 
  • Target-driven and experienced in working towards tight deadlines and within short timescales.
  • Ability to work effectively as a team and build relationships at all levels.
  • Strong work ethic with a flexible approach.
  • Strong attention to detail
  • IT literate (Keyboard skills, Microsoft Office applications, etc.)
  • If you are self-motivated, driven and seeking a long-term career move then we would love to hear from you.

 
As a proud member of Inclusive Employers, we are committed to creating a diverse, welcoming, and equitable workplace. We believe in providing a fair and transparent recruitment process, where every candidate is assessed solely on their skills, experience, and potential.
If you require any reasonable adjustments during the application process or at any stage of the interview, please let us know. We are committed to making the necessary accommodations to support you fully.
Please note that all successful candidates will be required to provide proof of their right to work in the UK before commencing employment

Horizon Teachers is a specialist Education Recruitment Consultancy that helps Teachers and Support Staff find long term, permanent and interim employment in Primary, Secondary and Special Schools throughout London, the South East, the Midlands and the North of England. As part of the registration process you will be required to have a DBS Check carried out and all original relevant qualifications will need to be sighted and copied before any work placement. For all teaching roles you will need to hold Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) or equivalent. 

Horizon Teachers, part of Operam Education Group.