Export Control Compliance Manager
This is a Permanent, Full Time vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.
The Vacancy
We are looking for an Export Control Compliance Manager to join our Quality and Continuous Improvement Team based in Coventry or Liverpool.
Reporting to the Head of Governance & Assurance you will lead in developing a ‘best-in-class’ Export Control service that enables the MTC to more effectively manage export compliance for military or duel-use items (goods, software, technology, documents and diagrams etc). In this challenging, exciting and growing role you will be supported by a number of stakeholders, including the Legal Department, Value Chain, Quality and a dispersed network of Technical Export Control Officers working within projects day-to-day.
Main Responsibilities
- Developing and implementing Export Control Management Processes and Policy.
- Providing expert advice and support to projects and programmes.
- Maintaining records and evidence of compliance.
- Disseminating and briefing export control policies.
- Developing and delivering training materials to ensure that the necessary knowledge is institutionalised within the organisation.
- Conducting audits, compliance evaluations and investigations.
- Engaging with project teams and other stakeholders to anticipate export risks/issues and reduce lead times and delays.
- Developing productive interfaces with adjacent functions e.g. Quality, Value Chain, Legal, Engineering etc.
- Being vigilant and perpetually evaluating the adequacy of existing Export Control arrangements in the MTC and taking anticipatory action against perceived risk.
Person Specification
We are looking for someone who is/has:
Essential Skills/Qualifications/Experience
- Working with limited supervision using own expertise and initiative.
- Managing a quality of transactional service provision to a defined level.
- The ability to establish personal credibility, gravitas and act as an advocate for compliance in a complex project environment.
- Evaluate resource requirements and create business cases for resource and budgetary needs.
- Persuasive communication skills.
- Meticulous attention to detail.
- Experience of working within a compliance environment.
- Experience in one of the following areas: Legal, Export, Procurement, Commercial, Project Management.
- Sound working knowledge of Export Control requirements, particularly UK, but with some ITAR knowledge.
- Fluent in the licence application process and goods checker etc.
- Knowledge of IT Toolsets such as MS Office.
Desirable Skills/Qualifications/Experience
- Degree level education
- Close working relationship or involvement with ECJU / DBT / MOD
What we offer you
- Option to buy or sell up to a week’s holiday, plus long service holidays
- Fully Flexible working offering
- Wellbeing hub incl. Vitality PMI, access to Wellbeing champions
- Corporate Discounts e.g. up to 50% selected gyms
- Financial support for Professional memberships
- Professional development opportunities
- Opportunities to join and create clubs/societies
- Enhanced family leave
- Group Income Protection
- Life Assurance
- Company Pension Scheme and access to pension advice
For more information, please see the job description attached.
About The MTC
The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) is an internationally renowned and respected research and development organisation, bridging the gap between academia and manufacturing, and is home to some of the brightest minds in engineering from around the globe.
The MTC's engineers, scientists and technicians work with some of the most advanced manufacturing equipment in the world in a supportive and collegiate environment for the development and demonstration of new technologies on an industrial scale, helping manufacturers of all sizes develop new and innovative processes and technologies.
Established to prove cutting edge manufacturing advances in an agile environment in partnership with industry, academia and other institutions, the MTC works with hundreds of industrial clients across a range of sectors including automotive, aerospace, rail, informatics, food and drink, infrastructure, construction and civil engineering, electronics, oil and gas and defence. The MTC helps businesses thrive by advancing their technological and engineering capabilities to improve their business efficiency, capability and competitiveness.
Supported by one of the largest public sector investments in UK Manufacturing, the MTC's engineering capabilities cover research and development, advanced manufacturing management, factory design and training for the skills of the future.
The MTC has world-class facilities in Coventry, Liverpool and Oxford, and is part of the UK's High Value Manufacturing Catapult, supported by Innovate UK.
Reference Checks and Security Checks (where applicable)
Due to the nature of our business, all employment is subject to satisfactory references being obtained alongside a level of security clearance checks.
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