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Environmental Compliance Officer
An opportunity has arisen within Environment, Housing & Infrastructure (Renfrewshire Community Safety Hub) for a motivated individual to become Environmental Compliance Officer. You will carry out regular patrols throughout Renfrewshire.
This is a key frontline role where you will help protect communities, enhance environmental quality, and tackle antisocial behaviour. Working as part of (and at times leading) a small team, you will play an important role within the Community Safety Partnership, engaging with residents, businesses, and partner agencies to promote compliance with environmental legislation. Key roles include:
- Environmental crime
- Antisocial behaviour
- Parking enforcement
You will balance education, advice, and enforcement, ensuring public safety while supporting our wider Public Protection priorities.
Close working relationships with partners, including Police Scotland will require to be maintained.
It is essential that you have HND or equivalent qualification in a relevant discipline, or significant relevant experience in an enforcement role aswell as experience of working within a regulatory services environment, Operational experience of Community Safety functions and experience of advising on legislation.
You must have knowledge of data protection requirements and maintaining confidentiality when carrying out duties, the ability to provide advice to the public and deal with a wide range of customers and clients with differing backgrounds.
You must have effective communication, reporting and interpersonal skills, the ability to use your own initiative, work under pressure and contribute toward the delivery of targets and objectives set out for the service and contribute towards a continual improvement within the service.
A current Driving Licence is also essential.
If successful, you will be required to undertake a Disclosure Scotland check, the level of check will be determined by the duties of the post. If you would like further information in relation to the Disclosure Scotland checks, please visit www.disclosurescotland.co.uk.
About compliance & regulatory roles for ex-police
Compliance, AML and regulatory roles. Working to PACE, RIPA and CPIA is a stronger regulatory grounding than most civilian applicants can offer — firms increasingly recognise this.
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- Evidence & case files
- Working to legislation & regulation
- Security operations
- Safeguarding & public protection
What compliance & regulatory roles pay ex-police
Advertised UK ranges, editorial estimates reviewed July 2026
| Compliance analyst | £32,000–£42,000 |
| Compliance / AML officer | £40,000–£55,000 |
| Compliance manager | £55,000–£80,000 |
| Senior manager / head of compliance | £80,000–£120,000+ |