L4 Regulatory Compliance Officer apprentice

Summary

We have an exciting opportunity to start your career at DVSA as one of our apprentice Regulatory Compliance Officers where you will get more than just an education; you will gain skills that can set you up for life and contribute to public safety. We invest a lot in our apprentices because we want you to be the future of our business.

Wage: £29,525 a year
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Training course: Regulatory compliance officer (level 4)
Hours: Our hybrid working model offers flexibility. Our expectation is that you will spend a minimum 60% of your time at your base location. Working hours are usually between 8.00am - 6.00pm, Monday - Friday, and will be agreed with you.
37 hours a week
Possible start date: Friday 2 May
Duration: 2 years
Positions available: 2

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

An Apprentice Regulatory Compliance Officer you will:

Monitor and lead on bus compliance remote enforcement schemes
Conduct Desk Based Assessments (DBA’s) of operators, approved tachograph centres and MOT testing stations, to assess their processes and procedures to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements
Analyse data and information provided by operators
Update spreadsheets and manage mailboxes
Work collaboratively with a range of internal and external stakeholders

Where you’ll work

Unit M6

Merebank Road

Bristol

BS11 8AQ

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

CSA (SERVICES) LTD

Your training course

Regulatory compliance officer (level 4)

Equal to higher national certificate (HNC)

Course contents

Plan and deliver compliance support services in line with business expectation
Carry out activities in line with their organisations regulatory outcomes - ensuring business prosperity and consumer/environmental protection
Work within the organisations policies and procedures and the law
Assess regulatory risks and use risk assessment to guide their activities and target resources
Gather, analyse, use and share data to inform risk assessment
Engage constructively with business and tailor their approach to businesses that they interact with
Take account of the provisions of statutory Codes in order to engage effectively with businesses
Plan their compliance support activities so as to deliver their responsibilities efficiently
Work as part of a team building and maintaining good working relationships with both business and regulator stakeholders
Make appropriate intervention choices to have the greatest impact on supporting compliance
Take a proportionate approach to intervention choice
Work effectively with other organisations
Prepare appropriately for checks on compliance
Conduct interventions in a proportionate manner
Be responsive to the circumstances encountered
Make informed assessments of compliance and risk
Follow-up on checks on compliance in an appropriate manner
Promote the importance of compliance, and their organisations role in supporting compliance
Provide information and guidance that is needed by businesses and/or those they regulate
Provide the tailored advice that is needed by businesses where appropriate
Communicate effectively with businesses that have failed to comply
Work with partner organisations to support proportionate, risk based responses to non- compliance
Conduct thorough investigations of non-compliance and allegations of non-compliance
Take actions to deal with non- compliance using a wide range of interventions including advice and guidance, formal letters and notices. Where necessary impose sanctions
Provide appropriate support for those adversely affected by non-compliance
Having sound judgement. This includes making decisions about the relevance, quality and accuracy of the information available and using and sharing it appropriately
Monitor and report on their activities and performance
Evaluate their activities in relation to their regulatory objectives and their organisations strategic priorities
Use IT systems to manage, share and store information in accordance with data protection requirements where appropriate
Use digital technologies to communicate with and support partner organisations and regulated entities
Use digital competencies to support the regulation of online markets

Your training plan

Regulatory Compliance Officer Level 4 Apprenticeship Standard:

The apprenticeship will be delivered online by CSA Services
This apprenticeship is due to start in May 2025 and we will be looking to onboard successful applicants in April/May 2025

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade 4)
Maths (grade 4)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

Communication skills
IT skills
Attention to detail
Team working
Passion for learning

Other requirements

If you currently hold or are working towards a similar qualification of the same level or higher, then you will not be eligible to apply for this vacancy.

About this company

We are the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency, and we are 1 of the 5 executive agencies that make up the Department for Transport. We employ about 4,600 people across Great Britain to help us achieve our mission of keeping Britain moving, safely and sustainably. Our work affects millions of people and thousands of businesses. Most importantly, our work saves lives. We make sure colleagues have the skills to meet the needs of Britain’s road users.

https://careers.dft.gov.uk/dvsa/ (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

You will have access to a wide range of fantastic benefits. We offer generous annual leave, attractive pension options, inclusive working environments and much more to support a healthy work/life balance

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

DVSA and the Civil Service offer a wide range of development and career progression opportunities
Once employed as a Civil Servant you will have access to internal vacancies across all departments

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

DVSA

Giles Dennison

gile.dennison@dvsa.gov.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000295036.

Apply now

Closes in 3 days (Wednesday 26 February)

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Company’s application instructions

We will ask you to complete an online test. If successful we would like you to complete a personal statement of 500 words telling us about your communication skills and experience of using Word and Excel. If you pass this then we will invite you to an interview to be held online.

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