L4 Regulatory Compliance Officer apprentice
DVSA
Bristol (BS11 8AQ)
Closes in 17 days (Monday 29 September 2025)
Posted on 12 September 2025
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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
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£29,525 a year
- Training course
- Regulatory compliance officer (level 4)
- Hours
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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
- Start date
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Monday 12 January 2026
- Duration
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2 years
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
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
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
CSA (SERVICES) LTD
Training course
Regulatory compliance officer (level 4)
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What you'll learn
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
Training schedule
Regulatory Compliance Officer Level 4 Apprenticeship Standard:
- The apprenticeship will be delivered online by CSA Services
- This apprenticeship is due to start in January 2026 and we will be looking to onboard successful applicants then
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted 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 employer
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
giles.dennison@dvsa.gov.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000341506.
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Closes in 17 days (Monday 29 September 2025)
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