Apprentice Regulatory Compliance Officer

Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency

Bristol (BS5 0DA)

Closes in 17 days (Monday 29 September 2025)

Posted on 12 September 2025

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Summary

This apprenticeship is a role within the Civil Service. To see full details of the apprenticeship click on ‘apply’ to go to the Civil Service Jobs website.

Wage

£29,525 a year

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Training course
Regulatory compliance officer (level 4)
Hours
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37 hours a week

Start date

Wednesday 1 October 2025

Duration

2 years

Positions available

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

This apprenticeship is a role within the Civil Service. To see full details of the apprenticeship click on ‘apply’ to go to the Civil Service Jobs website.

Where you'll work

DVSA
Berkeley House
Croydon Street
Bristol
BS5 0DA

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

To be confirmed

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

This training schedule has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade C)
  • Maths (grade C)

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
  • Analytical skills
  • Team working
  • Working independently

About this employer

You can see full details of this apprenticeship on Civil Service Jobs.

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/driver-and-vehicle-standards-agency (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

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To be confirmed

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000341830.

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Closes in 17 days (Monday 29 September 2025)

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