Estates Regulatory Compliance Officer Apprentice
University College Birmingham
West Midlands (B3 1JB)
Closes in 25 days (Sunday 11 January 2026)
Posted on 16 December 2025
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Summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated individual to join our Estates Department as an Estate Regulatory Compliance Officer Apprentice. This role encompasses a range of responsibilities, providing you with the chance to grow your skills and make a meaningful impact.
- Wage
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£16,021 a year
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Salary will increase to National Living Wage after 12 months in post
- Training course
- Regulatory compliance officer (level 4)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday with flexibility around working pattern to suit operational needs
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 2 March 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
Assist in monitoring compliance across Estates maintenance activities, ensuring adherence to statutory and safety regulations, including health and safety, fire safety, and environmental standards.
Support in carrying out inspections, audits, and risk assessments of plant, equipment, and buildings to identify and mitigate potential risks.
Help maintain and update compliance records, reports, and statutory documentation within the Estates management systems.
Work collaboratively with the maintenance team and contractors to ensure planned and reactive works comply with legislation, University policy, and industry best practice.
Assist in developing compliance checklists, safe systems of work, and method statements to promote a culture of continuous improvement.
Support the coordination of remedial works identified through inspections and audits, ensuring timely completion and accurate record-keeping.
Contribute to the preparation and presentation of compliance performance data for management review.
Attend internal and external training courses to gain knowledge in compliance, safety management, and property maintenance operations.
Maintain personal training logs and evidence portfolios in line with apprenticeship requirements.
Adhere at all times to all relevant health and safety policies and safe working practices.
Keep all working areas, including store areas, in a clean and safe condition.
Where you'll work
Summer Row
Birmingham
West Midlands
B3 1JB
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
P.T.P. TRAINING LIMITED
Training course
Regulatory compliance officer (level 4)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Work within legal and regulatory frameworks and the organisation's policies and procedures.
- Make informed assessments of the risk of a business or individual’s non-compliance.
- Use outcomes of risk assessment to guide decisions, activities and targeting of resources.
- Make proportionate and risk-based intervention choices to ensure compliance is achieved.
- Collect evidence and data related to non-compliance using available techniques, for example investigations, audits, inspections.
- Take actions to deal with non-compliance using proportionate interventions.
- Monitor progress made by businesses and individuals against assessed risks.
- Assess products and services, including any associated internal controls to ensure they meet legal, regulatory and organisational requirements.
- Use and analyse data, making decisions about the relevance, quality and accuracy to inform evidence-based and objective risk assessments.
- Take a systematic approach to data curation and apply data quality controls to ensure the correct use of data-driven findings.
- Identify patterns and trends in compliance issues.
- Promote the importance of compliance and their organisation’s role in supporting compliance.
- Build and maintain good working relationships with stakeholders and tailor their approach to the needs and circumstances of those they interact with.
- Communicate with stakeholders including businesses, individuals and regulators.
- Use digital technologies to manage, share and store information and to communicate with others.
- Follow and apply equity, diversity and inclusion rules and procedures when making evidence-based decisions and interacting with stakeholders.
- Use workload management techniques to plan, organise and prioritise own tasks and manage time effectively.
- Work within legal and regulatory frameworks and the organisation's policies and procedures.
- Make informed assessments of the risk of a business or individual’s non-compliance.
- Use outcomes of risk assessment to guide decisions, activities and targeting of resources.
- Make proportionate and risk-based intervention choices to ensure compliance is achieved.
- Collect evidence and data related to non-compliance using available techniques, for example investigations, audits, inspections.
- Take actions to deal with non-compliance using proportionate interventions.
- Monitor progress made by businesses and individuals against assessed risks.
- Assess products and services, including any associated internal controls to ensure they meet legal, regulatory and organisational requirements.
- Use and analyse data, making decisions about the relevance, quality and accuracy to inform evidence-based and objective risk assessments.
- Take a systematic approach to data curation and apply data quality controls to ensure the correct use of data-driven findings.
- Identify patterns and trends in compliance issues.
- Promote the importance of compliance and their organisation’s role in supporting compliance.
- Build and maintain good working relationships with stakeholders and tailor their approach to the needs and circumstances of those they interact with.
- Communicate with stakeholders including businesses, individuals and regulators.
- Use digital technologies to manage, share and store information and to communicate with others.
- Follow and apply equity, diversity and inclusion rules and procedures when making evidence-based decisions and interacting with stakeholders.
- Use workload management techniques to plan, organise and prioritise own tasks and manage time effectively.
Training schedule
Level 4 Regulatory Compliance Officer apprenticeship standard.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 5 or above)
- Maths (grade 5 or above)
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
- Organisation skills
- Administrative skills
- Team working
Other requirements
Enhanced DBS check will be required
Commitment to continuous professional development
An understanding of the principles of Safeguarding and the Prevent agenda in the context of Further and Higher Education
About this employer
University College Birmingham is a highly-respected, career-focused education and training establishment specialising in vocational courses in both the higher and further education sectors, alongside a growing portfolio of apprenticeships.
Our reputation for excellence means the University is popular with international students, who join us from 57 countries across the globe.
After this apprenticeship
Eligible to apply for Regulatory Compliance roles
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
P.T.P. TRAINING LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000004885.
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Closes in 25 days (Sunday 11 January 2026)
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