Risk Apprentice - Bristol
Lloyds Banking Group
Bristol (BS1 5LF)
Closes on Tuesday 15 December 2026
Posted on 9 November 2026
Contents
Summary
As a Risk apprentice, you’ll learn how to spot problems before they happen, help teams stay on the right side of complex regulations, and keep our bank (and our customers) protected. Think of it as being the safety net for Britain’s biggest digital bank.
- Wage
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£24,700 a year
- Training course
- Compliance and risk officer (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday. Shifts to be confirmed.
35 hours a week
- Start date
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Wednesday 1 September 2027
- Duration
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2 years
- Positions available
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2
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
- Helping colleagues apply legal and regulatory frameworks
- Spotting and reducing potential risks before they grow
- Writing clear reports that help decision-makers take action
- Communicating risks in ways that everyone can understand
Where you'll work
Bristol
BS1 5LF
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
KAPLAN FINANCIAL LIMITED
Training course
Compliance and risk officer (level 3)
Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)
What you'll learn
Course contents
- Implement legal and regulatory framework requirements.
- Deliver risk and compliance services to stakeholders using organisational systems and processes.
- Plan and organise workloads to meet individual and team performance targets.
- Identify ways to reduce and mitigate incidents of non-compliance.
- Escalate compliance and risk issues where appropriate in line with organisational procedures.
- Manage records in order to meet audit requirements of the organisation.
- Produce evidence-based reports and management information for stakeholders considering visualisation techniques when presenting data.
- Select and use communication methods applicable to the audience and circumstances, for example, presentations, phone, face to face, email, virtual meetings.
- Communicate about products with customers, colleagues or stakeholders in different styles, for example visually, verbally, written, using e-comms.
- Build and maintain working relationships.
- Identify own training needs and seek feedback to improve performance and service delivered.
- Apply continuous improvement techniques when delivering improved compliance outcomes and mitigating risks.
- Record information electronically and make use of available technology, for example Management Information Systems (MIS), spreadsheets, presentation software, word processing, email, virtual communication.
- Handle data safely and securely and share information in compliance with data protection legislation and organisational policy.
- Implement legal and regulatory framework requirements.
- Deliver risk and compliance services to stakeholders using organisational systems and processes.
- Plan and organise workloads to meet individual and team performance targets.
- Identify ways to reduce and mitigate incidents of non-compliance.
- Escalate compliance and risk issues where appropriate in line with organisational procedures.
- Manage records in order to meet audit requirements of the organisation.
- Produce evidence-based reports and management information for stakeholders considering visualisation techniques when presenting data.
- Select and use communication methods applicable to the audience and circumstances, for example, presentations, phone, face to face, email, virtual meetings.
- Communicate about products with customers, colleagues or stakeholders in different styles, for example visually, verbally, written, using e-comms.
- Build and maintain working relationships.
- Identify own training needs and seek feedback to improve performance and service delivered.
- Apply continuous improvement techniques when delivering improved compliance outcomes and mitigating risks.
- Record information electronically and make use of available technology, for example Management Information Systems (MIS), spreadsheets, presentation software, word processing, email, virtual communication.
- Handle data safely and securely and share information in compliance with data protection legislation and organisational policy.
Training schedule
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- any subject (grade 4 - 9)
- any subject (grade 4 - 9)
- any subject (grade 4 - 9)
- English (grade 4 - 9)
- Maths (grade 4 - 9)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Customer care skills
- Administrative skills
- Analytical skills
- Team working
About this employer
At Lloyds Banking Group, Finance is less about adding things up and more about making things happen. Big things.
http://www.lloydsbankinggrouptalent.com/our-opportunities/apprenticeships (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
- A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
- An annual performance-related bonus
- Share schemes including free shares
- Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
- 22 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
- A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies
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
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
This two-year apprenticeship combines classroom learning with hands-on experience. You’ll rotate through projects that show you just how wide-ranging risk management can be - from fraud prevention to regulatory compliance.
You’ll master:
- Risk and compliance basics (the “must-haves” in financial services)
- Analytical thinking and evidence-based reporting
- Communication skills that make complex stuff simple
- How to keep customers, colleagues and the business safe
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
KAPLAN FINANCIAL LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000062875.
Apply now
Closes on Tuesday 15 December 2026
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