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Regulatory Compliance Officer Apprentice
Exeter City Council is looking for a new Regulatory Compliance Officer Apprentice. You will be studying toward your Regulatory Compliance Officer Apprenticeship Level 4.
Wage
£24,522 a year
Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)
Training course
Regulatory compliance officer (level 4)
Hours
Monday - Friday (Flexible working within office hours).
37 hours a week
Start date
Thursday 8 October 2026
Duration
2 years
Positions available
1
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
Are you interested in a career in regulatory compliance, licensing and public service?
Exeter City Council is looking for an enthusiastic and motivated apprentice to join its Licensing team. This is an exciting opportunity to gain a nationally recognised Level 4 Regulatory Compliance Officer qualification while developing valuable practical experience within a local authority environment.
You will learn from experienced colleagues while supporting a range of licensing, environmental health and regulatory activities. The role will allow you to develop your knowledge of legislation, compliance and enforcement while building your communication, organisation and professional skills.
What You Will Learn
- Develop an understanding of licensing legislation, policies and regulatory requirements.
- Support regulatory compliance and public protection activities.
- Gain practical experience of inspections, visits and investigations.
- Learn how to gather, record and analyse information and evidence.
- Develop an understanding of risk-based regulation and enforcement principles.
- Communicate with businesses, residents and partner organisations.
- Use specialist software, databases and Microsoft Office applications.
- Develop the professional knowledge, skills and behaviours required for a career in regulatory compliance.
- Receive ongoing support, mentoring and supervision from experienced colleagues.
Key Responsibilities
As an Apprentice Regulatory Compliance Officer, your responsibilities will include:
- Assisting officers with Environmental Health and Licensing functions in line with legislation, Council policies and procedures.
- Supporting inspections, visits and investigations relating to licensing, environmental health and public protection.
- Assisting with licence applications, permits, registrations, service requests and complaints.
- Gathering, recording and maintaining accurate information and evidence.
- Responding professionally to enquiries from businesses, residents and partner agencies.
- Maintaining accurate records using specialist software systems and databases.
- Supporting the preparation of reports, correspondence and regulatory documentation.
- Developing an understanding of compliance monitoring, risk-based regulation and enforcement.
- Attending meetings, training sessions and professional development activities.
- Completing all required workplace learning and off-the-job training as part of the level 4 apprenticeship.
Where you'll work
Civic Centre
Paris Street
Exeter
Devon
EX1 1JN
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Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
BABINGTON BUSINESS COLLEGE 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.
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Upon completion of this 24 month apprenticeship, you will have obtained your Regulatory Compliance Officer Level 4 Apprenticeship qualification.
Essential qualifications
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GCSE in:
- English (grade Pass)
- Maths (grade Pass)
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Microsoft Office Skills in:
- Microsoft Office Skills (grade Knowledgable)
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
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Team working
- Initiative
Most local authorities will say that they are undertaking transformation in one shape or form. In Exeter we not only believe we are a leading place based on economic growth, but also due to the work we do with our partners and the local authorities that surround us.
Strategic partnerships are at the forefront of what we do. We have ambitious plans to make Exeter both an analytical city and the global leading location for applied environmental science.
Our population growth is the fastest in the country and our economic growth has reached transformational levels.
As an organisation you’ll find that we are outward facing – for us a lot of the work we do is based around place. Internally, we are changing our organisation to be more commercially focussed as changes in local government finances abound.
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
There is a possibility of being offered a full time role after successful completion of the apprenticeship.
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
BABINGTON BUSINESS COLLEGE LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000050588.
Closes in 17 days (Thursday 1 October 2026)
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