About this role
📍 Location Birmingham, Hastings, Leeds, Swansea (Hybrid)
💷 Salary: £44,241 - A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
🕒 Contract Type: Permanent – Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time
Join the Department for Transport's Digital, Information and Security Directorate and help ensure the department meets its legislative, regulatory and security obligations. As a Lead Compliance Advisor, you'll play an important role in delivering compliance monitoring, assurance and audit activities that support effective governance and risk management across the organisation. Working within the Assurance, Compliance and Controls function, you'll support the delivery of an annual programme of compliance activity, helping to assess adherence to legislation, policies, standards and best practice. You'll conduct audits, gather and review evidence, identify risks and provide practical recommendations that support continuous improvement.
Key Responsibilities include, but are not limited to
- Supporting the G7 Principal Compliance Manager in delivering the department’s programme of internal compliance monitoring activity.
- Liaising with stakeholders and G7 Principal Compliance Manager to agree scope and recommendations arising.
- Conducting fieldwork and interviewing staff/suppliers, based on the scope, to monitor compliance and identify any risks arising.
- Supporting internal audits by collating accurate, well-managed records and evidence.
Benefits
- Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary.
- 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave).
- 8 Bank Holidays plus an additional Privilege Day to mark the King’s birthday.
- Access to the staff discount portal.
- Excellent career development opportunities and the potential to undertake professional qualifications relevant to your role paid for by the department.
- Joining a diverse and inclusive workforce with a range of staff communities to support all our colleagues.
- 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme providing free confidential help and advice for staff.
- Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.
About you
Essential qualifications
- Lead audit qualification such as ISO27001 or similar.
To be successful in this role you will need to have the following experience
- Experience of FOI/EIR, Data Protection legislation and Public Records Act with a willingness to work towards a foundation certificate in data protection law.
- Knowledge of Protective Security, Risk & Mitigation, Threat Assessment.
- Experience of working in the field of governance, risk and compliance within a large organisation.
- Experience of internal auditing/compliance monitoring.
- BCS Certificate in Information Security Management Principles, or willing to work towards.
📅 Apply before 11:55 pm on Sunday 13th September 2026
About compliance & regulatory roles for ex-police
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- Protection & firearms
- Risk & threat assessment
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What compliance & regulatory roles pay ex-police
Advertised UK ranges, editorial estimates reviewed July 2026
| Compliance analyst | £32,000–£42,000 |
| Compliance / AML officer | £40,000–£55,000 |
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