Senior Compliance Officer

About this role

Details

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

GBP

Job grade

Senior Executive Officer

Business area

GIAA - DfT & HS2

Type of role

Internal Audit

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time

Number of jobs available

1

Contents

• Location
• About the job
• Benefits
• Things you need to know
• Apply and further information

GIAA expects employees to maintain a regular presence at their contractual designated work location and to travel to other GIAA locations or client sites as required for critical

meetings and field assignments. Consequently, the contractual location must be selected from those advertised and be within a reasonable daily commuting distance from the employee’s home address.

Existing GIAA employees appointed into this new role will be allowed to remain at their current workplace location.

About the job

Job summary

The Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA) is driven by its unparalleled access across government to build ‘better insights, better outcomes’ for our clients.

This role offers a strong platform for career progression within the Agency and the wider civil service, providing opportunities to develop leadership, stakeholder engagement and strategic relationship management skills across government.

The Agency’s unique access across the public sector exposes you to different risk and control environments, allowing you to gain insights, apply experience, contribute meaningfully, and continue developing professionally.

Job description*

This role sits within the DVLA GIAA Compliance Officer team, delivering assurance audits to organisations that access DVLA data, including local authorities, parking enforcement organisations and financial institutions.

You will lead and oversee a varied programme of compliance audits, assessing whether customers have legitimate and evidenced reasons for accessing DVLA data in line with agreed permitted purposes. Working both independently and as part of a supportive, established team, you will build strong relationships with customer stakeholders while delivering robust, efficient audit activity across the UK. The role offers an interesting mix of compliance, assurance and stakeholder engagement, with some travel and overnight stays required

• Managing a team of circa 4 HEO Compliance Officers to deliver compliance audits for DVLA.
• Being an effective team leader, by working pro-actively, constructively and flexibly with colleagues and customers to deliver GIAA’s objectives and service commitments to DVLA;
• Managing your own and your team’s time and resources effectively and productively to ensure that DVLA demand is met, in order of priority - actively identifying, foreseeing and taking ownership of issues which may impact your delivery or that of your team; and offering solutions ahead of deadlines;
• Being accountable for delivering and managing a portfolio of audits, working on more than one assignment at once, possibly on different DVLA customers, to budget and quality expectations, complying with GIAA methodology, using our audit management software system (TeamMate+) where required;
• Being responsible for quality assurance of your team’s work to ensure delivery of clear and accurate audit reports, which meet agreed compliance audit objectives;
• Contributing to customer Audit Committee, Executive Team and Board reports with concise and accurate delivery progress data;
• Actively working with others to share expertise and experience, coaching juniors and peers, and helping the Agency develop its professional practice; and
• Ensuring that you and your team adhere to GIAA policies e.g. data protection, security, health and safety and time recording.

Person specification

• Highly organised and methodical, with the ability to prioritise and manage multiple audits and competing deadlines, independently and as part of a team.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality, with experience leading, reviewing and quality assuring audit work and documentation.
• Strong knowledge of data protection and information governance, including data sharing, with experience of assessing compliance and handling sensitive information appropriately.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build effective relationships and communicate clearly with people at all levels.
• Experience using data analytics to identify trends, inform decision-making and support continuous improvement of services.

To apply for this role, you will need to submit your employment history, personal details and provide a statement of suitability of no more than 750 words, referring to the person specification.

Please note only your statement of suitability will be assessed at the sift stage.

Interviews will be held on Teams.

Candidates invited to interview will be required to give a short presentation to the interview panel followed by questions. At interview you will be assessed on experience, strengths and the following technical skills:

• Data Protection Legislation

• Data governance and privacy frameworks

• Data analysis

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Data Protection Legislation
• Data governance and privacy frameworks
• Data analysis

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £48,889, Government Internal Audit Agency contributes £14,163 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides .

• Competitive salaries and in-year rewards
• Flexible working
• A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
• Discount on big brands
• Volunteering days
• Season Ticket Loan and Cycle to Work Schemes
• Free eyesight tests
• Family-friendly HR policies
• 25 days’ annual leave increasing by one day per year of service to 30 days after 5 years’ service
• Geographically based Agency

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles , and will assess your Strengths, Experience and Technical skills.

Recruitment Timeline

• Closing date: 27 September 2026
• Shortlisting: 09 October 2026
• Interviews: w/c 19 October 2026

This timeline is indicative and may be subject to change. We will inform you if there is a substantial change to the recruitment timeline.

If your contact details change at any time during the selection process, please ensure you update your Civil Service Jobs profile.

Please note that only applications submitted through Civil Service Jobs will be accepted.

Eligibility Statement

A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role in the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5-year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government. Checks will be performed as part of pre-employment checks in line with this. Please refer to the Candidate FAQ document attached to the advert for more information.

Everyone working with government assets must complete Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) checks. Additionally, individuals appointed to the Treasury group will be subject to National Security Vetting.

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