Admin Officer HGV/PCV Driving Tests
| Posting date: | 29 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £25,159 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 10 August 2025 |
| Location: | Newcastle-upon-Tyne |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 417871/2 |
Summary
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The job holder reports directly to the HEO Product Specialist (Vocational) and is responsible for the administration of all aspects of the Delegated Examiner service. They act as main point of contact for Delegated Examiner organisations and individuals and are responsible for processing Delegated Examiners’ registrations and payments. The role holder is responsible for ensuring Delegated Examiner management information is up to date and provides information and recommendations for re-registrations to senior managers.
Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:
- Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here
- 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays a privilege day for the King’s birthday
- Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.
Read more in the Benefits section below!
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Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to:
- Act as the main contact for Delegated Examiners, handling queries, processing registrations, payments, and offering tailored solutions based on organisational needs.
- Organise and deliver Periodic Training workshops, track attendance, take payments, and ensure training records and examiner supervision are accurate and up to date.
- Monitor test volumes and compliance, provide updates to senior management, and recommend re-registrations based on gathered performance data.
- Communicate legislative and DT1 changes to Delegated Authorities, and maintain key databases, including the MoD system and quarterly invoicing.
- Carry out all actions relating to organisations and individuals applying for DCPC Module 4 assessor.
- Respond to all correspondence, enquires and complaints (including FOIs and Subject Access Requests) received by the Technical Support Team, both written and telephone by directing to appropriate staff where applicable.
For further information on the role, please read the role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.
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