MOT Approval Administrator
| Posting date: | 19 August 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £25,159 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 25 August 2025 |
| Location: | Chadderton |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | 421466/1 |
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The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) helps keep Britain moving, safely and sustainably. We do this by helping people through a lifetime of safe and sustainable journeys, helping them keep their vehicles safe to drive, and protecting them from unsafe drivers and vehicles.
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!
Find out more about what it's like working at DVSA: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency - Department for Transport Careers
You will work within the Regulatory Approvals Team as part of the Enforcement Directorate, providing an efficient administrative support service while role modelling the required culture of engagement and inclusion.
You will develop your potential and guide your activities to ensure delivery of high quality, efficient and effective services that meet customer’s needs and delivers of Business Plan targets and standards; always looking for value for money and consistency of service.
You will participate in and implement change when required to ensure concerns from customers and stakeholders are dealt with at the appropriate level to DVSA expectations.
You need to have excellent communication and stakeholder management skills as you will be working closely with External customers, Enforcement colleagues as well as the wider DVSA colleagues and other government agencies.
Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to:
- MOT Enforcement support.
- Process replacement certificate requests.
- Administration of applications for MOT for new and existing sites.
- Administration of an MOT site closure.
- Working with stakeholders to ensure fair and consistent vehicle and driver enforcement activities.
For further information on the role, please read the attached 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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