Compliance Inspector
| Posting date: | 07 November 2025 |
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| Salary: | £35,663 to £39,533 per year |
| Additional salary information: | National Salary - £35,663 London Salary - £39,533 |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 23 November 2025 |
| Location: | London |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 435695/3 |
Summary
Do you enjoy building professional relationships, travelling across the country, and making a real impact on national transport security?
If so, we'd love to hear from you!
The Department for Transport’s Land Transport Security Compliance team have a key role to play in the Government's counter terrorism strategy, alongside colleagues in other Government Departments, including the Police and Security Service.
Their aim is to protect the travelling public, rail transport facilities (Dangerous Goods, International Rail, Heavy Rail and Light Rail), and those employed in the transport industries from terrorist motivated acts of violence and to retain public confidence in land transport security.
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 DfTc: Department for Transport Central - Department for Transport Careers
The posts are an exciting opportunity that focus on direct monitoring and assessing of industry compliance against regulatory requirements of the UK land security regimes, as instructed by the Secretary of State for Transport.
Successful applicants will be appointed as Transport Security Compliance Inspectors and assigned to the Land Transport Security Compliance team in the Department for Transport.
The posts require the ability to deliver results with, at times, light supervision, often under pressure, and working to tight timescales. A flexible approach is needed, as the work does not always fit to standard conditioned hours. The posts require a willingness to travel regularly within the UK including overnight stays.
The role-holder’s main areas of responsibility are:
- Undertake observations, inspections, audits and covert tests across Great Britain as part of a risk-based programme of compliance activity to assess and improve industry compliance with security requirements.
- In the event of less than full compliance with the requirements, follow the ‘stepped approach’ in accordance with internal procedures and guidance, seeking swift and sustainable rectification of any failings by industry.
- Ensure accurate, succinct and focused information about the findings of the above compliance activity are entered into the relevant database in a timely manner to contribute to an accurate picture of compliance levels across the transport industries.
- Liaise with industry representatives on site visits to conduct compliance activities in an effective, professional and consistent manner likely to improve the chances of achieving maximum compliance; ensuring that constructive feedback is given to appropriate industry management and staff at the conclusion of compliance activity.
- Act as Lead Inspector for specific transport entities. Lead Inspector role includes ensuring timely and effective interaction with industry stakeholders to promote best practice; assessing industry security assurance programmes; identifying and assisting with resolution of problems and delivery of credible rectification strategies.
- Willingness to undergo security clearance to SC level. Regular GB travel, typically 3 days per week and possible overnight stays depending on location and type of activity. Must hold full valid UK driving license. Early morning, evening and weekend working by arrangement as necessary. Willingness to be contacted out of hours.
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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