Remote Enforcement Examiner

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 425182

**Salary**:

- £32,475
- Advertised salary is inclusive of a base salary of £29,525 plus a technical allowance of £2,950.
- A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

GBP

**Job grade**:

- Executive Officer

**Contract type**:

- Permanent

**Business area**:

- DVSA - Enforcement

**Type of role**:

- Operational Delivery

**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

**Location**:

- Avonmouth, Birmingham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Swansea

**About the job**:
**Job summary**:
Do you have knowledge of the transport industry or experience in a law enforcement role?

Are you highly organised with an eye for detail?

Do you have excellent communication skills with the ability to handle challenging conversations?

If so, we’d love to hear from you

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.

We're working hard to:

- make roads safer
- improve services for our customers
- make road transport greener and healthier
- harness the potential of technology and data
- grow and level up the economy

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

**Job description**:
You will work within the Remote Enforcement Office to ensure that accurate and thorough assessments are completed, highlighting areas of non-compliance across the Enforcement Spectrum. You will be empowered to make recommendations and decisions, alongside taking appropriate follow-up action. You will conduct technical analysis of mechanical prohibition information and maintenance systems. You will review and assess levels of compliance and conducting tasks in relation to the HGV, PSV and light vehicle MOT testing scheme.

Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to:

- Triage and conduct risks assessment for compliance with legislative regulations of S Marked prohibitions issued by enforcement network staff. You will work with network staff to ensure correct recording or removal of prohibition as required.
- Technical assessment of emission cheat device cases or other vehicle system cases, for referral to Desk Based Assessments and investigation.
- Interrogation, assessment and preparation of evidence to establish further actions that may need to be taken forward by enforcement network staff, issuing of improvement notices and provide guidance to vehicle operators.
- Create and provide intelligence and evidential reports using ANPR data, when requested for prosecution, public inquiry or internal purposes, in line with the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act.
- Preparation for accurate and detailed reports to follow up enforcement, prosecution or other actions within appropriate timescales.
- Develop and maintain good relationships with internal and external stakeholders, providing advice and education as required.

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.

**Person specification**:
Essential qualifications/licenses:

- A vocational related qualification in Motor Vehicle Maintenance and Repair and level 3, or IMI ATA registration and diagnostic technician level, or IRTEC registration at advanced technician level.
- A full and current UK driving license

Required experience:
To be successful in this role you will need to have the following experience:

- Excellent oral and written communication skills, including handling challenging conversations.
- Knowledge of the transport industry, vehicle testing (HGV/PSV or light vehicle) and/or a law enforcement role.
- Being able to work as part of a team as well as working alone effectively.
- Experience of probing for information and gathering further detail.
- Excellent attention to detail.

**Additional Information**

**Working hours, office attendance and travel requirement**s**

The expectation at present is a minimum of **60%** of your working time