Funding and Compliance Officer (Apprenticeships)

About the role

The Apprenticeship Business Management (ABM) team safeguards apprenticeship funding, ensures compliance with regulatory requirements, supports audit readiness and protects the University of the Built Environment from financial, operational and reputational risk. As Funding and Compliance Officer, you will support funding compliance, audit and assurance across the apprenticeship lifecycle, working with the Funding and Compliance Manager and colleagues. The role is permanent and full time (35 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 09:00 to 17:00, with some flexibility).

Key responsibilities

• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of apprenticeship funding rules and guidance, and support compliance through structured assurance and audit.
• Identify funding compliance concerns, advise colleagues, employers and apprentices, and support corrective actions.
• Review learner changes of circumstance (breaks in learning, employer changes, withdrawals, programme amendments) and issue, chase and file revised paperwork.
• Carry out compliance audits across the apprentice journey (enrolment, eligibility, records, support funding, Off-the-Job Training, Gateway, completions, withdrawals), review findings and prepare for internal and external audits.
• Support monthly ILR data validation, resolve data quality issues and Apprenticeship Service mismatches, and contribute to data cleansing and system development.
• Contribute to internal guidance, compliance resources, process improvements and Subsidy Control and Learner Support Funding reviews.
• Support training, workshops and awareness sessions, and help Admissions and other teams with eligibility and funding enquiries.

Required profile

• No line management or budget responsibilities.
• Liaises with apprentices, employers, regulators and external auditors, the Admissions team and the Business Development team.
• Working from home is possible only if the environment is suitable, with up to 30 days per year at the Horizons, Reading office.