Funding & Compliance Officer

WeDoData are working with a well-established Further Education college in Surrey, who are looking for an experienced professional to join the apprenticeships team on a four-month temporary contract. This is a fantastic opportunity to play a key role in ensuring the college is fully prepared for the R14 ILR submission while supporting an exciting period of system transformation.

If you enjoy working with data, identifying compliance issues and ensuring funding accuracy, we'd love to hear from you.

The Role

Working closely with the MIS and curriculum teams, you'll be responsible for supporting the college's funding compliance activities by carrying out detailed checks, gathering evidence and ensuring learner records are accurate and audit-ready.

Key responsibilities include:

• Completing funding and compliance checks across learner records.
• Preparing the college for the R14 ILR return.
• Gathering supporting evidence to meet funding and audit requirements.
• Identifying, investigating and escalating any compliance or data quality issues.
• Registering learners accurately onto college systems.
• Supporting data validation and quality assurance activities.

You'll also have the opportunity to support the college through significant systems changes, including the implementation of OneFile and the migration from Tribal EBS to ProSolution.

About You

To be successful in this role, you'll ideally have:

• Previous experience within an FE funding, compliance or MIS environment, within apprenticeships.
• A good understanding of ILR requirements and ESFA funding rules.
• Experience preparing data for funding returns and audit compliance.
• The ability to manage a busy workload and work to strict deadlines.
• Experience using FE management systems such as Tribal EBS, ProSolution, OneFile or similar (desirable).

Contract Details

• Location: Surrey
• Duration: Initial 4-month temporary contract - there is also potential for the contract to be extended or become a permanent opportunity for the right candidate.
• Hours: Monday to Friday, 08:45-17:00
• Day Rate: Negotiable, depending on experience - circa £150 - £200 per day
• Start: As soon as possible

If you'd like the opportunity to discuss this vacancy informally with the hiring manager please call Dan at WeDoData or apply as soon as possible.

If this role isn't quite right for you please feel free to share with anyone you think might be better suited.

WeDoData (Bristol) Ltd is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, applicants, and clients to share this commitment. Any appointment will be made subject to strict vetting and screening checks and receipt of a satisfactory enhanced DBS check.

In accordance with the DfE statutory guidance 'Keeping Children Safe in Education', this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.