Apprentice Regulatory Support Officer
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Company: Liverpool City Council
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Location: Liverpool, L3 1AH
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Type: Apprenticeship
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Salary: £24,547.00 per year
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Sector: Business and administration
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Ref: NAS-2000039369
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Application Deadline Date: 12/07/2026
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Start Date: 07/09/2026
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Positions Available: 1
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Working Week: Monday - Friday, Shifts to be confirmed.
Brief Description
Get hands-on experience supporting our Environmental Health Commercial Service.
You’ll help keep things running smoothly - updating systems, working with data, and supporting reports. You’ll also play a part in processing new food business registrations, preparing documents, and keeping records organised.
Future Prospects
- Permanent employment (subject to funding)
Vacancy Detail
- Assist with the Food Standards Agency triage process, carrying out initial desktop assessments of new food business registrations and contacting business operators where further information is required
- Support the implementation and use of the Register a Food Business (RAFB) digital system, ensuring food registration information is accurately recorded and maintained within an integrated platform
- Provide administrative support for the Tascomi database, including accurate data entry, running reports, and applying correct coding to maintain high-quality data for reporting, statutory returns, and Freedom of Information (FOI) requests
- Accurately upload and scan documents, including inspection reports, to ensure information is well organised and easily retrievable
- Act as a key link between the Commercial Service and the Council’s Geodata team, ensuring premises address data is accurate for business registrations and commercial properties
- Review and allocate incident reports in line with RIDDOR (2013) requirements, ensuring they are recorded and directed appropriately
- Review skin piercing registrations and enquiries, offer support and advise to businesses regarding their legal responsibilities
- Provide relevant regulatory guidance and administrative support to colleagues and businesses
- Assist in the preparation of legal bundles including exhibits photographs and statements for formal case files
- Support animal licensing work and the administration of licences
- Data reviewing/inputting/analysis in relation to food hygiene/health and safety/public health core functions
- Manage the procurement of all necessary work equipment including stationery
- Assist and deal with business enquiries and offer guidance and support as required
Other Information
- The role will involve you sitting and using a computer for long periods of time