Level 6 Senior Compliance and Risk Specialist Apprenticeship
Apprenticeship standard: Senior Compliance and Risk Specialist
See what specialist expertise can do for your career. With unique perspectives on how to become a high performing leader, you’ll have what it takes to implement regulatory requirements, providing specialist compliance and risk advice. Step into the next level of business performance.
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How this apprenticeship is delivered
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Apprenticeship Overview
Be responsible for creative strategies that drive your team forward. On this Senior Compliance apprenticeship, you’ll establish yourself as a compliance and risk expert, with everything you need to lead innovation and manage high performing teams.
Learning under experts with years of industry experience, you’ll ensure you can plan and implement actions that make a difference. Through new expertise, you’ll ensure your organisation operates as effectively as possible within regulatory requirements.
Bring what you learn to your role from the start, with training that slots perfectly into your day-to-day. You’ll study the most effective frameworks used to assess and manage risk, benefitting from essential insights that will set your strategies apart.
Alongside technical skills, you’ll become a confident communicator, adapting based on your audience to ensure everyone is informed on compliance and risk. You’ll be set to push your organisation further and use new tools to deliver improvements to risk and compliance outcomes, ensuring that you never underperform.
As part of the programme you’ll complete the International Compliance Association (ICA) Diploma in either Anti-Money Laundering, Financial Crime Prevention or Governance, Risk and Compliance.
Who is the programme for?
Tailored for those looking to become future leaders in high performing compliance functions.
This apprenticeship is ideal for:
Senior compliance officers
Senior risk managers
Compliance directors
Heads of compliance
Where will the programme take you?
Make your mark on your organisation and establish yourself as a leader. This programme will ensure your decision-making is informed by expertise tailored for the future of compliance and risk operations. Bring a new approach to your leadership style with game-changing training backed by an industry recognised qualification.
You’ll also qualify to apply for membership with the International Compliance Association (ICA), essential to get to the next stage in your career.
Who's eligible?
Eligibility can vary depending on the requirements of the individual employer, but typically includes:
A degree or professional qualification in an appropriate discipline, or
ICA Advanced Certificate in Compliance (International or UK), or
Three years’ relevant work experience
To apply for this programme you must be employed in a relevant role.
Apprenticeship information
- Duration
- 24 months
- Start Dates
- February, May and November
- Application deadline
- 6 weeks before start date
- Study modes
- Online live teaching and performance coaching, guided self-study and work based projects
- Cost
- 95% government funded for non-levy payers£23,000levy fundedFree for Learners
- Apprenticeship standard
- Senior Compliance and Risk Specialist
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The ICA knowledge around building a compliance team and running a compliance programme has been invaluable and has reformed the way I run the programme at work.
Emma Willis Kindertons GroupLevel 6 Senior Compliance/Risk Specialist
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