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Come and work at DVLA

What will a career in DVLA offer you? Flexible working hours, great on-site facilities and fantastic opportunities to develop your career are just some of the benefits you can expect.

As an executive agency of the Department for Transport, DVLA’s role is to ensure that the right drivers and vehicles are taxed and on UK roads as safely and simply as possible. By joining DVLA you can help make a positive difference to our driving public in a dynamic and exciting environment.

We reward our employees

As an employer of around 6,000 staff, we understand that offering benefits and rewards to employees is important to keep them motivated and inspired to do a great job every day.

Along with a competitive salary and a leave allowance which increases yearly (up to 30 days pro-rata), employees are able to choose from an excellent range of pension schemes and have access to great on-site facilities such as a gym, two cafes and childcare services.

There are even benefits you wouldn’t expect, like free eyesight tests and glasses (depending on your role) and the option to have an advance of salary to buy a bicycle to travel to work.

We offer support

We support our employees in many different ways, whether they want to learn new skills or need help with health and wellbeing issues. We are also proud to have a diverse workforce with support networks in place for colleagues from all backgrounds.

Careers to suit everyone

Joining DVLA can be career changing. As part of the Civil Service, our staff can access a wide range of training programmes and career development schemes across a broad range of disciplines. From administration to finance, IT to communications, there’s an exciting career opportunity at DVLA for everyone.

Find out more about working at DVLA and our vacancies.

See what it’s like to work at DVLA by watching our video

Working at DVLA

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Published 14 August 2017
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