{"id":83404,"date":"2017-08-14T08:47:58","date_gmt":"2017-08-14T08:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=6a05cca57c18ffd32ea06024cc98e708"},"modified":"2018-08-30T08:40:27","modified_gmt":"2018-08-30T08:40:27","slug":"news-story-come-and-work-at-dvla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=83404","title":{"rendered":"News story: Come and work at DVLA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Updated:<\/em> Added translation<\/p>\n<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>As an executive agency of the Department for Transport, <abbr title=\"Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency\">DVLA<\/abbr>\u2019s role is to ensure that the right drivers and vehicles are taxed and on UK roads as safely and simply as possible. By joining <abbr title=\"Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency\">DVLA<\/abbr> you can help make a positive difference to our driving public in a dynamic and exciting environment.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"we-reward-our-employees\">We reward our employees<\/h3>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>There are even benefits you wouldn\u2019t 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.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"we-offer-support\">We offer support<\/h3>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"careers-to-suit-everyone\">Careers to suit everyone<\/h3>\n<p>Joining <abbr title=\"Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency\">DVLA<\/abbr> 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\u2019s an exciting career opportunity at <abbr title=\"Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency\">DVLA<\/abbr> for everyone.<\/p>\n<p>To find out more about working at <abbr title=\"Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency\">DVLA<\/abbr> and our vacancies, have a look <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/organisations\/driver-and-vehicle-licensing-agency\/about\/recruitment\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"see-what-its-like-to-work-at-dvla-by-watching-our-video\">See what it\u2019s like to work at <abbr title=\"Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency\">DVLA<\/abbr> by watching our video<\/h3>\n<p><a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dFde0SIegZc&amp;t=2s\">Working at <abbr title=\"Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency\">DVLA<\/abbr><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83404"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=83404"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95152,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83404\/revisions\/95152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=83404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=83404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}