Vendor Compliance Manager
| Posting date: | 09 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £41,055 to £44,415 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 23 July 2025 |
| Location: | Bristol |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 415709/2 |
Summary
We are transforming the way the Civil Service works by creating great places to work, leading the largest commercial office programme in the UK, working towards halving carbon emissions from government offices, and achieving greater value for taxpayers. And we are looking for innovative, solutions-focused people to join our team.
Representing the best covenant in the UK – His Majesty’s Government – we are leading transformational programmes such as the Government Hubs Programme, Whitehall Campus Programme and Net Zero Programme, as well as delivering modern, cost-effective real estate service solutions.
Innovation and progress are at the heart of our behaviours. We foster a culture of lifelong learning, where curiosity and self-improvement are encouraged. And we’re dedicated to becoming a leading, inclusive employer both in the external market and throughout the Civil Service. Our strong emphasis on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) is not just about driving inclusion across our organisation, it is also about ensuring our services meet the needs of government departments and the civil servants who use our spaces.
Join our dynamic and diverse team that leads with purpose, improving sustainability, nurturing social value, driving inclusivity and flexibility, and kickstarting economic growth. We are driven by purpose, and you can be part of it too: where you make a meaningful impact; where you influence; where your voice really matters; where you help to shape our future direction.
The GPA is committed to representing the communities we serve by making Diversity, Equality and Inclusion part of everything we do.
To ensure that we are always recruiting and retaining a diverse mix of talent, we are particularly inviting applications from candidates who are disabled, ethnically or gender diverse, and people who identify as being part of the LGBTQ+ community.
The GovPass Programme within the GPA is modernising Access Control Systems across HMG. Delivering a new UK government standard for card encryption improving building security and enabling greater interoperability through its innovative technology.
GovPass is operating across the UK in HMG Estate and in some of the most iconic buildings and departments, with an ambition to expand this further over the coming years.
The Vendor Compliance role is an integral role that will support the Product Manager in developing and delivering a compliant vendor engagement process to ensure that all vendors are treated equally and fairly, and remain in the bounds of the GovPass certification process. This role involves collaboration with the GovPass program as well as externally with vendors, National Technical Authorities and the wider industry.
Working wider across the GPA, this role will also be pivotal in shaping and influencing cross directorate product management practices and strategies as part of the wider GPA agenda. As the GovPass product stabilises or as the needs of the government change over time, there is scope to take on other product related responsibilities in the future.
Key Responsibilities
In the Vendor Compliance Manager role, you will work with the Product Manager to:
- Lead the end-to-end Vendor Engagement process, ensuring transparency and fairness in vendor compliance.
- Collaborate with various stakeholders, including vendors and National Technical Authorities, to maintain a robust compliance framework for the GovPass certification process.
- Coordinate the testing and evaluation of new vendors in collaboration with technical service suppliers to uphold industry and accessibility standards.
- Implement continuous improvements to ensure our Vendor Engagement process meets evolving needs and remains fit for purpose, contributing to the overall success of the GovPass initiative.
- Ensure any product a vendor puts through the Vendor Engagement process meets all industry standards and accessibility standards
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