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Compliance analyst

Job details
Posting date: 05 June 2026
Salary: £34,765 to £41,375 per year
Additional salary information: HEO National: £34,765 - £37,080 London: £38,795 - £41,375, plus industry leading pension and benefits. For details of our pay on appointment policy, please see below under the heading ‘Salary’.
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 22 June 2026
Location: Bristol
Company: Government Recruitment Service
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 464235/1

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Summary

Defra is the UK government department responsible for safeguarding our natural environment, supporting our world-leading food and farming industry, and sustaining a thriving rural economy. Our broad remit means we play a major role in people's day-to-day life, from the food we eat, and the air we breathe, to the water we drink.

Digital, Data, Technology and Security (DDTS) is the trusted team for digital across the entire Defra Group.

We have around 1000 colleagues across DDTS and our ambition is to make it easier and faster than ever for people to interact with Defra. If you are ready to drive innovation and push boundaries, we want to hear from you. Join us and together we will create a great place for living, and a green and healthy future for all.

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We are looking for a Compliance Analyst to support Defra in meeting required and mandated security obligations.

This role will help gather evidence, maintain compliance records, support assurance activity, track actions against agreed standards and frameworks and work with the security risk team. This role is crucial to Defra because strong security compliance helps protect critical services, information and public confidence across the organisation.

Working across Defra group, you will contribute to compliance returns, internal assurance work and continuous improvement activity, helping to ensure that compliance activity is organised, evidenced and reported accurately.

Please note for this role you will require SC Clearance. To gain SC clearance all applicants are required to have been a UK resident for a minimum of 5 years. If this requirement is not met, the individual will not be able to progress their application further.

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