Governance and Compliance Manager


Company:	House of Commons
Salary:	£45,359 to £51,885 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Westminster, SW1A 0AA
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	5 Oct 2026
Closing date:	26 Oct 2026

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Summary

What you'll be doing

This is an excellent opportunity for a proactive and detail-oriented professional to play a key role in supporting the effective governance, accountability and operational excellence with the Parliamentary Commercial Department (PCD).

Working closely with the Head of Business Management and senior leaders, you will have the opportunity to work as part of a growing and ambitious function committed to delivering the members of both Houses the goods and services they need, when they are needed, at best value to the taxpayer.

Responsible for monitoring and reporting on key governance activities, you will ensure statutory, corporate and organisational requirements are met in a timely and transparent manner.

Acting as a trusted adviser, you will provide guidance and support to managers on governance, compliance and risk management matters, helping to embed best practice across the organisation.

This role is offered on a hybrid working basis, with an expectation of you spending 40% of your time in the office.

You can find out more about the team here:

Parliamentary Commercial Department - UK Parliament

Why Join us?

In addition to your salary, we offer

an attractive range of benefits including but not limited to: 

Generous annual leave starting at 30 days and increasing to 35 after one full working year.

Enrolment in the excellent

Civil Service pension scheme with an average employer contribution of 28.97%

Flexible working options that help you find a balance including enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental and adoption leave, caring leave and alternative working patterns.

What we're looking for

Champion governance and assurance across the Directorate, leading on compliance monitoring, assurance activities and performance reporting to ensure policies, procedures and corporate standards are consistently applied and embedded.

Drive effective risk and resilience management, maintaining strategic and operational risk registers, working closely with risk owners and senior leaders to identify emerging risks, strengthen controls and support business continuity planning across the service.

Be responsible for the monitoring of and reporting on the PCD compliance with people management policies such as completion of performance management reviews, DSE and essentials training, and the monitoring of impartiality and register of interests.

Lead information governance and compliance activities, overseeing Freedom of Information requests, data subject rights requests, information asset management and GDPR-related processes to ensure legal obligations are met and best practice is maintained.

Maintain and enhance expertise, proactively undertaking corporate training and applying current best practice to ensure policies and processes remain up to date and effective.

How to Apply

CV & Supporting Statement - If you would like to apply for this role, please submit your CV and covering letter with a 500word limit.   

More information on the application process can be found here:

Application process - UK Parliament 

Additional Information

Please ensure that you anonymise your application by removing any identifiable factors from your CV or Supporting Statement.  

As part of the selection process, we will be asking candidates to complete an online Numeracy and Business Writing test. Please also note, that if invited to an interview, you will be asked to deliver a verbal presentation relating to a strategic area. Further information about these assessments will be provided after the closing date to those who progress to the next stage of the recruitment process.

Please note that most job offers will be made at the minimum of the salary range, other than in exceptional circumstances. 

We may close the vacancy prior to the closing date stated due to a high volume of applications. 

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