Company: Archwilier Global Certification Limited

Location: India

Role Type: Full-Time / Part-Time / Contract – depending on experience

Function: Certification, Quality & Accreditation

Archwilier Global Certification Limited is building its management system certification and accreditation capability and is looking for an experienced Certification & Accreditation Manager with strong knowledge of ISO/IEC 17021-1 and management system certification.

This role will play a key part in establishing and maintaining our certification body management system, supporting accreditation readiness, managing auditor competence and impartiality requirements, and ensuring our certification processes meet applicable ISO, accreditation and IAF requirements.

Key ResponsibilitiesThe successful candidate will be responsible for:

- Establishing, implementing and maintaining the Certification Body Management System in accordance with ISO/IEC 17021-1 (Mandatory)
- Supporting preparation for and ongoing management of accreditation assessments
- Maintaining certification policies, procedures, forms, records and compliance documentation
- Managing the end-to-end certification process, including:
- Application review
- Contract review
- Audit planning
- Stage 1 and Stage 2 audits
- Surveillance audits
- Recertification
- Certification decisions
- Suspension, withdrawal and scope changes
- Establishing and maintaining impartiality and conflict-of-interest controls
- Maintaining the certification body's impartiality risk assessment
- Establishing auditor, technical expert, reviewer and certification decision-maker competence criteria
- Maintaining auditor competence matrices and approval records
- Coordinating auditor performance monitoring and witness assessments
- Ensuring appropriate segregation between auditing, review and certification decision activities
- Supporting calculation and justification of audit duration
- Maintaining applicable technical areas and certification scopes
- Coordinating internal audits of the certification body management system
- Coordinating management reviews
- Managing nonconformities, root-cause analysis and corrective actions




- Supporting complaints and appeals processes
- Monitoring certification mark and logo usage
- Maintaining certification and accreditation records
- Monitoring changes to relevant ISO, accreditation and IAF requirements
- Supporting continual improvement of certification processes

Standards / Areas of FocusInitial certification activities are expected to include:
- ISO 9001 – Quality Management Systems
- ISO/IEC 27001 – Information Security Management Systems
- ISO/IEC 42001 – Artificial Intelligence Management Systems (Optional)

Knowledge of related ISO/IEC 17021 competence standards and IAF Mandatory Documents would be highly beneficial. Essential ExperienceWe are looking for candidates who have:
- Strong working knowledge of ISO/IEC 17021-1
- Experience working within a Certification Body, Accreditation Body or Conformity Assessment organisation
- Practical knowledge of management system certification processes
- Experience with auditor competence evaluation and management
- Understanding of impartiality and conflict-of-interest requirements
- Experience with certification application review, audit planning and certification decision processes
- Experience maintaining controlled policies, procedures and certification records
- Good understanding of internal audits, management reviews and corrective action processes
- Solid written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent attention to detail and documentation skills

Preferred ExperienceCandidates with any of the following would be particularly welcome:
- Previous experience working for an ISO/IEC 17021 accredited Certification Body
- Experience supporting accreditation assessments
- Certification Body Quality Manager / Certification Manager experience




- ISO/IEC 17021-1 training
- ISO 9001 Lead Auditor qualification
- ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Auditor qualification
- ISO/IEC 42001 Lead Auditor qualification
- Experience as a Certification Decision Maker
- Experience managing or qualifying auditors and technical experts
- Knowledge of IAF Mandatory Documents
- Experience preparing a Certification Body for initial accreditation
- Experience dealing with accreditation-body findings and corrective actions

Key CompetenciesThe successful candidate should demonstrate:
- Integrity and impartial judgement
- Strong understanding of certification-body independence requirements
- Excellent analytical and organisational skills
- Ability to interpret ISO and accreditation requirements
- Strong documentation and record-management capability
- Ability to challenge non-compliant practices appropriately
- Confidence working with senior management, auditors and technical experts
- Ability to work independently and take ownership of accreditation and certification compliance activities

Why Join Archwilier?This is an opportunity to play a key role in developing a growing international certification organisation. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to:
- Help build the Certification Body management system from an early stage
- Work directly with senior management
- Shape certification and accreditation processes
- Support the development of ISO 9001, ISO/IEC 27001 and ISO/IEC 42001 certification services
- Contribute to accreditation readiness and future international growth
- Develop into a senior certification, quality or accreditation leadership position as the organisation grows

How to ApplyIf you have practical ISO/IEC 17021-1 Certification Body experience and would like to be part of building and developing an international certification organisation, we would be pleased to hear from you. Please apply through LinkedIn with a short summary of your experience in:

ISO/IEC 17021-1 | Certification Body Operations | Accreditation | Auditor Competence | Impartiality | ISO 9001 | ISO 27001 | ISO 42001

📌 Certification & Accreditation Manager – ISO/IEC 17021-1 (India)
🏢 Archwilier Global Certification
📍 India