Join a forward-thinking council where your expertise in information governance will directly protect public data and ensure transparent access to information.
Contract to start ASAP until 20-09-26 with a possible extension.
Job Purpose
Acting as the first point of contact for Members of the Public and Council officers (including Senior Management and Elected Members), in all Information Governance related matters.
Providing professional advice and guidance and practical interpretation of, often varied and complex policies, procedures and legislation i.e. Data Protection 2018, the General Data Protection Regulations, Freedom of Information Act and Environmental Information Regulations.
Co-ordinating and responding to complex and often voluminous information requests, within legislatively prescribed timescales and investigating, risk assessing and assisting in providing best practice recommendations to Senior Management on all reported Data Security Incidents.
Responsibilities
- To ensure that all requests for access to Council held information (including information related to individuals) and any other Data Subject Requests (invoking their rights under GDPR) are recorded, assigned to the relevant Department/Service and appropriately responded to within the statutory timescale, leading on any response where the request covers more than one Service area
- To ensure that all requests from Departments/Services, to apply an exemption and/or extension, are dealt with in accordance with agreed policies and procedures referring only the most complex cases to the Information Governance Manager
- Responsible for ensuring that all internal databases are maintained and updated to enable ongoing update and review
- To escalate any outstanding matters to Information Asset Owners (Senior Management) giving professional advice, as appropriate, on behalf of the Corporate Information Governance Team
- To record and risk assess data security incidents considering all the different factors involved in the incident referring only high risk personal data breaches or other high risk incidents for the immediate attention of the Data Protection Officer or Information Governance Manager
- To provide advice and guidance to Incident Owners (Managers) assisting them in incident investigations and producing investigation reports and making appropriate improvement recommendations to Departments and Services
- To assist the Data Protection Officer in working with Information Asset Owners to develop comprehensive records management, including but not limited to, maintaining registers of information assets and transfers, including reviewing completed registers to identify high risk areas and to work with Departments and Services to mitigate these risks
- To liaise with the Information Commissioners Officer (ICO) as appropriate and to record and monitor all recommendations made by the ICO and assist in ensuring that they are actioned accordingly
- To continuously develop own skills and enhance knowledge of information governance topics, including changes to legislation and ICO best practice guidance
- Assist and advise staff on the completion of data protection impact assessments and data sharing agreements with third parties, for approval by the Data Protection Officer
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Pay: £16.08 per hour
Work Location: In person
