Job summary
We are delighted to be recruiting into a new post within the wider Information Governance Services team. The new posts will be based with the Information Rights part of the service. You will be responsible for dealing with information requests under the General Data Protection Regulation and Freedom of Information Act.
Main duties of the job
We are looking to recruit a new Information Governance Officer to join our current team. You will be joining a team that has always embraced all that flexible working gives but values what regularly working together face-to-face brings. We spend one day a week as a team in the office based in Norwich and this helps build great teamworking opportunities and supports our esprit de corps and collective wellbeing. We are a part of a highly regarded ICT department that provides high quality support services.
We do not expect that you will join us with the full skillset; trained IG professionals are hard to find. So, we have a history of actively training and developing our staff with professional qualifications as well as soft skills to help better engage with our colleagues and service users alike.
They will join the team that manages information requests. This role is vital to ensure that information is provided in a timely manner to those who have a right to receive it. Our requests cover multiple legislations and are very varied in nature. You will work alongside colleagues within our Information Governance and Information Security teams to help provide a full IG service to the Trust. Our approach to our work is embodied by our strap line: Keeping IG Simple.
About us
Benefits
Benefits included with this role are:-
- NHS pension
- a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
- career progression
- starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
- staff physio service
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
Face-to face interviews will be in December 2024, official date is yet to be confirmed. Candidates may only be given a minimum of 3 days' notice, please note this date is provisional and may be subject to change. You will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Reporting to the Information Rights Manager and Deputy Data Protection Officer, this role will focus on our responsibilities towards dealing with information requests under the General Data Protection Regulation and Freedom of Information Act.
Our team works flexibly. Typically, four days a week from home, and one day a week in the office. We are based at County Hall in Norwich.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Reporting to the Information Rights Manager and Deputy Data Protection Officer, this role will focus on our responsibilities towards dealing with information requests under the General Data Protection Regulation and Freedom of Information Act.
Our team works flexibly. Typically, four days a week from home, and one day a week in the office. We are based at County Hall in Norwich.
Person Specification
Qualification
Essential
- Evidence of degree level or equivalent or ability to demostrate competancy at this level
Desirable
- Related professional qualifications in Data Protection, IT Service Management, Risk Management, Project Management, Information Security Management or Audit
- Data Protection, Freedom of nformation, IT Service anagement, Risk Management, Project Management, information Security Management or Audit
Skills
Essential
- Good communication skills are required to work effectively with a large and diverse audience
Experience
Essential
- Experience of collating and reviewing complex information across multiple sources
Person Specification
Qualification
Essential
- Evidence of degree level or equivalent or ability to demostrate competancy at this level
Desirable
- Related professional qualifications in Data Protection, IT Service Management, Risk Management, Project Management, Information Security Management or Audit
- Data Protection, Freedom of nformation, IT Service anagement, Risk Management, Project Management, information Security Management or Audit
Skills
Essential
- Good communication skills are required to work effectively with a large and diverse audience
Experience
Essential
- Experience of collating and reviewing complex information across multiple sources
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
