Information Governance Officer
- Recruiter
- Michael Page Legal
- Location
- England, West Yorkshire, Huddersfield
- Salary
- £28000 - £33000 per annum
- Posted
- 26 Oct 2018
- Closes
- 23 Nov 2018
- Ref
- 13964905/001
- Contact
- Rebekah Brown
- Job Title
- Risk and Compliance
- Practice Area
- Asset Finance
- PQE Level
- NQ
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
The Information Governance Officer will support the Head of Business Assurance and Transformation and deliver the operational duties of their business area. The post holder will work with colleagues across the organisation in line with KNH's core behaviours and values and contribute to the delivery of the organisation's purpose and objectives, ensuring positive outcomes for the business and customers.
Client Details
The Information Governance Officer will take the lead in providing expert advice; promoting data protection (including GDRP) and freedom of information compliance and best practice; and maintaining standards and procedures. To contribute to the development and operation of information governance activities including information sharing, risk management and broader governance and partnership issues.
Description
- To assist with the implementation and maintenance of a Company wide strategy for the delivery of the requirements of the Data Protection legislation and Freedom of Information legislation and any resulting policies and protocols, ensuring compliance with all relevant statutory requirements.
- To take the lead and/or assist with investigations to complaints about breaches of confidentiality, data protection or freedom of information provisions, and undertake reporting/remedial action as required maintaining a log of any incidents and remedial recommendations and actions.
- To analyse the types of breaches of the Data Protection Act and develop improvement plans to mitigate against future breaches ensuring risk management procedures are adhered to.
- To provide advice on novel/complex issues on the Data Protection Act 1998 and relevant legislation and advise Information Asset Owners on the Data Protection Act and compliance within their areas of responsibility.
- To handle and manage requests for information, to maintain the process for the delivery of the requirements of Subject Access Requests or Freedom of Information legislation and any resulting policies and protocols, ensuring compliance with all relevant statutory requirements.
- To raise awareness of the importance of information governance relating to data protection and freedom of information throughout the organisation, and to assist in the developing of a communications plan and training activities to make staff aware of their duties under these acts.
- To establish, maintain and manage a central register and monitoring system for all documentation pertaining to KNH's information governance e., Confidentiality Agreements, Protocols, Matrices; ensuring completion of all documents and exchange of information takes place as agreed by all relevant staff/agencies to established timescales and quality standards.
- To ensure that all Information Sharing Protocols are in place, reviewed and kept up to date at the appropriate levels within KNH and partner agencies.
- Work with the Governance Team to ensure that all policies and procedures are accurately logged, version controlled and that a process for policy and procedure renewal is implemented.
- Contribute to the development of policies and processes as required to ensure that high quality consistent services are delivered.
- Represent the organisation at stakeholder events and briefings on local, regional and national policy matters.
- Take a proactive role in all operational aspects of relevant business/service area.
- Work collaboratively with the Service Manager to monitor, analyse and deliver improvements across all relevant performance indicator areas in order to increase customer satisfaction.
- When required present verbal or written reports to the service area Management Team, KNH Senior Leadership Team.
- Participate in organisation wide service reviews and service planning as required and ensure any arising actions are implemented.
- Provide leadership by acting as an ambassador and a positive role model through the promotion of KNH's purpose, vision, behaviours, achievements and successes.
Profile
- Proven track record of working in Information Governance within a large scale organisation including DP, GDPR and FoI.
- Excellent numeracy skills to analyse and interpret business related statistical information
- Experience of writing reports and policy documents for internal and external audiences
- Knowledge of Research techniques, collation and collection of information and presentation of findings.
- Excellent written and verbal communication with the ability to express effectively and sensitively, in person, via the telephone and in writing, with a range of stakeholders, internal and external
- Demonstrate an ability and track record of Influencing, challenging and developing innovative solutions to improve services within the organisation
- Skill and ability to work with suppliers, customers and partner organisation to achieve common goals
- Literacy and numeracy to a standard required to produce reports and related material maintain accurate records and a high level of computer literacy to interrogate various software packages and online systems to produce or access useful data.
Job Offer
Permanent Role