Information Rights Case Adviser - London, United Kingdom - HM Treasury

HM Treasury

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2 weeks ago

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- £29,970 - £38,500-
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Higher Executive Officer

Senior Executive Officer

This is a Range D post. Successful HEO and SEO applicants will transfer on a level basis.

Contract type:

Permanent
Business area:
HMT
Corporate Centre Group
Type of role:
Knowledge and Information Management
Working pattern:
Flexible working, Fulltime, Parttime
Number of jobs available:
1Contents

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The post can be based in London (1 Horse Guards Road) or Darlington (Feethams House).About the job

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About HM Treasury

If you're interested in making a difference to people's lives across the country, the Treasury is the department for you We sit at the centre of everything that the Government does and have provided advice on economic policy and decisions that affect the public finances throughout the country's history.

A Treasury career continues to offer an exciting opportunity to be part of the decision making that affects the whole of the UK.

Working at the heart of government, we collaborate with other departments to ensure public money is spent well and to drive strong and sustainable economic growth.

Our work ranges from protecting customers through to the regulation of the financial sector, helping to reduce carbon emissions and creating a greener economy, supporting people across the country through the COVID 19 furlough scheme and Plan for Jobs as well as helping first time buyers buy their first home.

- and late-career changers with transferrable skills, people from all backgrounds and circumstances regardless of disability, gender, age ethnicity, LGBT+ identity and socio-economic status.

The Darlington Economic Campus is a pioneering new cross-government hub which will bring people together across departments and public organisations to play an active role in the most important issues of the day.

HM Treasury in Darlington will be joined by the Department for International Trade, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, the Office for National Statistics, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, the Competition and Markets Authority, the Department for Education and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.

Job description:

Corporate Centre Group

The Corporate Centre Group provides a wide range of corporate services to enable people at HM Treasury and many of the other organisations who form part of the Treasury Group (including the Government Internal Audit Agency, the Debt Management Office and the new National Infrastructure Bank) to operate effectively and efficiently.

We are a diverse group, both in terms of our professions and in our ways of working.

The Corporate Centre Group is made up of: Commercial; Correspondence and Information Rights; Finance; Human Resources; Treasury Business Solutions (TBS); the Flexible Safer Working team, the Darlington programme team and Treasury Group Shared Services (based in Norwich).

Correspondence and Information Rights Team

The Information Rights Case Adviser position is an exciting role that offers the post-holder the chance to work with every team across Treasury.

The Treasury sits at the heart of government policy-making and receives a wide range of interesting and often complex requests.

The Information Rights Unit (IRU) is responsible for managing those requests and for ensuring that the Department follows the statutory requirements of the various Information Rights regimes.

We work closely with policy teams on responses and provide handling advice for all FOIA and EIR requests to the Treasury.

The post-holder will develop an insight into many areas throughout Treasury, as well as understanding the Treasury as a business.

They will gain an in-depth understanding of two of the three legal regimes that cover the management of the Treasury's information - the Freedom of Information Act and the Environmental Information Regulations, and will represent the Department by engaging with Other Government Departments, the public and the Information Commissioner's Office.

As an IRU Case Adviser, you will:

Have or will develop a solid working knowledge of the FOI Act and the Environmental Information Regulations and be willing to undertake training.
Handle own casework by ensuring policy officials engage fully with the IRU and the legislation and adhere to strict statutory deadlines.
Represent IRU across the Department to advise our Treasury colleagues on the requirements of the legislation, providing training and guidance as appropriate.
Suggest and deliver solutions for the appropriate handling of sensitive information through discussion with key partners to provide responses in accordance with the legislation.
Engage with external partners including bodies associated with the Treasury, to share rele