Senior Information Governance Officer - Trafford, United Kingdom - Oldham Council

Oldham Council

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Trafford, United Kingdom

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Trafford Council
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Senior Information Governance Officer

Trafford Council

Trafford Town Hall, Talbot Road, Stretford, Manchester M32 0TH (Hybrid Working)

Salary range - £41, ,428 (Band 9)

Trafford council is a Living Wage Employer.

Working Pattern - Full Time**
Working hours - 36 hours 15 minutes per week

_Many of our colleagues have the opportunity to work from home for one or more days a week and/or they flex the hours they work. We call this SMART working and it gives you the option to flex your days and hours so you can fit your work around your life and life around your work._

Contract type - Permanent**
Application deadline - 10th
March 2024

Interview date - TBC

Interview type - In person

About the Role

You will be based in the Legal Team, which is committed to supporting the delivery of its core services, in particular Information Governance Services.

The main duties of the post will be to represent the Information Governance Team in the promotion of collaborative working across the Council and the maintenance of customer focus, to achieve the highest quality results in all aspects of the work of the Legal and Governance Services.

You will support the Information Governance Manager and the Council's statutory Data Protection Officer in ensuring compliance with all relevant statutory requirements and contributing to the development and operation of information governance activities including information sharing, risk management and broader governance and partnership issues.

You will take the lead in providing expert advice, assistance and representation to the Council and the wider Legal and Governance Team, promoting data protection and freedom of information compliance and best practice; and maintaining standards and procedures across the organisation.

You will provide motivation and line management to the Information Governance Officers and Information Governance Assistants, ensuring effective performance development and you will support the Principal IG Manager in ensuring the quality of service delivered by the Information Governance team.

You will provide support, assistance and representation to the wider Legal and Governance Team as and when required to do so.

Developing effective communication and collaborative working internally within the Council and with external colleagues and partners.

You will maintain a comprehensive understanding of legislative requirements in relation to Information Governance and ensure changes are implemented across the service.

Ideally, you will come from a public sector background and will have experience of elections and experience within this area of law to take a proactive approach to your role and responsibilities, learning and development.

You will possess a "can do" approach. Well organised and adaptable, you will be innovative, creative and have an aptitude for strategic and critical thinking.

You will be able to communicate and explain complex issues to stakeholders in an easily digestible form and to influence decision making with an ability to develop effective working relationships with all levels of management.

With an ability to learn and share learning with others, you may from time to time be asked to take on challenges outside your field of expertise.

You will have excellent oral and written communication skills and be IT literate.

You will also have evidence of research skills, the ability to work to tight deadlines and an aptitude towards advocacy and negotiation.

Role

About you
Your style and approach will reflect our values and behaviours.

You will be committed to continually learning and improving the way you do things to ensure effective outcomes; valuing and respecting others' contribution, you will work together to deliver service; you will take ownership of your actions and strive to getting things right first time and learn from when things do go wrong; you will enjoy taking personal responsibility to resolve issues and change what you do and how you do it to make a difference.

About us

Trafford Council and its partners in the public, private and third sectors are embarking on a Vision which sees us working together to close inequality gaps and maximise Trafford's huge potential.

Our vision is working together to build the best future for all our communities and everyone in Trafford

Trafford really is a great place to work. With a positive permission culture, we embrace innovation and encourage performance. We're keen to recruit someone with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do

We currently have an exciting vacancy within our team to enable us to continue to build on our success and also bring new experience, knowledge and ideas into the team.

We are looking for a Senior Information Governance Officer to join the Corporate Govern