Information Governance Officer - Westminster, United Kingdom - Look Ahead Housing and Care

Look Ahead Housing and Care

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Westminster, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Job profile:

The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.

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Job details:
Job details:

Job reference

REQ00470
Date posted
27/06/202 Application closing date
10/07/202 Location
Westminster
Salary

- £28,000.00 per annum

Package
Benefits include 25 days Annual Leave, pension schemes, staff discounts, healthcare and career
Contractual hours
3 Basis
Full time
Job category/type
Full Time, Permanent

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Information Governance Officer:

Job description

We're looking for an
Information Governance Officer located at our
Head Office in Westminster.

Dependent upon existing skillset and experience the salary range will be between
£28, £30,000.00 per annum on a Full Time basis.

The post can be offered on a full-time (35 hours) or part-time (minimum 28 hours) basis. Flexible hours are available. This is a hybrid working role.

_Benefits _include 25 days Annual Leave, pension schemes, staff discounts, healthcare and career progression on a Full Time basis and pro rata for Part Time.

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Telephone interviews for this role will be held on Friday 14 July.

Further interviews will be held on Wednesday 19 July and Thursday 20 July.
Want to feel like you're part of one team? You'll feel at home here.

Making you feel at home here means helping you thrive in every way. That's why we offer a wide range of benefits, award-winning Learning & Development and a culture that welcomes all. These aren't token gestures - we've thought long and hard about how best to support our team.

After all, our people are doing something amazing:
helping to transform lives every day.

This role requires a valid Right to Work for the UK as Look Ahead are not a sponsoring organisation._

What you'll do:

We're looking for an enthusiastic and committed individual who has previous data protection experience or knowledge. Information Governance is a high priority for Look Ahead.

We work with a wide range of external organisations to support our customers and it essential that we manage data effectively to ensure we reduce risk and keep our customers and staff safe.

The Information Governance Officer (IGO) will play a pivotal role in this, working within a small team to deliver the Information Governance work programme and ensure compliance with relevant legislation, the Data Security and Protection Toolkit, Look Ahead's policies and procedures and other relevant standards or guidance.

This successful applicant will help ensure that Look Ahead has good organisational systems in place and will maintain key documents, such as the information asset register and other logs.

The IGO will assist with policy development, report on Key Performance Indicators to Information Governance Group and promote effective information management across Look Ahead.

Information Governance sits within the Business Intelligence Team and the IGO will also be expected to assist in the continued drive to improve data quality across the organisation.

About you:

Assist the IGM to implement a strong Information Governance framework by:

Preparing reports for Information Governance Group including performance data
Assisting with communications including awareness raising campaigns
Assisting with reviewing and implementing systems, policies and procedures
Delivering induction training to new staff

Support staff across Look Ahead with Information Governance by:

Providing advice and guidance to staff and customers; managing the internal mailbox and visiting services regularly
Assisting with data breach investigations, maintaining logs, ensuring follow up actions are implemented and sharing lessons learned
Supporting staff to complete data protection impact assessments and legitimate interest assessments, updating the record of processing activities (ROPA) where necessary
Supporting managers to comply with Look Ahead's Retention and Disposal Schedule

Supporting the Business Intelligence Team as a whole by:

Carrying out data quality audits
Working in accordance with Look Ahead's Code of Conduct and equal opportunities policy
Carry out other duties commensurate with the role, as determined reasonable by Look Ahead.

What you'll bring:

- have effective communication skills and a positive approach
- enjoy working as part of a small team but able to work on their own initiative
- be willing to learn and keen to improve and embed robust IG processes throughout Look Ahead
- be prepared to travel to different services to provide support and monitor compliance
- able to work in a busy environment and to deal with interruptions and changing priorities
- professional and confident
- be self-motivated, dynamic and flexible to meet the needs of the service

Essential:

Skills
- close attention to detail
- high level of literacy and n