Role – Senior Information Governance Officer
Salary - £35,934 - £39,782
Hours - 18.12 hours per week
Contract - Part Time – Permanent
Location – GMCA, Churchgate House, Oxford Street, Manchester
Role profile
Your role:
The Senior IG Officer role will be responsible for supporting the Senior IG Leads in the management and ongoing development of information governance practices in the GMCA. This includes provision of support for the delivery of GMCA Information Governance Implementation Plan.
The role will also:
- provide advice and guidance to support to internal colleagues on information legislative requirements and good practice.
- oversee and manage the day-to-day coordination of responses to requests under the Freedom Of Information Act 2000 and Environmental Information Regulations 2004.
- Support compliance with Information and Records Management, developing records management approaches to retention schedules and other aspects of records management.
- Support the Senior IG Lead on the development and implementation of the publication scheme and transparency code. The Senior IG Officer will be responsible for ensuring these are proactively managed and kept up to date.
About you:
We are looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated and professional individual with experience of providing information governance advice to assist and guide the organisation when making decisions.
To succeed as an Information Governance Officer you will have recognised qualifications in information compliance disciplines and/or significant experience of working in this area and full and up to date knowledge of all relevant legislation, including the Freedom of Information Act 2000, Data Protection Act 2018, General Data Protection Regulations and Environmental Information Regulations.
You will have experience of developing documents, policies and procedures in relation to information governance and assisting with auditing of those procedures. You will also have a proven track record of delivering results in a pressured and deadline driven environment.
Good IT and administration experience is also essential for the role along with; the ability to communicate effectively with a range of people, the ability to work to deadlines and the ability to respond successfully to change.
We are looking for someone who is as passionate about information law and committed to professional development and continuous learning as we are within the IG team here at the GMCA.
About us
As an employer, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) is made up of a number of key Greater Manchester strategic functions and service providers including; Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS); Waste and Recourses; Environment; Work and Skills; Research; Public Sector Reform; Police, Crime and Criminal Justice; Homelessness; the Greater Manchester Ageing Hub and the Commissioning Hub.
We value the diversity of our employees, and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects our diverse communities across Greater Manchester. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals, irrespective of people's age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. We have guidance in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability.
To find out more about working for us please click here: https://www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/
Our offer
In return for your hard work, we offer our employees a competitive package as part of our offer which includes;
- Flexible working conditions
- The ability to accrue 2 flexi days every 4 weeks (up to grade 11)
- Family friendly policies including parental leave (maternity, shared parental, adoption, maternity support)
- Ability to buy additional annual leave
- Generous Annual leave scheme - 25 days + Bank Holidays per annum upon starting, after 5 years service increase to 30 days + BH and after 10 years service increase to 32 days +BH.
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- Employer investment in training and development, and professional sponsorship including CPD
- Corporate travel loans
- Cycle scheme
- Discount scheme (MiRewards) on local and national high street brands
- Health and wellbeing offer - Occupational Health and Employee Assistance programme
- Modern city centre offices (role specific)
- Sports and welfare club
- Commitment to diversity and inclusivity with 4 active staff networks for; LGBTA, BAME, Disability and Womens
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The GMCA is an Equal Opportunities Employer and we positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment and/or change in gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.