# Information Governance Officer

**Company**: London Borough of Hillingdon
**Location**: Uxbridge, Greater London
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: GBP 44,184 - 48,519 per year
**Category**: Policy & Public Affairs

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## Description

We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Information Governance Officer to join our Information Governance function.

This is a varied, practical role supporting services across the Council to manage information responsibly, comply with statutory requirements and deal effectively with information governance risks. You will work across data protection, information rights, records management, information sharing and information governance assurance, helping colleagues apply sometimes complex requirements in a clear and proportionate way.

You will have the opportunity to work on both individual cases and wider improvements, contributing to how information governance is embedded across the Council.

**Responsibilities**

- Providing practical information governance advice and support to services across the Council.

- Supporting Data Protection Impact Assessments and privacy risk assessments, helping services identify risks and put proportionate controls in place.

- Managing a personal caseload of complex information governance matters, including complaints, incidents and personal data breaches.

- Supporting statutory information rights requests, including Freedom of Information, Environmental Information Regulations and subject access requests, as well as internal reviews.

- Advising services on information sharing, data sharing agreements, privacy notices and lawful processing.

- Helping services maintain accurate Records of Processing Activities and understand their record-keeping responsibilities.

- Supporting records retention, disposal and archiving so that information is managed appropriately throughout its lifecycle.

- Supporting the triage, investigation and escalation of information incidents and potential personal data breaches.

- Contributing to audits, compliance reviews and assurance activity, including identifying gaps and tracking improvement actions.

- Maintaining information governance records and contributing to reporting, dashboards and assurance updates.

- Helping to review and develop policies, procedures, standards and guidance as legislation and organisational requirements evolve.

**Requirements**

- Experience of applying data protection, confidentiality, records management or information governance requirements within a working environment.

- Experience of supporting areas such as risk assessments, Data Protection Impact Assessments, incident reviews or breach investigations.

- Experience of supporting or managing statutory information rights requests.

- Good working knowledge of relevant legislation and principles, including the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), Data Protection Act 2018, Freedom of Information Act 2000, Environmental Information Regulations 2004 and records management principles.

- Ability to give colleagues clear and practical information governance advice.

- Good judgement when assessing risks and identifying proportionate controls.

- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex requirements in plain English.

- Ability to manage competing priorities and meet statutory and organisational deadlines.

- Understanding of confidentiality, data protection and information security responsibilities when handling sensitive information.

- Organised and evidence-based approach to maintaining records, decisions and actions.

- Experience of supporting audits, compliance reviews or other information governance assurance activity.

**Benefits**

- Flexible Working Hours

- 36 Hour Week

- Generous Holiday Entitlement

- Hillingdon Sports & Leisure

- Salary Sacrifice Schemes

- Cycle to Work

- Local Government Pension Scheme

- Perkbox Benefits

- Mental Health Support and Counselling Services

- Travel Support

- Trade Union Membership

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## Skills

### Required
- data protection
- information governance
- records management
- information rights
- risk assessments

### Nice to have
- UK GDPR
- Data Protection Act 2018
- Freedom of Information Act 2000
- Environmental Information Regulations 2004

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