Information Assurance Manager

Government Recruitment Service; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A government agency in the UK seeks a professional to lead information governance and support data management. The role involves maintaining policies, conducting audits, and ensuring compliance for effective data use within the agency. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in information management and data governance.

Qualifications

• Experience in maintaining information and data governance policies.
• Knowledge of data lifecycle management and compliance.
• Ability to conduct internal audits of information management practices.

Responsibilities

• Maintain GPA’s information and data governance policies.
• Conduct internal audits of GPA’s information management practice.
• Manage data lifecycles and ensure data quality audits.

Skills

Data governance policies

Information management

Data quality audits

Job description

The Government Property Agency is the largest property holder in government, with more than £2.1 billion in property assets and over 55% of the government’s office estate.

We are transforming the way the Civil Service works by creating great places to work, leading the largest commercial office programme in the UK, working towards halving carbon emissions from government offices, and achieving greater value for taxpayers. And we are looking for innovative, solutions-focused people to join our team.

Representing the best covenant in the UK – His Majesty’s Government – we are leading significant transformational programmes such as the Government Hubs Programme, Whitehall Campus Programme and Net Zero Programme. We are also delivering cost-effective property services such as asset management, lifecycle replacement and workplace services.

Innovation and progress underpin our behaviours. We foster a culture of lifelong learning, where curiosity and self‑improvement are encouraged. Our four core values are at the heart of everything we do. They shape our culture and guide how we work, lead and grow together:

• Striving for excellence- We always aim to deliver great results
• Empowering through respect- We insist on fair treatment for all, always
• Acting with integrity- We consistently do the right thing
• Succeeding together- We rely on each other to achieve success

We are committed to representing the communities we serve by making Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) part of everything we do. Our strong emphasis on EDI is not just about driving inclusion across our organisation, it is also about ensuring our services meet the needs of government departments and the civil servants who use our spaces. To ensure that we are always recruiting and retaining a diverse mix of talent, we are particularly inviting applications from candidates who are disabled, ethnically or gender diverse, and people who identify as being part of the LGBTQ+ community.

Join our dynamic and diverse team that leads with purpose, improving sustainability, nurturing social value, driving inclusivity and flexibility, and kickstarting economic growth.

We are driven by purpose, and you can be part of it too: where you make a meaningful impact; where you influence; where your voice really matters; where you help to shape our future direction.

Information management underpins how the GPA collectively governs information assets to drive its operations in an efficient and legally responsible manner. It embraces assuring the full lifecycle of our information assets are known and understood from creation to deletion, including access and control.

As a ‘digital first’ organisation, strong Information governance is critical for the GPA to support analysis, decision making and future decisions. We need to build on this area to create operating efficiencies as well as to apply advanced data science and data modelling to further support the delivery of business objectives and scenarios.

This role will lead good practices across all GPA Directorates supporting the business with data management in order to ensure compliance, accuracy, quality and completeness in our decision making to deliver an optimal property experience to our stakeholders, clients and customers

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintaining GPA’s suite of information and data governance policies and procedures (including control and management frameworks) in accordance with wider Cabinet Office policy
• Maintenance of the information and data asset registers across GPA directorates
• Undertaking internal audits of GPA’s information management practice and leading on responding to information audit requirements
• Ensure our data lifecycles are managed effectively, including undertaking data quality audits and of GPA’s and options appraisal of data quality improvement initiatives
• Working with Digital Leads to ensure our data systems are deployed in a way that supports and aids compliance to regulatory and business requirements