Information Governance Compliance Officer

The Guinness Partnership; Greater Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading affordable housing provider as an Information Governance Officer, where you'll manage information rights requests and deliver expert governance advice. This full-time role offers a hybrid working model, emphasizing customer focus and effective communication skills. The ideal candidate will have experience in data protection and a passion for ensuring information security.

Qualifications

• Experience in data protection function.
• Ability to interpret information management legislation.
• Ability to produce high-quality reports.

Responsibilities

• Handle information rights requests and information security incidents.
• Provide proactive information governance advice.
• Work in a hybrid model, balancing in-office and remote work.

Skills

Communication

Attention to Detail

Multi-tasking

Customer Focus

Education

Level 2 (C+ or 9-4 GCSE or equivalent)

IAPP Data Protection Qualification or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Job Description

About the role

We are looking for an Information Governance Officer to join our team on a permanent basis. You will be dealing with information rights requests and information security incidents and will provide pro-active, professional and consistent information governance advice.

This is a full-time role, working 35 hours per week and offers hybrid working, three days from the Oldham office and two days working remotely.

What we're looking for
We are looking for someone with experience of managing a varied workload within a customer focused environment. You should also be able to evidence excellent communication skills and the ability to manage conflicting priorities.

You will also be able to demonstrate:

• Understanding and experience of interpreting all information management legislation, regulation and best practice e.g. Data Protection Regulations, Information Rights and their implications for Guinness or similar organisations.
• Ability to challenge and influence through discussion and debate.
• Excellent attention to detail with ability to prioritise and manage a varied workload to meet agreed deadlines.
• Good oral and written communications with key stakeholders at all levels.
• Working in a customer focused environment and/or ability to manage stakeholder or customer expectations.
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office, excel, word, and PowerPoint.
• Ability to multi-task and work to conflicting priorities on occasion.
• Ability to produce high quality information, data and reports.
• Understanding of the Information Management Lifecycle.
• Demonstrates the Guinness Behaviours.

Essential Experience:

• Experience of working within a Data Protection function.

Essential Qualifications:

• Educated to Level 2 (C+ or 9-4 GCSE or equivalent) or higher.

Desired Qualifications:

• IAPP Data Protection Qualification or equivalent or are prepared to work towards a Data Protection qualification.

If you are interested in finding out more about the key responsibilities of the role and to ensure you meet the essential criteria, please review the attached role profile.

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About Us

The Guinness Partnership is one of the leading providers of affordable housing in England. We build and manage homes and provide housing services for around 140,000 customers nationwide. Our vision is to deliver great service, provide great homes, to be a great business and to be a great place to work. Because everything we do is about our customers, our communities and our people, any profit we make is re-invested in new and existing homes and improving services.

The Guinness Partnership is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all colleagues, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.