Information Governance Coordinator

Teaching Vacancies; Bradford; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Free on-site parking

Professional development

Job summary

Dixons Academies Trust is seeking an Information Governance Coordinator to join our Business Services team. The role will support governance and data protection across our MAT network spanning Leeds, Bradford, Greater Manchester and Liverpool.

You will bring experience from a busy governance or compliance environment, be highly organised, and able to handle confidential information with integrity. You will build relationships with stakeholders, manage your workload to deadlines, and pursue

Qualifications

• Experience in a busy administrative, governance or compliance-focused role.
• Understand confidentiality, data protection and handling sensitive information appropriately.
• Ability to interpret information, follow processes and exercise sound judgement.
• Build positive working relationships and communicate clearly with stakeholders.
• Take ownership of workload and meet deadlines.
• Strong moral purpose and drive for continuous improvement.

Skills

Experience in governance/compliance

Strong organisational skills

Confidentiality handling

Information interpretation

Clear stakeholder communication

workload ownership

Continuous improvement mindset

Job description

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are seeking to appoint an exceptional Information Governance Coordinator to join our multi-academy trust (MAT) and support our Business Services team through the next phase of growth in Leeds, Bradford, Greater Manchester and Liverpool.

The ideal candidate will:

• Have experience in a busy administrative, governance or compliance-focused role
• Be highly organised with exceptional attention to detail
• Understand the importance of confidentiality, data protection and handling sensitive information appropriately
• Be able to interpret information, follow established processes and exercise sound judgement
• Build positive working relationships and communicate clearly with a range of stakeholders
• Take ownership of their workload and work effectively to deadlines
• Have a strong moral purpose and drive for continuous improvement

Why choose Dixons Academies Trust?

• We are values driven: we work hard on the things that matter, with humility; we are good and kind; we are motivated by mastery, autonomy and purpose.
• We have been challenging educational and social disadvantage for over 30 years.
• We have launched a bold flexible working policy to give our teachers more time back.
• We are ambitious for every child and highly inclusive.
• We have an innovative approach to central operations which allows educators to focus on teaching and learning.
• We prioritise the professional development and growth of all our staff; every member of Team Dixons receives regular coaching.
• We are committed to recruiting a diverse workforce and our staff work collaboratively to share resources and reduce workload.
• We offer hybrid working arrangements and free on-site parking.
• We have a wealth of benefits and salary sacrifice schemes (private health, lifestyle benefits and discounts).

Visit our OpenSource Youtube channel to learn more about our approaches and culture.

Learn more

Full details of this role can be found in the job description and person specification.

Interviews will take place on 18 November 2026.

What the school offers its staff

We are committed to equality of opportunity, recruiting a diverse workforce, and creating an inclusive environment for everyone at Dixons. Therefore, we encourage applications from underrepresented communities and irrespective of age, disability, neurodivergent status, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion and belief, gender reassignment, sex, or sexual orientation. We are happy to make reasonable adjustments wherever possible through the recruitment process should this be required.

We are focussed on delivering an ambitious equality, diversity and inclusion strategy. You can read more about this here.

Our trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.