Information Governance Manager

Benenden Health; Tunbridge Wells; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Benenden Health is seeking an Information Governance Manager to join their Governance team. This role entails shaping information governance practices to enhance compliance with data protection regulations and foster an effective culture within the organization. Candidates should have extensive experience in information governance within healthcare, strong communication skills, and the ability to manage regulatory requirements effectively.

Benefits

Competitive salaries

27 days Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays

Defined contribution pension scheme with employer contribution up to 10%

Membership to Benenden Health

Excellent Life Assurance benefit

Free parking

Subsidised eye tests

Free Flu vaccinations

Subsidised on site Restaurant

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in an information governance role within a healthcare setting.
• Experience of supporting information governance focused programs.

Responsibilities

• Central to data protection and information governance activities.
• Provide regulatory advice and support on compliance with data protection regulations.

Skills

Information governance

Risk management

Third party audit management

Security compliance

Ability to work under pressure

Excellent communication

Interpersonal skills

Job description

We are recruiting for an Information Governance Manager in a new role to join our evolving and growing Governance team. The Information Governance Manager will be central to data protection and information governance activities and will play a key role in ensuring compliance with data protection regulations within Benenden Hospital.

This role offers the opportunity to shape and drive information governance across Benenden Hospital. To promote an effective Data Protection culture within the business, champion best practice and provide senior management with insight into the effectiveness of Data Protection policies and controls and ensure alignment with the wider Benenden Group.

You’ll provide regulatory advice, support and challenge on compliance with data protection regulations in collaboration with the group DPO. Ensuring effective compliance with the organisation’s Risk Management Framework, while supporting stakeholders with completion of data protection impact assessments and provide guidance on mitigation strategies.

We’re looking for candidates with skills and experience including:

• Extensive experience in an information governance role within a healthcare setting
• Experience of supporting information governance focused programs, including risk management activities
• Third party audit and compliance management
• Security compliance and regulatory requirements ISO27001, PCI DSS, GDPR
• Ability to work under pressure in a calm and collaborative manner.
• Ability to communicate with different audiences both technical and non-technical.
• Methodical, thorough, and well-organised
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to liaise with internal and external stakeholders.
  
  

If you want to work with like-minded colleagues to make our organisation a great place to work for our employees, we’d love to hear from you.

This role is based at Benenden Hospital, Kent, but we offer hybrid working at Benenden Health, balancing working from the hospital and from home. For this role, please expect to work at the hospital on average 2/3 days a week.

For further information on this role, please refer to the Role Profile

Do you want a career within a business that is not driven by profit, but by providing excellent service? A career within a business that is sustained by a genuine community, with everyone coming together to support each other. A career with an amazing history and a bright future?

With a 120-year history, a mutual ethos and over 850,000 members, Benenden Health is a unique place to work. Whatever the department, no two days are ever the same and the opportunities are as diverse as the members we serve.

Working for a business with such a strong commitment to ‘doing the right thing’, you can expect a broad range of benefits, including.

• Competitive salaries
• 27 days Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays
• Defined contribution pension scheme with employer contribution up to 10%
• Membership to Benenden Health which offers a wide range of benefits, discounts and activities
• Excellent Life Assurance benefit
• Free parking
• Subsidised eye tests
• Free Flu vaccinations
• Subsidised on site Restaurant
  
  

“I love working at Benenden Hospital, it’s a beautiful location in the countryside”, “the whole organisation is supportive”, “it’s the team, the team are amazing”, “Benenden is a bit like a family”, “the whole atmosphere is brilliant”

These are just some of the reasons why more than 400 people work at Benenden Hospital which has a long history of caring since it was founded in 1907