Privacy-First Data Governance Lead

Government Recruitment Service; Manchester; On-site; GBP 59,000 - 71,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Disability Confident employer scheme

Job summary

The Public Sector Reform Test, Learn and Grow (PSR TL&G) team is at the heart of the UK government’s initiative to drive innovation and reform in public service delivery.

With the £100 million PSR Innovation Fund, our team collaborates with local authorities and government departments across the United Kingdom and with the Devolved Governments to design, test, and grow innovative solutions that enhance public service outcomes.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in government data governance and privacy protection.
• Ability to navigate complex data-sharing agreements across multiple partners.
• Strong track record of leading cross-organisational initiatives with senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the adoption and implementation of the programme’s cross-organisational data governance framework, working closely with the Cabinet Office Data Protection team and our delivery partner–the transformation consultancy Public Digital (PD),
• Develop, implement and manage additional data governance frameworks, policies, standards and agreements for work with our other stakeholders (including other central government departments, local government partners, other public sector bodies, and occasional private sector or third sector organisations),
• Set principles for a data privacy-first approach, ensuring that data protection is embedded in the programme’s work and data risk is minimised,
• Establish and oversee the programme’s data infrastructure,
• Be responsible for understanding and managing the programme’s data risks and issues,
• Explore creative solutions to data governance issues that meet Cabinet Office’s policies and standards,
• Ensure that data governance issues are understood by seniors in the programme and by the Grow part of the TLG team,
• Support the Grow part of the TLG team to understand good data practices established within our programme, identify opportunities to improve cross-government data governance and protection policy, and scope possible solutions where technical expertise is needed.

Skills

Data governance

Data protection

Data sharing

Stakeholder management

Cross-government collaboration

Job description

The Public Sector Reform Test, Learn and Grow (PSR TL&G) team is at the heart of the UK government’s initiative to drive innovation and reform in public service delivery.

With the £100 million PSR Innovation Fund, our team collaborates with local authorities and government departments across the United Kingdom and with the Devolved Governments to design, test, and grow innovative solutions that enhance public service outcomes.