Senior Information Governance Officer

Leicestershire County Council; England; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government authority in the UK is seeking an experienced Senior Information Governance Officer. The role involves developing and implementing information governance policies while ensuring compliance and continuous improvement within the organization. Responsibilities include leading investigations into information security incidents and assisting with information rights requests. Qualified candidates should have a relevant degree and experience in information governance. The position offers a hybrid working model and a salary of £35,451 - £39,165 per annum.

Qualifications

• Experience in developing and delivering information governance policies.
• Ability to manage information compliance projects.
• Experience with complex information rights requests.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement information governance policies.
• Lead investigations into information security incidents.
• Assist with information rights requests.

Skills

Experience in information governance

Knowledge of UK Data Protection law

Project management

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Education

Relevant Degree or equivalent

Job description

Organisation:Leicestershire County Council

WorkLocation:County Hall, Glenfield, Leicester, LE3 8RA

WorkerCategory:Hybrid working

Salary:£35,451 - £39,165 per annum

WorkingHours:37 hours per week

ContractType:Fixed term 12 months

Closing Date: 25th January 2026

Interview Date(s): Week beginning 2nd February 2026

We are seeking an experienced Senior Information Governance Officer to join our team. This is a pivotal role in developing and implementing information governance policies, ensuring compliance, and driving continuous improvement across the Council and its partners.

You will support the Data Protection Officer, lead investigations into information security incidents, and help shape the Council's approach to information assurance and compliance. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is proactive, collaborative, and passionate about data protection and governance.

About the Role

As part of a busy team, you will be dealing in multiple areas relating to information governance. Duties will include:

• Taking responsibility for the development and implementation of information governance policies and projects and advising all parts of the organisation on information assurance and compliance, technology, information and online issues in line with LCC Information Governance policies and procedures.
• Fulfilling I&T information assurance, and compliance through supporting the completion of Data Protection Impact Assessments and Information Security Risk Assessments, overseeing information compliance and assurance services and leading on investigations into information security and compliance incidents.
• Taking responsibility for delivering an innovative and collaborative approach, based on an ethos of continuous improvement that stimulates and enables the development of unified and fit for purpose information governance offering.
• Advising and assisting with the management and completion of information rights requests received by the Council.

About You

To apply for this post, you must be able to evidence in your application how you meet the following criteria:

• Relevant Degree or equivalent, or experience of assisting in developing, designing and delivering an effective information / technology policy, information governance or information compliance service appropriate to the qualification level.
• Leading on or managing information policy projects.
• Being responsible for investigations into information security/compliance incidents and issues, negotiating actions and leading on continuous improvement.
• Experience in dealing with complex information rights requests within statutory timeframes.
• Presenting and providing support, advice and recommendations across the organisation and amongst partners on information governance matters.
• Capturing, developing and implementing requirements for information/technology policy and information assurance work packages.
• Technical understanding of UK Data Protection law and proven ability to relate specifics from the Act to business issues.

You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.

In addition, we expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the interview process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.

Interested in Flexible Working?

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.

Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site.

For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:

Colin Lench - Data Protection Officer

Telephone: [phone]

To contact me by email, please click here.

How to Apply

Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity, and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ Plus communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the About You' section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.

To apply for this job, please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the About You' section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format, please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning 0300 3030222 (select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: https://emss.org.uk/support .

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