SENIOR PRIVACY & ASSURANCE OFFICER

Cyngor Caerdydd/Cardiff Council; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking Council's Information Governance Team in Cardiff, where you'll play a vital role in ensuring compliance with data protection regulations. This full-time, permanent position offers the chance to develop a wide range of skills while supporting the delivery of essential services to the community. As part of a collaborative team, you'll engage in analyzing data, conducting investigations, and providing meaningful advice to senior council officers. If you're passionate about data protection and eager to make a difference in local government, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Ability to analyze data and provide meaningful advice.
• Experience working in local government or similar environments.

Responsibilities

• Identify and evaluate data protection risks through assessments.
• Conduct investigations and liaise with various stakeholders.
• Analyze data from audits and present findings to senior officers.

Skills

Data Protection Analysis

Customer Service

Data Privacy Risk Evaluation

CCTV Operations Support

Education

Degree in Information Governance or related field

Job description

An exciting opportunity has become available within the Council’s Information Governance Team supporting the delivery of the Council’s Information Governance practices and helping us build ready for the next phase of our response to delivering services to the citizens we are here to help.

Come and join a growing team and enhance your development by working alongside the Council’s Information Governance officers in ensuring that the Council’s and contracted services including School’s, processes remain compliant with the requirements of the Data Protection Act.

In this role the successful applicant will have the opportunity to develop a wide range of workplace skills and experience, as well as developing knowledge and understanding of the work and responsibilities of working in local government in Cardiff.

About the job

The Council’s Information Governance team provides an access to information service, together with Records Management and Data Protection service to all Council services and citizens and also contracted services to all Cardiff Schools as well as national services including the Welsh Local Government Association and Data Cymru.

You will be responsible for:

• Identifying and evaluating data protection and privacy risks through Data Protection Impact Assessments and supporting services to implementing of new processes and systems in a complaint manner
• Conducting investigations on behalf of the Council’s Information Governance Manager and Data Protection Officer, liaising with service officers, citizens and third parties to ensure that data protection incidents are thoroughly conducted and actions identified implemented
• Analysing data gathered through assurance audits and presenting key information to senior officers within the service.
• The role of ‘CCTV Facilitator’ and provide support to developments of CCTV across the Council, support Council officers and, ensuring the Council’s operating models and programmes are supported.

You must be able to operate at a strategic level. The ability to analyse data and new processes and empathise with customer circumstances and offer accurate, meaningful advice to customers, senior council officers and team members, is an important part of the job.

What We Are Looking For From You

The successful applicant will work as part of a team to deliver a first class service.

You must have the ability to analyse data and empathise with customer circumstances and offer accurate, meaningful advice to customers, senior council officers and team members.

Additional information

This post is subject to Disclosure and Barring Service Basic checks.

This vacancy is suitable for post share.

We welcome applications in both English and Welsh. Applications received in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than English applications.

If you would like to discuss any aspect of the post please contact Ramona Pritchard-Smith , [e-mail]

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Job Category Other

Department Finance

Working Pattern/Contract Type Full Time Permanent