Project Officer, West Lothian Civic Centre, 510.26 - INTERNAL APPLICATIONS ONLY - WEL10948

West Lothian Council current; Michigan; Presencial; USD 35.000 - 47.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

West Lothian Council Education Services is recruiting a Project Officer to support FOI requests, SARs and data privacy compliance. The post involves data protection assessments, records management and contributing to statutory processes within a busy central team.

The role also covers supporting school appeals, mid-term applications and customer surveys, with opportunities to participate in service reviews and digital transformation projects across Education Services.

Formación

• HNC or equivalent qualification in a relevant subject (e.g. business or IT)
• IT skills and good communication skills to interact with a wide range of staff and audiences

Responsabilidades

• Handle Freedom of Information (FOI) requests and Subject Access Requests (SARs)
• Conduct Data Breach investigations and risk assessments
• Create and review Data Privacy Impact Assessments (DPIAs) and Privacy Notices
• Support Records Management and other statutory compliance tasks
• Assist with the school appeals process, mid-term applications and customer satisfaction surveys
• Support service reviews, improvement initiatives, digital transformation and project support as required by the service

Conocimientos

IT skills

Communication skills

Educación

HNC or equivalent qualification in business or IT

Descripción del empleo

Project Officer, West Lothian Civic Centre, 510.26 - INTERNAL APPLICATIONS ONLY - WEL10948

Applications for this post will only be accepted from current employees of West Lothian Council (this includes casual and agency staff who are currently undertaking work for us).

36 hours per week, 52.14 weeks per year, Permanent.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Education Services, the postholder will support central teams within Education Services with Freedom of Information (FOIs) requests, Subject Access Requests (SARs), Data Breach investigation and risk assessments, Data Privacy Impact Assessments (DPIAs), Privacy Notices, Records Management and other tasks associated with statutory compliance. Other responsibilities include supporting the school appeals process, mid term applications and customer satisfaction surveys.

The postholder will also support the service with service review and improvement initiatives, digital transformation and support to projects as required by the service.

Applicants must hold an HNC or equivalent qualification in a relevant subject e.g business or IT or have relevant experience. Applicants must have IT skills and good communication skills – to deal with a wide range of staff within the organisation and to ensure that written and verbal communication is appropriate to the audience.

Should you require further information please contract Donna Adam, Strategic Resource Manager - e-mail