Information Governance Officer

1 week ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom Venn Group Full time

Locum Information Governance Officer - South West - 6 Months + - Full Time - Hybrid Working

Venn Group's specialist Public Sector Legal team is pleased to be assisting a Public Sector Organisation in the South West which is looking to appoint an Information Governance Officer to join its team on an interim basis.

This is a full time, hybrid working position for an initial duration of 6 months. Weekly office attendance is preferred. The successful candidate will be a confident Information Governance Officer with demonstrable public sector experience within a specialist Legal team.

Duties and responsibilities may include the following:

  • Delivering activities underpinning the Knowledge and Information Management (KIM) strategy, including Freedom of Information, Data Protection, and Records Management
  • Aligning knowledge and information management policies and processes with ongoing developments across the organisation.
  • Advising on options for response, including consideration of exemptions, prejudice and public interest arguments.
  • Drafting responses and obtaining approval from the appropriate decision maker
  • Ensuring that responses are sent within legislative deadlines.
  • Providing advice and guidance to staff on information rights, issues, risks, legislative, regulatory matters and latest developments in the field.
  • Saving all relevant documentation within request case files and updating case monitoring logs
  • Advising colleagues of the compliance level required and the steps in this process
  • Providing advice and guidance to staff on information security issues, risks, legislative requirements, and latest developments in the field.
  • Providing advice to Information Asset Owners and other business leads on data protection compliance issues, including explaining legislative requirements in a clear and understandable manner for example, privacy notices or DPIAs
  • Monitoring and managing the data protection inbox
  • Identifying risks and agreeing mitigations with the business
  • Sharing good practice, lessons learned and risks with the KIM Team including identifying improved ways of working
  • Ensuring the implementation and monitoring of privacy by design and default is supported
  • Being responsible for the ongoing maintenance of the organisation's ROPA and Information Asset Register, including updating of assets and processing activities where needed
  • Developing training material to raise awareness of good practice within data protection


An hourly umbrella rate of between £35-£40 dependent on experience is offered for this role.

For more information, please contact Charlotte Foley or Michael Attwood on Alternatively, email with a recent CV and details of your current availability and we will be in touch to discuss further.

Venn Group is an equal opportunities employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates.



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