Freedom of Information and Compliance Officer

1 month ago


Cardiff, United Kingdom Velindre University NHS Trust Full time

The Freedom of Information and Compliance Officer will play a key role in supporting the Trust’s Corporate Governance function with the effective delivery and co-ordination of all aspects of regulatory, statutory and legislative compliance in accordance with the principles of good Corporate Governance.

You will support the management and continuous development and improvement of the Corporate Governance Compliance System to ensure effective governance arrangements remain in place across the Trust. In support of this, you will proactively seek opportunities to benchmark and learn from others adopting innovative practice to optimise effective corporate compliance arrangements.

You will need to be highly organised and able to plan your workload efficiently, ensuring appropriate and timely responses are made for requests under the FOIA/EIR by coordinating all FOIA/EIR requests and drafting responses based on the information provided for approval by the lead Executive Director and sign off by the Director of Corporate Governance and Chief of Staff. This will involve pulling together information from a number of sources, analysing and summarising information, and providing explanations where the use of an FOIA/EIR exemption/exception is necessary.

The post holder will be responsible for ensuring appropriate and timely responses for requests made to the Trust under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 ensuring due compliance with all statutory requirements.

The post holder will support the management and continuous development and improvement of the Corporate Governance Compliance System to ensure effective governance arrangements remain in place across the Trust. In support of this, the post holder will proactively seek opportunities to benchmark and learn from others adopting innovative practice to optimise effective corporate compliance arrangements.

Here atVelindre University NHS Trustwe are extremely proud of the specialist services we provide across the whole of Wales in ourcutting-edgeVelindre Cancer Centreand our award-winningWelsh Blood Service, as well as the expertise of our corporate functions that bring the two divisions together. We are also fortunate to host theNHS Wales Shared Services PartnershipandHealth Technology Walesand have developed strong partnership working with these expert services.

Formed in 1999, the Trust has a dedicated workforce that continuously strives to provide the key principles of prudent healthcare through a wide array of roles. We play a vital role in the communities we support and have ambitious plans for the future to continue to improve the services we deliver. We strive to maintain our core values in everything we do by being; accountable, bold, caring and dynamic, and ensuring the best possible care for our patients and donors.

If you want to work for an organisation that prides itself on making a real difference and offers exciting career opportunities then Velindre University NHS Trust is the place for you.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

The role will be based at Trust Headquarters, Nantgarw. This will include a hybrid working arrangement with a typical working week involving 2-3 days office based in Trust HQ and the remainder working remotely.


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