Information Rights Unit

2 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom HM Treasury Full time

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 280488**Salary**:

- £24,820 - £32,240- London £27,820 - £32,240 / National £24,820 - £29,240.**Job grade**:

- Executive Officer- Range C**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- HMT - Corporate Centre Group**Type of role**:

- Administration / Corporate Support
- Knowledge and Information Management**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 2Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- The post can be based in London (1 Horse Guards Road), Norwich (Rosebery Court) or Darlington (Feethams House).About the job

**Job summary**:
**About HM Treasury**

If you’re interested in making a difference to people’s lives across the country, the Treasury is the department for you We sit at the centre of everything that the Government does and have provided advice on economic policy and decisions that affect the public finances throughout the country’s history. A Treasury career continues to offer an exciting opportunity to be part of the decision making that affects the whole of the UK.

Working at the heart of government, we collaborate with other departments to ensure public money is spent well and to drive strong and sustainable economic growth. Our work ranges from protecting customers through to the regulation of the financial sector, helping to reduce carbon emissions and creating a greener economy, supporting people across the country through the COVID 19 furlough scheme and Plan for Jobs as well as helping first time buyers buy their first home.
- and late-career changers with transferrable skills, people from all backgrounds and circumstances regardless of disability, gender, age ethnicity, LGBT+ identity and socio-economic status.

**Job description**:
**About the Group**

The **Corporate Centre Group** provides a wide range of corporate services to enable people at HM Treasury and many of the other organisations who form part of the Treasury Group (including the Government Internal Audit Agency, the Debt Management Office and the new National Infrastructure Bank) to operate effectively and efficiently. We are a diverse group, both in terms of our professions and in our ways of working.

The Corporate Centre Group is made up of: Commercial; Correspondence and Information Rights; Finance; Human Resources; Information Workspace Solutions (IWS); the Flexible Safer Working team, the Darlington programme team and Treasury Group Shared Services (based in Norwich).

**About the Team**

The **Correspondence and Information Rights Team (CIRT)** consists of:

- The Information Rights Unit (IRU) who deal with requests for recorded information under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, Environmental Information Regulations (EIR) and UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR)_as well as providing data protection advice and compliance to the department.
- The Correspondence and Enquiries Unit (CEU), who handle correspondence from the public and Members of Parliament (MPs).
- The Projects and Change Team (P&C) who lead on our change and improvement plans, manage our case management system and provide day to day MI reporting in relation to FOI’s and correspondence received within the Treasury.

We’re a friendly team based across London, Norwich and Darlington and we welcome people from different ages, experiences and backgrounds.

**Key Accountabilities**

We have 2 roles in the Information Rights Unit.

Every day, HM Treasury receives a variety of information requests, spanning a wide range of policy issues, making it an exciting and interesting place to work.

This is an exciting role that sits at the heart of the unit. It provides a lens on all work of HM Treasury. As an Information Rights Support Officer, you will play a vital and key role in ensuring the Treasury complies with its statutory duties under the FOI, EIR and UK GDPR regimes.

As an IRU Support Officer you will manage a quality service:

- Build sound knowledge of the work of HM Treasury and forge excellent working relationships with key officials across HM Treasury and wider.
- Work together with the other Support Officer to accurately assess all incoming requests so they are allocated to the correct team in a time critical manner.
- Know when and how to escalate issues once your own solutions and actions have been exhausted.
- Have your finger on the pulse by understanding what is happening at any given point within the team - identify the pressure points, be aware of workloads, and be able to re-organise and prioritise to ensure targets are met.
- Constantly scan and monitor all cases at key points during the 20 working day time cycle.
- Be responsible for your own casework list of more routine FOI requests, drafting high-quality written responses that are accurate and legislation compliant in a fast-paced and demanding environment.
- Develop your own skillset to provide flexible cover and support to CIRT

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