Senior Information Governance Officer

1 month ago


Dorset, United Kingdom Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Authority Full time

**Summary**:
**Job title**: Senior Information Governance Officer (Maternity cover)

**Grade**: F

**Salary**: £32,909 per annum (rising by annual increments to £35,411). More information on salaries and progression can be found on our **pay and policies** page.

**Hours**: Full Time - 37 hours per week

**Appointment Type**: Temporary (9-month FTC)

This is a fantastic opportunity to join Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service, an organisation that is passionate about changing and saving lives. Our corporate staff are absolutely vital in helping to make our communities safer and healthier. Without them, we couldn’t do it.

We are one of the largest combined Fire and Rescue Services in the country and are rated as ‘Good’ by the HM Inspectorate in terms of our Efficiency, Effectiveness and how well we look after our People.

We offer a wide range of **employee benefits** and strive to ensure that staff feel valued and rewarded. For example, we offer a flexi time scheme, Local Government Pension Scheme, a generous annual leave allowance, a variety of family friendly schemes and health & well-being services.

**As the Senior Information Governance Officer in our Corporate Support department you will**:

- Work with staff and managers to carry out data protection impact assessments, ensuring risks are appropriately identified and mitigated.
- Provide specialist advice and guidance to staff and managers relating to data protection and freedom of information.

**What makes you our ideal **Senior Information Governance Officer**?**
- You will be educated to degree level or equivalent or possess a specialist qualification in Information Management (Data Protection or Freedom of Information)
- You will have a good working knowledge of Freedom of Information and Data Protection legislation and experience of providing appropriate responses to requests
- Be a well organised and methodical thinker, with good time management skills and the ability and skills to work effectively under pressure

For full details of the role and requirements please have a look at the job description and person specification.

**Other Information**:

- You must be able to fulfil the travel requirements of the post.
- The role has an occasional travel requirement to attend another location for training and/or meetings on an infrequent basis.
- A Basic Disclosure & Barring Service Check (DBS) clearance will be undertaken on the successful individual prior to offer of employment**_. _**:

- Should a permanent position arise in the team during the period of your Fixed Term Contract, that is substantially like the role you are carrying out, you may be considered for this role in the first instance
- Pension allowances (Lifetime or Annual): Please note that it is your personal responsibility to check whether by applying/accepting this position it would result in any allowance implications. A breach in the Annual or Lifetime Allowance threshold could result in a Tax charge.

**To find out more and apply**:
Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service’s recruitment and selection procedures reflect our commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of Adults, Children and Young People. All staff and volunteers are expected to share this commitment.

If you hold international qualifications, you will be required to provide official evidence that shows how these compare to UK Qualifications. We will accept a Statement of Comparability from a UK organisation called ENIC which can be obtained via **their website**. Please note that UK ENIC charge for this service, so if you request a Statement of Compatibility, you will be required to pay for it as we are unable to reimburse you.

**Values & Behaviours Framework**

Our recruitment, assessment and progression processes are based on our **Code of Ethics** that has been developed specifically for Fire and Rescue Services. When recruiting, we identify the most important behaviours for the role, and these are used as part of the short-listing and selection process.


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