Foi and Data Protection Officer

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

- 384359

**Salary**:

- £29,525
- A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

**Job grade**:

- Executive Officer

**Contract type**:

- Permanent

**Business area**:

- DVSA - Corporate Affairs

**Type of role**:

- Administration / Corporate Support
Analytical
Knowledge and Information Management

**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time

**Number of jobs available**:

- 1

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- Bristol, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Nottingham, Swansea

About the job

**Job summary**:
Are you an organised individual?

Can you prioritise workloads and deal with competing deadlines?

Do you want to work in a fast paced environment where no two days are the same?

If so, we'd love to hear from you

**Job description**:
The job holder is responsible for researching and producing initial draft responses to requests for information made under the Freedom of Information Act (FoiA) and the Environmental Impact Regulations Act (EIR). Work must comply with GDPR.

They will also be a central point of contact along with other members of the team in supplying
advice and information to other parts of the Agency.

**Responsibilities include, but are not limited to**:

- Manage requests received and prioritise them appropriately considering
agreed timescales.
- Manage inbox: deal with allocation of incoming requests, send on requests
to other business areas where appropriate, ensure urgent requests are
dealt with immediately, escalate issues to line manager where required.
- Be proactive in building relationships both within own team but also DVSA
wide.
- Work in collaboration with colleagues across all functions for the good of
DVSA and to create a high performing and well respected Agency.

**Person specification**:
**Essential skills and experience**:

- Proven, accountable experience in working in an FoI/DP role for a minimum of a year.
- Good oral and written communication skills.
- Good understanding of legislative work and the importance of clarity, detail, accuracy.
- Able to communicate effectively with individuals, across teams and at various levels.
- Able to work independently, multi-task, managing own time and deadlines, but also able to work as part of a team to deliver an overall joint goal.
- Experience in use of spreadsheets and databases.

**Additional Information**

There will be occasional travel required with this role to other DVSA locations, including overnight stays.

Please take note that DVSA does not hold a UK Visa & Immigration (UKVI) Skilled Worker License sponsor and are unable to sponsor any individuals for Skilled Worker Sponsorship.

**About Us**

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) helps keep Britain moving, safely and sustainably.

We do this by helping people through a lifetime of safe and sustainable journeys, helping them keep their vehicles safe to drive, and protecting them from unsafe drivers and vehicles.

We’re working hard to:

- Make roads safer.
- Improve services for our customers.
- Make road transport greener and healthier.
- Harness the potential of technology and data.
- Grow and level up the economy.

We’re committed to giving all our colleagues purpose, professionalism and pride in what we do. We work in supportive, diverse and inclusive teams where everyone is valued. You can grow, develop and progress, and make a real difference to society.

To find out more about how we champion diversity and inclusion in the workplace and making DVSA a great place to work visit our Careers website.

**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Making Effective Decisions
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Communicating and Influencing

**Benefits**:

- Alongside your salary of £29,525, Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency contributes £8,553 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
- An environment with flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.
- Generous Annual Leave - 25 days holiday, increasing by 1 each year of service, up to 30.
- 8 Bank Holidays plus an additional Privilege Day to mark the King’s birthday.
- Latest IT and Tech devices.
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity with a range of staff communities to support all our colleagues.
- Excellent learning and development tailored to your role including paid apprenticeships up to Masters level.
- Wide range of discounts schemes on high street names.
- Employee assistance programme for health and wellbeing.
- Cycle to work scheme and Gym membership offers.

For more information see visit our careers page.

Things you need to know

**Selection process details**:

- This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

In your Personal Statement, p