Head of Information Governance

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

- 230400**Salary**:

- £59,504 - £70,005**Grade**:

- Other**Contract type**:

- Fixed Term**Length of employment**:

- 9-12 month fixed-term opportunity (maternity cover)**Type of role**:

- Governance
- Legal Services**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time**Number of posts**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- Bristol, Coventry, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, NorthstoweAbout the job

**Summary**:

- Reporting to our Legal Director, This is a fixed-term opportunity for a Head of Information Governance / Data Protection Officer (DPO) to join our team whilst the incumbent is on maternity leave (expected to be 9 - 12 months but may vary). The Head of Information Governance / DPO will lead a small but dedicated team who manage our data protection compliance, FOI/EIR requests and complaints handling. As such the role is integral in helping develop Homes England’s data protection compliance.**Job description**:
The Head of Information Governance / Data Protection Officer (DPO) will be responsible for delivering a range of key data protection functions, including providing advice and support on Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs), personal data breaches and international transfers of personal data.

This is an exciting opportunity which will provide support to Homes England’s most innovative and transformational projects to enable cutting-edge ways of processing personal data.

As Head of Information Governance / Data Protection Officer, you will ensure the team delivers its high volume and complex workload, often within tight deadlines, prioritising as appropriately. You will engage at all levels across the Agency and develop relationships with external partners and stakeholders including the Information Commissioners Office (ICO), DLUHC and Cabinet Office.

**Responsibilities**:
You’ll be a confident privacy and information governance professional, with experience of carrying out all the DPO’s statutory functions including monitoring compliance with data protection legislation, advising on data protection impact assessments, co-operating with the ICO, taking a risk-aware approach in respect of the risks associated with Homes England’s data processing operations and ensuring our ROPAs are complete and compliant.

As a persuasive and enthusiastic communicator, you will be passionate and keen to spread the word about data protection and FOI/EIR to your colleagues throughout the agency.

Demonstrable experience of taking a customer-focused approach and ability to resolve complaints from the public promptly and appropriately is vital to the role. You’ll be keen to explore how technology can be used to further privacy management and make processes more efficient.

**Benefits**:
Homes England is an executive non-departmental public body with its own terms and conditions, benefits and pension scheme. We are a government agency working in partnership with the private sector and want to employ and retain great people. In return we offer a range of excellent benefits, some of the key benefits include:
Holiday - Homes England offers all staff 33 days annual leave per year in addition to 8 statutory bank holidays.

Working Flexibly - At Homes England we have a strong culture of flexible working and encourage all employees to have a healthy work/life balance. We offer a wide range of potential working patterns, including part time, job share and compressed hours.

Health and Wellbeing - We offer health screening with Nuffield Proactive Health Clinics, a free Employee Assistance Programme which offers confidential support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week as well as access to Occupational Health.

Professional Development - At Homes England we are committed to your continued professional and personal development with learning as one of our core values. We pay for one job-related professional membership subscription per year for our employees.

We also offer an excellent range of family friendly benefits, for example, maternity, paternity, shared parental leave.

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**Security**:
- People working with government assets must complete basic personnel security standard checks.**Selection process details**:
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**How to apply?**

**Security**

**Selection process details**

For more information on the role, please see the attached Job Description.

Homes England is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal data. For further information please refer to our Privacy Notice which can be viewed here:
**Nationality requirements**

**Working for the Civil Service**

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.

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