This role represents an exciting opportunity to join the Corporate Information Governance Team at Leeds City Council. The team are responsible for ensuring that information governance arrangements in the council are effective, and meet the requirements set out in information policy, standards and best practice. The post holder will play a key role in developing and implementing effective information governance, with a particular focus on providing advice and support on information assurance and information compliance agendas across the Public Health Service.
The main purpose of this role is to manage, coordinate activities and provide advice across Public Health on specific aspects of the information governance agenda, and the operational responsibility for implementation of such functions within this Service working from within the Corporate Information Governance Team and across Information Management and Technology (IM&T) colleagues.
Within this role your main responsibilities will be to plan, organise, develop, deliver and monitor the council’s information governance agenda with particular focus on the following areas:
• Undertake work to ensure compliance with external compliance assessment frameworks such as PSN Code of Connection and the Information Governance Toolkit for Health on behalf of Public Health;
• Provide advice and support on all information assurance objectives and activities across Public Health such as implementing work on the Information Security Management System, Cyber-Security and contract management and administration;
• Process information handling requests and deal with enquiries in relation to information legislation such as the Data Protection Act and Freedom of Information Act on behalf of Public Health colleagues;
• Provide management, support, guidance and training on those information governance policies, procedures, tools and techniques for which you have responsibility;
• Ensuring that appropriate technical and procedural systems are in place to allow Public Health, partners and contractors to be compliant with the council’s information governance policies, procedures for which you have responsibility;
• Work closely with colleagues across ICT services to implement IT solutions and standard operating technologies for information management;
• Manage and handle information and data in line with the council’s agreed information governance policies.
It would be advantageous if you have a knowledge and understanding on:
• The Health and Social Care Information Centre’s data handling requirements;
• Contract management and contract procedural rules of either Leeds City Council and/or the Health Service;
• The Health and Social Care Act 2012;
• The Data Protection Act 1998 and the Freedom of Information Act 2000
We are looking for applicants who are:
Reliable – you will be able to use your understanding and experience in information governance to successfully take overall responsibility for the relevant information governance projects within expected timescales.
Enthusiastic – you will need to demonstrate knowledge, commitment and experience of delivering significant aspects of information governance practice.
Respectful – you will be able to build strong internal and external relationships.
Influential – you will be a good communicator who is able to influence people at all levels, and who has good organisational skills.
For an informal discussion please contact Andrew Nutting (07891 276168) or Nicola Stephens (07712 214415).
We promote diversity and want a workforce that reflects the population of Leeds.
To apply for this role please click on https://jobs.leeds.gov.uk/public-health-strategy-resource-senior-information-governance-officer/17193.job
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