Governance and Assurance Lead

Job description

Job responsibilities

As the Governance & Assurance Lead, your will:

• Line-manage a team of governance and assurance professionals, ensuring their personal and professional development in line with UKHSAs development framework
• Develop, implement and monitor Information Governance processes and procedures
• Collaborate with Information Asset Owners (IOAs) and senior stakeholders to ensure compliance with the appropriate Information Governance regime.
• Implement robust and regular assurance of information governance processes, coordinating a collective approach across the Information Management and Privacy team
• Proactively ensure alignment with wider organisational, Civil Service and external governance and assurance regimes. This includes identifying gaps and having awareness of overlaps between different compliance regimes and manage any residual risks or competing requirements.
• Helping the Chief Data Officer (CDO) Directorateto understand, prepare for and adopt changes to government, DHSC and UKHSA policies, guidance and technology
• Management of Information Risks and Issues to facilitate Senior Information Risk Owner (SIRO) reporting
• Balance and mitigate different Information Governance risks in accordance with organisational approaches and strategies.
• Engage with relevant stakeholders across the business and act as an ambassador for governance and assurance, promoting good practice and facilitating upcoming initiatives in the wider directorate.
• Supporting strategic and tactical planning across IMP through preparing reports, papers and responding to a broad range of commissions
• Provide data protection advice to teams leading high profile analytical work and research projects. Similarly, advising on data protection risks associated with processing personal data.
• Improve staff knowledge and awareness of data protection; information management and security policies thought the provision of advice and training.
• Key member of boards and sub-committees relating to Information Governance, occasionally chairing cross-organisational committees on Information Governance topics or projects.
• Supporting IMP Senior Leaders on ad hoc projects

Please be aware that you will be assessed on the below listed 6 essential criteria, rather than the full list on the job description document.

Selection Process

This vacancy will be assessed using a competency-based framework which will assess your qualifications, knowledge and experience and / or skills and abilities outlined in the essential criteria.

Stage 1: Application & Sift

You will be required to complete an application form. You will be assessed on the below listed six essential criteria, and this will be in the form of a:

• Application form (Employer/ Activity history section on the application)
• 750 word Statement of Suitability

This should outline how your skills, experience, and knowledge, provide evidence of your suitability for the role, with reference to the essential criteria.

The Application form and Statement of Suitability will be marked together.

Shortlisting: In the event of a large number of applications we will shortlist on: Good working knowledge of data protection legislation, government frameworks and directive.

Stage 2: Interview (Competency based)

You will be invited to a remote interview.

Knowledge, experience, skills & abilities will be tested at interview.

Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Eligibility Criteria

Open to all external applicants (anyone) from outside the Civil Service (including by definition internal applicants).

Location

This role is being offered as hybrid working based at our Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool or London offices. We offergreat flexible working opportunities at UKHSA and operate using a hybrid working model where business needs allow. This provides us with greater flexibility about how and where we work, toget the best from our workforce.

As a hybrid worker, you will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of your contractual working hours (approximately 3 days a week pro rata, (averaged over a month).

Our core HQ offices are modern and newly refurbished with excellent city centre transport link and benefit from benefit from co-location with other government departments such as the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC).

Security Clearance Level Requirement

Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is Basic Personnel Security Standard.

Person Specification

Essential Criteria

Essential

• Data Protection qualification at post-graduate level/CIPPE or equivalent
• Good working knowledge of data protection legislation, government frameworks and directive
• Experience of contributing to government assurance regimes
• Experience of providing strategic and tactical support to senior leaders
• Experience of engaging with stakeholders and staff to resolve business issues
• Experience of identifying and managing risk

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

UK Health Security Agency

Address

Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool or London

Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool or London

E14 4PU

Employer's website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-health-security-agency (Opens in a new tab)