| Salary £27,852 – £32,020 per annum | Permanent, Full Time, 37 hours per week | Home working / County Hall, Preston
About the Role
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Lancashire County Council is a large local authority offering a myriad of services to the people of Lancashire. We take our information governance responsibilities very seriously and have introduced a full set of controls to govern our use of information.
The Information Governance Team are part of the Legal, Governance and Registrars service, based at County Hall, Preston and we are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated individual to enhance our established friendly and supportive team. This is a very busy role and attention to detail and the ability to manage tasks to strict statutory deadlines are essential.
The appointed Information Access Officer will be responsible for considering and responding to requests for information made pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA), Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR) and the subject access provisions of the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR).
Whilst not essential, a good understanding and working knowledge of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA), Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR) ,UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act (2018) and the application of the exemptions to those regulations is highly desirable, as would working knowledge and practical experience of working within a similar role within an information governance, legal or compliance setting.
The successful candidate must have administrative experience within a large complex public sector organisation.
The team currently work from home and not office locations and have adopted a flexible working approach to where we work based on business need and can, if preferred to choose to work from the office.
For further information on this post please contact Joanne Winston on 01772 531271 or via e-mail to Joanne.Winston@lancashire.gov.uk
Skills and Experience/Job Requirements
- Experience of working in a busy administrational role preferably within an information governance, legal, customer service or compliance role.
- A good understanding of FOIA, EIR, UK GDPR and DPA
- Practical experience of working within an information rights setting is desirable.
- Working to tight statutory deadlines and managing a wide range of complex tasks.
- Experience of working in a complex large public sector organisation.
- Experience of dealing with internal and external clients.
- Excellent organisational and time management skills.
Please ensure you have uploaded and attached your supporting statement to evidence how you meet the criteria for the role. The panel may be unable to shortlist you for interview without this evidence.
In return Lancashire County Council offers a range of benefits, which can be found on LCC Vacancies website.
We reserve the right to close down a vacancy early, before the closing date, if we receive sufficient applications.
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