Information Governance Advisor
Role Overview
The Information Governance Advisor is part of the Housing Improvement and Assurance Team.
The role helps Housing manage information lawfully, securely, and effectively while supporting changes to systems, services, and processes.
The work protects information held about residents, employees, and partners and supports fair, accessible, and reliable services.
Key Skills for This Role
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Pay
- The listed salary range is £41,177 to £44,253.
Hours and contract
- The role has 37 contractual hours and a flexi-hours basis.
- The role is permanent.
Role overview
The Information Governance Advisor is part of the Housing Improvement and Assurance Team.
The role helps Housing manage information lawfully, securely, and effectively while supporting changes to systems, services, and processes.
The work protects information held about residents, employees, and partners and supports fair, accessible, and reliable services.
Responsibilities
- Provide specialist advice and assurance on statutory information management responsibilities and good practice.
- Support Data Protection Impact Assessments and information-sharing agreements.
- Advise on governance implications of changes to systems, processes, and ways of working.
- Support Information Asset Owners with their information assurance responsibilities.
- Review risks, incidents, and breach logs to identify patterns, vulnerabilities, and improvement opportunities.
- Support records management, retention, and information lifecycle arrangements.
- Develop policies, procedures, guidance, and training; analyse training needs and design role-based learning.
- Prepare reports and management information for risk-based decisions.
- Build understanding and commitment to appropriate information handling across Housing.
- Help embed privacy, data quality, security, and records management into new arrangements.
Candidate profile
- Practical experience of data protection and information management.
- Ability to translate complex legal and technical requirements into clear, proportionate advice.
- Collaborative approach to working with services and colleagues on information governance.
About the council
Brighton & Hove City Council says it aims to be connected, confident, innovative and creative, diverse and inclusive, and healthy and psychologically safe.
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