Role: Information Rights Manager
Department: Performance & Governance
Location: Carbrook HQ, Sheffield
Salary: £32,409 - £37,074
Hours: 37hrs
Contract Type: Permanent
Role Purpose:
Manage the team responsible for information rights requests under Data Protection and Freedom of Information legislation. Develop policies and procedures to underpin force compliance in this area.
Key Responsibilities:
- To monitor, supervise and assist with all information rights requests under Data Protection and Freedom of Information legislation, ensuring the unit complies fully with the legislative timeframes and to produce performance management information on the unit.
- To redact documents and make decisions ensuring material released/disclosed to people making requests is done so appropriately and within the relevant legislative time limits.
- To engage with data owners providing training, advice, assistance and consultation to enable more accountability for their data.
- To conduct audits on data owners, co-ordinating and supervising their involvement with information provision, and to produce a written report outlining the level of compliance achieved with the Freedom of Information legislation. Recommending remedial measures, where poor practice is in evidence.
- To provide advice and information to members of the public, police officers and police staff on matters relating to information rights requests and related legislation.
- Provide relevant briefings/presentations to the SCT, Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner and other groups, internally and externally on information rights related issues.
- Establish, maintain and develop administrative systems within the Unit.
- Maintain and update manual computer filing systems, registers and document libraries, such as the publication scheme.
- Management and development of the Senior Disclosure Officer.
- Any other duties commensurate with the grade, as required by the Head of Department.
- Other tasks commensurate with the role as requested by Head of Data Assurance.
- Reporting to the Head of Data Assurance.
Skills and experience:
For further information relating to the role and tasks of this position, please refer to the attached role profile.
Benefits:
We offer generous entitlements and supportive policies to enable a better work-life balance, some of which are listed below:
- Generous annual leave allowance
- Flexible and hybrid working
- Generous ‘family’ leave
- Voluntary CPD Events for all staff to allow continuous development
- Mentoring & Coaching Scheme
- Paid Professional Subscriptions when relevant to role
- Access to a range of occupational health facilities
- Generous pension scheme
- Employee assistance service (accessible 24/7)
- Additional benefits for Westfield Health members
- Cycle to work scheme
- Sports and Social Club
Eligibility:
Applicants must meet the minimum requirement checkable history criteria, which must be taken into account for individuals applying to work with South Yorkshire Police in any capacity. A minimum checkable history of 5 years is required for this role and successfully undergoing recruitment vetting procedure is a pre-requisite of employment with South Yorkshire Police.
Appearance & Standards:
SYP is committed to striking a proportionate balance between self-expression and the need to maintain role sensitive professional standards in dress and appearance. Officers, staff and volunteers of South Yorkshire Police are permitted to have tattoos visible whilst on duty provided the tattoo is not considered to be unacceptable or otherwise inappropriate. Tattoos will be reviewed as part of the recruitment and selection process.
South Yorkshire Police’s Key Values:
Please find attached information sheet on South Yorkshire Police’s Key Values. The force has a particular focus on three areas, Fairness, Integrity and Trust. Under each of these three headings there are key behaviours we expect all employees to adhere to.
Smarter ways of Working:
South Yorkshire Police is committed to developing working practices which assist staff to balance their personal and professional lives, whilst meeting the needs of the organisation. This in turn enables SYP to provide an outstanding service to the community.
There are 3 different categories as part of this which are: Fixed, Field and Hybrid.
This role has been evaluated as a Hybrid role.
Hybrid: Applicable when the work can be undertaken at any location, whether that be a SYP building or from home.
Closing Date:
Friday 3rd February 2022 January 2023 at 23:55
Closing dates are not normally extended, other than in exceptional circumstances and agreement is made between the Talent Acquisition Manager and the Line Manager for the role.
Contact point for applicants:
For further information about the role, please contact Kelly Williams on kelly.williams@southyorkshire.police.uk or 07464 985224.
Please do not contact this number for an application form.
Further Information:
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Diversity & Inclusion:
South Yorkshire Police welcomes applications from under-represented communities. For further information on diversity and inclusion within South Yorkshire Police, please visit the diversity and inclusion page:
https://www.southyorkshire.police.uk/sign-up/join-team-syp/diversity-in-the-force/
If you are from an underrepresented group and want to find out more about the support we can offer, please contact our dedicated team on positiveaction@southyorks.pnn.police.uk
In addition, we will look to support anyone who requires Part Time/Job share working hours.
Note to candidates:
Please note that, should you be successful at the interview stage, the relevant internal or external pre-employment checks are required. These include vetting clearance or review, prior to being appointed to the new role and start date being agreed.
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