Deputy Director - Information Rights and Data Protection Officer
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 19 Chwefror 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £76,000 i £76,000 bob blwyddyn |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | Salary is up to £96,000. Existing Civil Servants will be appointed in line with the Civil Service pay rules in place on the date of their appointment, this will usually be the salary minimum or within 10% of their existing salary for those applying on pro |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 14 Mawrth 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Glasgow |
| Cwmni: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 390965/4 |
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It is a role required by law and the DPO is responsible for advising the Permanent Secretary and the DWP executive team on issues relating to data protection risk and compliance, whilst also playing a key role in enabling delivery of the Department's future strategy by ensuring that new initiatives are legally compliant and protect appropriately the privacy of our customers and employees, as well as enhancing trust.
The DPO leads a team of Information Rights specialists, who provide advice and guidance on data protection issues to colleagues and customers and monitor the department's compliance and risk. The team conducts over 300 Data Protection Impact Assessments a year, often involving complex and cutting-edge data protection issues.
A key element of the role is forming a constructive working relationship with senior stakeholders within DWP and the Information Commissioner's Office. Communication skills are key here and the post holder will often have to exercise excellent judgement as to how to present often difficult issues in the clearest and most helpful way.
The post holder will also have responsibility for the Central Information Management team, which is responsible for the Department's compliance with the Public Records Act, and the central Freedom of Information team who look after monthly FOI performance and ensure DWP's performance meets ICO expectations, despite the very large volume of FOI requests the Department receives
The Deputy Director, Information Rights and Data Protection will have accountability for:
- Acting as the Department’s Data Protection Officer.
- Providing the Department with advice with its obligations under the UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018.
- Independently monitoring the Department’s compliance with those obligations and raising issues, risks and concerns.
- Acting as the first point of contact for DWP’s customers (over 20 million) and employees (approximately 90,000) for Data Protection matters.
- Providing advice on Freedom of Information (FOI) requests (approx. 3,000 pa) and overseeing DWP’s overall FOI performance.
- Being the point of contact between DWP and the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) in relation to Data Protection and FOI matters.
- Leading a team of some 40 Information Rights specialists (including the Departmental Information Management Team).
- As part of the Security and Resilience Senior Leadership Team (SLT), providing leadership and support to the Directorate and SLT colleagues and to ensure integration between our teams.
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