Senior Information Rights Manager
| Posting date: | 01 October 2025 |
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| Salary: | £56,185.00 to £70,566.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £56185.00 - £70566.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 October 2025 |
| Location: | Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool or London (Canary Wharf), E14 4PU |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | K9919-25-0368 |
Summary
Line-manage a team of Information Rights professionals, ensuring their personal and professional development is in line with UKHSAs development framework. Own, manage and deliver a steady volume of sensitive and high-risk case work. Develop, implement and monitor Information Rights processes and procedures to support alignment with Civil Service and ICO guidance. This includes identifying gaps and having awareness of developments in legislation and guidance and manage any residual risks or competing requirements. Collaborate with senior stakeholders to ensure compliance with delivering of statutory information access. Management of Information Rights Risks and Issues to facilitate Senior Information Risk Owner (SIRO) reporting and mitigate risks in accordance with organisational approaches and strategies. Engage with relevant stakeholders across the business and act as an ambassador for Information Rights, promoting good practice and awareness raising in the wider organisation. Provide data protection advice to contributing teams to ensure compliance with relevant legislation throughout the process of responding to requests. Similarly, advising on data protection risks associated with processing personal data associated with request handling. Improve UKHSA's staff knowledge and awareness of data protection; Freedom of Information Act and associated statutory access legislation thought the provision of advice and training. Supporting Head of Public Accountability on projects. The Senior Information rights manager is also responsible for: Supporting the operational planning across the Information Rights service through preparing reports, papers and responding to a broad range of commissions. Provide expert Freedom of Information Act and data protection advice to contributing teams to ensure compliance with relevant legislation throughout the process of responding to requests.Specifically, advising on data protection risks associated with processing personal data associated with request handling. Improve staff knowledge and awareness of data protection; Freedom of Information Act and associated statutory access legislation thought the provision of advice and training. Supporting the Head of Public Accountability and deputise as required. Identify, discuss and own professional performance and training / development needs with your line manager through appraisal / individual development plan. Attending internal / external training events. To participate in all mandatory training as required, i.e. fire safety, information governance and all other mandatory training. Essential Criteria Data Protection qualification at post-graduate level/CIPPE or equivalent qualification, or demonstrable experience in a predominantly data protection role for large complex organisation Advanced knowledge of Freedom of Information Act, data protection legislation, government data protection frameworks and directive The ability to explain data protection and freedom of information access concepts to staff and stakeholders An adaptable individual who can adapt to changing priorities and maintain focus and alignment of your activities Be an excellent communicator with experience of providing written and verbal advice, including to senior management and stakeholders An understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships Selection ProcessThis vacancy is using Success Profiles and will assess your Behaviours. Stage 1: Application & Sift You will be required to complete an application form. You will be assessed on the listed essential criteria, and this will be in the form of: an application form (Employer/ Activity history section on the application) a 750 word supporting statement This should outline how your skills, experience, and knowledge, provide evidence of your suitability for the role, with reference to the essential criteria. Please note you will not be able to upload your CV. You must complete the application form in as much detail as possible. Please do not email us your CV. The Application form and supporting statement will be marked together. Only those meeting all essential criteria will be taken through to shortlisting. Shortlisting: In the event of a large number of applications we will shortlist on: Data Protection qualification at post-graduate level/CIPPE or equivalent qualification, or demonstrable experience in a predominantly data protection role for large complex organisation Advanced knowledge of Freedom of Information Act, data protection legislation, government data protection frameworks and directive If you are successful at this stage, you will progress to interview and assessment. Please do not exceed 750 words. We will not consider any words over and above this number. Feedback will not be provided at this stage. Stage 2: Interview (Success Profiles) You will be invited to a remote interview. Behaviours will be tested at interview. The Behaviours tested during the interview stage will be: Leadership Communicating and Influencing Making Effective Decisions Managing a Quality Service Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records. Location This role is being offered as hybrid working based at any of our Core HQs in Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool or London. We offer great 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, to get 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). Eligibility Criteria Open to all external applicants (anyone) from outside the Civil Service (including by definition internal applicants). 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 clearance.