Senior Information Governance Officer

Organisation:Leicestershire County Council

WorkLocation:County Hall Glenfield Leicester LE3 8RA

WorkerCategory:Hybrid working

Salary:35451 - 39165 per annum

WorkingHours:37 hours per week

ContractType:Fixed term 12 months

Closing Date: 25th January 2026

Interview Date(s): Week beginning 2nd February 2026

We are seeking an experienced Senior Information Governance Officer to join our team. This is a pivotal role in developing and implementing information governance policies ensuring compliance and driving continuous improvement across the Council and its partners.

You will support the Data Protection Officer lead investigations into information security incidents and help shape the Councils approach to information assurance and compliance. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is proactive collaborative and passionate about data protection and governance.

About the Role

As part of a busy team you will be dealing in multiple areas relating to information governance. Duties will include:

• Taking responsibility for the development and implementation of information governance policies and projects and advising all parts of the organisation on information assurance and compliance technology information and online issues in line with LCC Information Governance policies and procedures.
• Fulfilling I&T information assurance and compliance through supporting the completion of Data Protection Impact Assessments and Information Security Risk Assessments overseeing information compliance and assurance services and leading on investigations into information security and compliance incidents.
• Taking responsibility for delivering an innovative and collaborative approach based on an ethos of continuous improvement that stimulates and enables the development of unified and fit for purpose information governance offering.
• Advising and assisting with the management and completion of information rights requests received by the Council.

About You

To apply for this post you must be able to evidence in your application how you meet the following criteria:

• Relevant Degree or equivalent or experience of assisting in developing designing and delivering an effective information / technology policy information governance or information compliance service appropriate to the qualification level.
• Leading on or managing information policy projects.
• Being responsible for investigations into information security/compliance incidents and issues negotiating actions and leading on continuous improvement.
• Experience in dealing with complex information rights requests within statutory timeframes.
• Presenting and providing support advice and recommendations across the organisation and amongst partners on information governance matters.
• Capturing developing and implementing requirements for information/technology policy and information assurance work packages.
• Technical understanding of UK Data Protection law and proven ability to relate specifics from the Act to business issues.

You must also have an understanding of and commitment to equality diversity and inclusion.

In addition we expect you to shareour commitment to our valuesand will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the interview process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.

Interested in Flexible Working

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Thereforewherever possible we will consider working arrangements that suit an individuals personal circumstanceswhilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role please contact the person named below. This mayinclude requests for term-time working part-time hours compressed hours flexible start and finish times home/remote working etc.

Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in theOur Working Stylespage on our career site.

For more information or an informal discussion please contact:

Colin Lench Data Protection Officer

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How to Apply

Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality diversity and inclusion at every warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ Plus communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the About You section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.

To apply for this job please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the About You section more information see the How to Applysection on our career site.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore if you are interested please submit your application as early as possible.

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