Data Governance Officer

Do you have experience in SharePoint?, * Practitioner Certificate in Data Protection or Freedom of Information and/or experience in a data governance role

• Extensive experience of data governance role (Data Protection, Freedom of Information, records management)
• Proven experience of developing and managing corporate relationships with colleagues
• Operational experience of the management of sensitive and confidential corporate data
• Proven experience of responding to customer data rights requests
• Ability to simultaneously manage multiple data rights requests cases and incidents
• Good understanding of the importance of data control and GDPR implications
• Experience of compliance work and reporting
• Proven experience of being results and solutions driven
• Experience of making evidenced based decisions
• Self-motivated with good judgment and decision making to deliver against targets
• Intermediate knowledge of MS Office suite including Teams/SharePoint

Pulled from the full job description

• Annual leave
• Employee assistance programme
• Company pension
• Discounted gym membership, £37,459 - £41,621 depending on experience Home based (with occasional travel to Worcester/Solihull office as required) Permanent, Full Time

Are you passionate about data protection and security of information? Would you love to work somewhere with a social purpose where you can really make a difference?, * 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) with the opportunity to buy and sell leave

• Family friendly policies including generous Paternity, Maternity, Shared Parental and Adoption leave plus 3 days paid Urgent Domestic Leave
• Medicash membership for all employees which includes access to an employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership and exclusive discounts
• Health Cash Plan worth up to £1700 p/a with cashback for dental, optical, physio and complementary therapies and more
• Pension scheme with minimum employee contributions of up to 3% and Platform will contribute up to 12% (inclusive of life assurance and dependent on employee contributions)
• Learning and Development opportunities
• Employee reward and recognition scheme with wellbeing hub and discount from a wide range of retailers

If this sounds like you, we currently have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Data Governance Officer to join our brilliant Data Governance & Information Security team here at Platform Housing Group, the largest social housing association in the Midlands, where we're much more than just houses; we build homes, strong communities, and make a real and positive difference to the lives of our customers. Working with us is more than just a job, you will be joining an amazing organisation that values you and your contribution, and as our Data Governance Officer, you will support your team in providing assurance that the Group's data and information is managed securely, compliantly and is of a high quality. In this role, you will take the lead on the management of Data Rights requests, undertake comprehensive data breaches/incident investigations, and responding to, and advising on, enquiries received to the Team inbox or other IT systems.