Corporate IG Officer

The post holder will be responsiblefor coordinating and processing Freedom of Information Act (2000) requests ensuring that they are managed and responded to in a professional manner and in line with all legal requirements. Review and monitor Freedom of Information (and Environmental Information Regulations) requests and responses and set up, maintain and monitoring them to ensure the delivery of all requests.

The post holder will provide specialist support, advice, clarification and assistance to staff within the Trust in relation to FOI and Data Protection in line with the Acts. Also undertaking and reporting on compliance reports, providing Corporate records management advice and administrative support to the Freedom of Information Committee meetings, as well as other duties outlined in the job description.

Flexible working:

As one of the few Trusts in London we are proud to offer flexible working as part of our new ways of working, and we are happy to talk flexible working at the interview stage. In this role you will be able to work Monday to Friday in the time frames from which are agreed in line with service provision giving you the very best of good work life balance.

We are looking to recruit a dynamic, efficient and reliable person to our Information Governance team into the role of Corporate IG Officer- Band 5 to implement and actively monitor the Information Governance assurance program and manage the corporate record and Freedom of Information compliance across the Trust.

The successful candidate must have good interpersonal communication and customer service skills and a "can do attitude". The post holder must have knowledge, working experience b and professional qualification ( or equivalent experience) of relevant legislation around requirements to requests made under the Freedom of Information Act, confidential patient information and access to health records, track record in successful written and verbal communication with a variety of people, including service users, their representatives, clinicians, service managers and staff from other agencies. It is essential to have proficient computing skills, especially using Microsoft Office applications.

We are a small dynamic, hardworking team based at Maudsley Hospital responsible for ensuring a high standard of information handling across the Trust, covering information security, data protection, freedom of information and privacy.

The post holder will be based at the Maudsley Hospital site in a team of 10 people which is subject to change (if required) in line with the exigencies of the service. The role requires agile working across all Trust sites according and aligned to service needs.