Information Assurance Manager

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has an exciting opportunity within Information Assurance & Governance (IAG) for an Information Assurance Manager on the Data Protection Compliance team. You will work closely within a small, dynamic team to deliver outcomes and provide support to the Senior Executive Officer leading the workstream and wider Senior Management Team. You will be highly consultative with the ability to provide your stakeholders with advice and guidance on Information Assurance, Privacy by Design and Data Security, ensuring the processes we use to secure our data meet regulatory and legislative requirements. You will be required to maintain and document data processing activities, assure current data processing activities against an agreed standard and framework, and ensure related policies and guidance are fit for purpose. You will assure business processes, technical systems processing data and conduct risk assessments to ensure appropriate data protection controls are in place, ensuring information risks have been identified and logged. You will review and assure new and existing data processing activities providing the Programme Manager, DVLA Chief Data Officer, SIRO and DVLA Data Protection Manager (DPM) with the assurances and risk profile to inform any decision making. Responsibilities Your responsibilities will include but will not be limited to:

• Supporting the assessment of organisational security measures in place to protect DVLA data are appropriate to the risk, and compliant with government policy and the relevant data protection legislation.
• Ensuring that appropriate governance is in place in the Agency to protect data assets by providing information assurance advice and guidance to customers and stakeholders to ensure compliance with GDPR.
• Supporting the assurance of organisational security measures in place, to protect DVLA data are appropriate to the risk, and compliant with government policy and the relevant data protection legislation.
• Assisting the IAG Records of Processing Manager through the creation and maintenance of the Agency records of processing activities to comply with the requirements of the GDPR.
  
  Do you have knowledge or experience of Data Protection / Compliance and are you able to analyse and understand complex information?
Can you build and maintain solid working relationships with both internal and external stakeholders? Do you have excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to influence at all levels?