Data Protection and Information Security Lead in Leeds

Overview

The Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA) is driven by its unparalleled access across government to build better insights and outcomes for our clients. This role offers a strong platform for career progression within the Agency and the wider civil service, providing opportunities to develop leadership, stakeholder engagement and strategic relationship management skills across government. The Agency's unique access across the public sector exposes you to different risk and control environments, allowing you to gain insights, apply experience, contribute meaningfully, and continue developing professionally.

Responsibilities

• Carry out evidence-based risk assessments for suppliers and internal services
• Assess threats, vulnerabilities and emerging risks
• Support security health checks and GovS 007 compliance
• Implement and monitor information security and data protection policies
• Lead DPIAs, data sharing agreements and records management activities
• Manage data breaches and incidents including ICO reporting
• Maintain and test business continuity and incident response plans
• Monitor compliance and report findings to senior stakeholders
• Provide training and raise awareness across the organisation
• Develop guidance to improve data quality and management

Qualifications

You will bring a strong record of improving data protection and information security, working collaboratively to identify issues and deliver meaningful change. You build positive relationships and influence others effectively, sharing knowledge openly and working inclusively with a wide range of colleagues. You are confident explaining risks and compliance requirements to technical and non-technical audiences and are comfortable working flexibly across different functions. You will be a certified data protection practitioner or hold an equivalent qualification, and you should also have or be willing to work towards business continuity and ISO27001 Practitioner certification.

Benefits

• Competitive salaries and in year rewards
• Flexible working
• Competitive contributory pension scheme with employer contributions starting from 28.97%
• Discounts on big brands and supermarkets, online shops and on the high street
• Paid volunteering days
• Season ticket loans/Cycle to work scheme
• Free eyesight test
• Family friendly HR policies
• 25 days annual leave, increasing one day each year to 30 days after 5 years' service

Disability Confident: A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. For more details please go to the employer's site.

Hybrid Working is available to GIAA colleagues. This means a combination of office working and working from home. This includes time spent in our GIAA office locations and can also include any time spent attending our customers' sites. GIAA colleagues are expected to work in an office location for three days a week on average (60%). This expectation will be applied on a pro-rata basis for people who have a part-time or compressed hours working pattern.