An exciting opportunity has arisen for a focused, driven and proactive individual to join the Information Governance Team. As an Information Governance Assistant, you will be required to provide advice and guidance to colleagues across the council, in relation to all areas of information governance. The role requires a motivated individual who can work across a variety of different subject areas, ensuring that all legal requirements and statutory deadlines are adhered to.
Successful candidateswill be expected to work across a range of information governance areas, including FOI & EIR, Data Subjects Rights (including the redaction of records) and supporting work within the Central Archive.
Areas of responsibility include:
- Providing specialist advice and guidance in relation to all aspects of information governance
- Responding to queries and resolving issues and cases
- Co-ordination of and responding to requests from the public (FOI, EIR, data subject’s rights etc.) within statutory timescales
- EnsuringCouncil Records are catalogued and stored appropriately at the Central Archive
- Workingclosely with officers in a range of services to develop and implement changes to support IG initiatives,standardsand best practice
- Carrying out minute taking responsibilities
This role allows forflexibleworking,between home andthe office baseat our archive facility.
It should be noted that this role can be physically demanding andwillrequireyou to work at height.Archive relatedduties will include moving boxes of records and using a cherry picker or moveable ladders to access higher shelving within the archive.Successful applicants maybe requiredto undertake a health screening.
Working withdatasubjects’rights requests will also require you to review and redactsocial care files andcontainhighly sensitive, confidential, and potentially distressing information. You would therefore need to consider your suitability for this role prior to applying.
Interview: 25th & 26th August 2026
Information Governance Assistant in Huddersfield employer: Kirklees Council
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