Senior Information Governance Officer in England

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: County Hall, Glenfield, Leicester, LE3 8RA

Worker Category: Hybrid working

Salary: £35,451 - £39,165 per annum

Working Hours: 37 hours per week

Contract Type: Fixed term 12 months

Closing Date: 25th January 2026

Interview Date(s): Week beginning 2nd February 2026

We are seeking an experienced Senior Information Governance Officer to join our team. This is a pivotal role in developing and implementing information governance policies, ensuring compliance, and driving continuous improvement across the Council and its partners. You will support the Data Protection Officer, lead investigations into information security incidents, and help shape the Council's approach to information assurance and compliance. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is proactive, collaborative, and passionate about data protection and governance.

About the Role

As part of a busy team, you will be dealing in multiple areas relating to information governance. Duties will include:

• Taking responsibility for the development and implementation of information governance policies and projects and advising all parts of the organisation on information assurance and compliance, technology, information and online issues in line with LCC Information Governance policies and procedures.
• Fulfilling I&T information assurance, and compliance through supporting the completion of Data Protection Impact Assessments and Information Security Risk Assessments, overseeing information compliance and assurance services and leading on investigations into information security and compliance incidents.
• Taking responsibility for delivering an innovative and collaborative approach, based on an ethos of continuous improvement that stimulates and enables the development of unified and fit for purpose information governance offering.
• Advising and assisting with the management and completion of information rights requests received by the Council.

About You

To apply for this post, you must be able to evidence in your application how you meet the following criteria:

• Relevant Degree or equivalent, or experience of assisting in developing, designing and delivering an effective information / technology policy, information governance or information compliance service appropriate to the qualification level.
• Leading on or managing information policy projects.
• Being responsible for investigations into information security/compliance incidents and issues, negotiating actions and leading on continuous improvement.
• Experience in dealing with complex information rights requests within statutory timeframes.
• Presenting and providing support, advice and recommendations across the organisation and amongst partners on information governance matters.
• Capturing, developing and implementing requirements for information/technology policy and information assurance work packages.
• Technical understanding of UK Data Protection law and proven ability to relate specifics from the Act to business issues.

You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion. In addition, we expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the interview process. Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.

Interested in Flexible Working? We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council.

If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below.

For more information or an informal discussion, please contact: Colin Lench - Data Protection Officer

How to Apply

Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity, and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities.

Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the About You section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme. To apply for this job, please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the About You section above.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.