Public Health and Integrated Commissioning Information Governance Lead

Role Responsibility

Kent County Council is dedicated to delivering high-quality public services and ensuring the well-being of our community. We are seeking a skilled and motivated Information Governance Lead to join our Public Health and Integrated Commissioning team. This role is crucial in managing and enhancing our information governance framework to ensure compliance with relevant legislation and best practices.

As the Information Governance Lead, you will oversee the information governance agenda across Public Health (PH) and Integrated Commissioning (IC). You will coordinate the implementation and review of policies and procedures to ensure services and activity delivered complies with information governance legislation and Kent County Council policies. Your role will involve providing operational support, guidance, and training to officers within PH and IC to build skills, knowledge, and experience in information governance, with a particular focus on developing and managing Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) and Privacy Notices.

If you are experienced in supporting organisations to comply with Information Governance legislation, are confident advising and guiding staff at all levels and are ready to take your next career step at a large organisation, we would love to hear from you.

Kent County Council is committed in creating a supportive and rewarding work environment for its employees through benefits including;

• Competitive salary
• Flexible Working Arrangements
• Generous Leave Entitlements
• Training and Development Opportunities
• Employee Discounts

This role will involve hybrid working, combining working from the Office (Maidstone) and home.

Part time working will be considered, please make this clear within your application that this is what you are seeking.  

If you are shortlisted for this role, you will be required to complete a scenario test. This will be shared with you on 9 May and must be completed by 5pm on 13 May 2025. Interviews will take place virtually on 14 May 2025. 

This post is subject to a Basic Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Contact Details

For an informal discussion about the role please contact -

Rachel Westlake:

Mobile: 03000 413106

Katie Steers:

Email: Katie.steers@kent.gov.uk

About the Company

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KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note - if you are interested, please apply soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.