Overview:
The broad purpose of the occupation is to provide regulatory and technical advice and guidance providing assurance to key stakeholders and regulators of compliance with information governance (IG) and data protection (DP) requirements. Organisations must comply with information governance legislation to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of its information assets. The data protection and information governance practitioner (DP&IGP) will contribute to the annual work plan and assist in the planning and organisation of IG, ethics and DP activities. The DP&IGP will also provide advice and training with regard to improving data management and will support the senior team in the development and delivery of operational and strategic information requirements.
In their daily work, an employee in this occupation interacts with a range of internal stakeholders including members of their own team, other departments such as IT, legal, HR, marketing, senior management and the board of directors. They also interact with external stakeholders such as members of the public, customers, Supervisory Authorities, The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), technology vendors, academics, industry bodies, external legal departments, human rights organisations, consumer rights organisations and law enforcement.