Information Governance Manager

University of Leeds - School of Medicine - Leeds Institute of Health Sciences

Location: Leeds - Main campus

Working time: 60% full time equivalent

Do you have experience of working with confidential health-related research data and setting up quality assurance processes for information and data governance. Do you want to be the Information Governance lead in a medical teaching and research Institute, working with the Leeds Institute Health Sciences(LIHS) senior team, academic colleagues and the wider Faculty and University departments responsible for Information Governance and IT infrastructure?

You will join our team to provide leadership and expert specialist advice in relation to Information Governance and Data Protection for the collection, processing, storage and release of health-related research data by LIHS academic staff and post-graduate research students.

You will develop and manage the Institute’s quality assurance system for information governance and data protection, including: a triage system which supports academics and post-graduate research students in the assessment of the Information and Data Protection/IT storage requirements for research proposals and research projects using a risk based approach; standard operating procedures, including standard text for internal and external data storage and processing approval applications and; an audit programme.

What we offer in return

26 days holiday plus approx.16 Bank Holidays/days that the University is closed by custom (including Christmas) – That’s 42 days a year!

Generous pension scheme options plus life assurance

Health and Wellbeing: Discounted staff membership options at The Edge, our state-of-the-art Campus gym, with a pool, sauna, climbing wall, cycle circuit, and sports halls.

Personal Development:

• Access to courses run by our Organisational Development & Professional Learning team.
• All FMH staff are entitled to ten days staff development per year (pro rata). Please speak to your Line Manager about how you can utilise these.

Access to on-site childcare, shopping discounts and travel schemes are also available.

Please note that this post may be suitable for sponsorship under the skilled Worker visa route but first time applicants might need to qualify for salary concessions. For more information please visit : www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa.

To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact:

Professor Anne Forster, LIHS Deputy Director A.Forster@leeds.ac.uk