# Information Governance Officer > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/information-governance-officer/9bcd1a1c-012d-476b-a748-f963681b2078 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/information-governance-officer/9bcd1a1c-012d-476b-a748-f963681b2078.md ## Summary - **Status:** Archived / closed - **Employer:** South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Trust HQ - **Profession:** Governance officer - **Grade:** Band 4 - **Salary:** £26,530 - £29,114 pa - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 7 months (Funded until 31 March 2026) - **Closing date:** 2025-09-21T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2025-09-08T08:00:54.780Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Devon/Exeter/South_Western_Ambulance_Service_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Information_Governance_Officer/Information_Governance_Officer-v7443982 - **Employer website:** https://www.swast.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Undertaking the completion of data protection subject access disclosures. Support the Assistant Information Governance Manager in the delivery of the Freedom of Information disclosure function. Support the Assistant Information Governance Manager in the delivery of the Data Protection disclosure function by supervising the Information Governance Assistants in their absence. Oversee, administer and deliver the information governance compliance report to senior managers. Manage, administer and deliver the Trust’s records archiving function ensuring mandatory and legal requirements are adhered to. Provide expert advice and guidance on the archiving of records and support departments to correctly archive the records they hold. Record, track and manage all archive records held by the Trust’s archive providers. Analyse and provide management reports on archive information to ensure the retention of records meets mandatory and legal requirements and financial costs to the Trust are minimized. Develop a programme of records management audits and conduct these across the Trust to establish compliance with the Corporate Records Management Policy. Support departmental activities, action point registers and information risk assessments. Support the Information Governance Manager and Assistant Information Governance Manager on any other aspects of the Information Governance agenda. ### Main duties of the job Support the completion of Subject access disclosure requests including call and record sourcing, and liaising with external stakeholders. Support the Assistant Information Governance Manager in the delivery of the Data Protection Disclosure function by supervising the Information Governance Assistants. Support the Assistant Information Governance Manager in the delivery of the Freedom of Information Disclosure. Develop a programme of records management audits and conduct these across the Trust. Provide expert advice and guidance to staff across the Trust. Work with local records managers to support them in fulfilling their responsibilities. Manage, record and track all archive records held by the Trust’s archive providers. Analyse and provide management reports on archive information to ensure the retention of records meets mandatory and legal requirements and financial costs to the Trust are minimized. Manage the relationship with the Trust’s archive providers by initiating, supervising and monitoring all movements of the Trust’s archive records. Support the administration of the departments Steering Group activities, action point registers and information risk assessments. Support the work of the Senior Information Risk Officer and the Trust’s Caldicott Guardian. Liaise with staff in specialist related Information Governance roles to ensure they are aware of their responsibilities and provided with the appropriate level of support ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For further information about this role please see the attached job description and person specification. PLEASE NOTE: Internal candidates are asked to seek approval from their current SWASFT line manager prior to applying for this secondment opportunity. ## Person Specification ### Qualifications **Essential** - Diploma level education or equivalent - Demonstrable experience in a similar role **Desirable** - Relevant qualifications in information governance, freedom of information or records management. ## Documents - [swast code of conduct (pdf, 1.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2579) - [information governance officer (pdf, 384.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=9689223) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references.