Role: Public Access Officer REF 367789
Contract Length: Until 29/05/26
Location: Hampshire
IR35: Inside
Pay Rate to Intermediary: £23.15 per hour
Spinwell is recruiting for a Public Access Officer for an excellent opportunity within the public sector.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PUBLIC ACCESS OFFICER
Provide Subject Access (Data Protection Act), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Freedom of Information (FOI), expertise to ensure legislative compliance surrounding Information Rights. To enable the delivery of our legal requirements under legislation and in accordance with the information management strategy, policy and procedures across both forces, ensuring that the Chief Constable’s statutory obligations are effectively and lawfully discharged.
SKILLS/EXPERIENCE OF THE PUBLIC ACCESS OFFICER
- Excellent problem solving skills including the ability to understand customer concerns, work within ‘shades of grey’ and objectively assess risk and recommend pragmatic responses.
- Ability to pay attention to detail and work within and apply formal / legal frameworks to a wide variety of situations.
- Ability to communicate confidently and effectively with both junior and senior ranking officers / staff and explain legal matters in a user friendly way; whether verbally, in written guidance or delivering presentations.
- Ability to take ownership of delivering response outcomes, working under own initiative to manage and prioritise fluid workloads.
- Ability to influence people who may not share your views or priorities to find acceptable decisions and mitigations to FOI and data protection right of access issues.
- Ability to independently manage a full caseload of Public Access work with minimal supervision with limited quality assurance on FOI cases and taking on more complex related requests which are likely to have a greater impact on the organisation and our reputation. Using own initiative when problem solving, making sound risk based decisions whilst managing reputational risks effectively.
If you are a Public Access Officer, apply now or send your CV to Spinwell!
We welcome all applications regardless of background, in line with our commitment to diversity, equality and inclusion.
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