Freedom of Information Case Adviser
Job Summary
Working Pattern:
Full time
Advert Start Date:
24/06/2024
Advert End Date:
Closed for applications on 14/07/2024 23:55
Salary:
London: £34,710 - £42,100 / National: £31,710 - £39,100
Job Category:
Executive / Managerial
Employment Location:
Darlington, Norwich or London
Further Information
Do you have knowledge of or are willing to learn about Freedom of Information and Environmental Information Regulations requests? If so, we’d love to hear from you!
About the Team
The Correspondence and Information Rights Team (CIRT) consists of:
- The Freedom of Information Team who deal with requests for recorded information under the Freedom of Information Act and Environmental Information Regulations
- The Data Protection team who oversees all data subject access requests and advise on data protection across HMT.
- The Correspondence and Enquiries Unit, who handle all correspondence from the public and Members of Parliament.
- The CIRT Technology Team who oversee our technology improvement plans, run our case management system and provide day to day management information in relation to our casework performance.
This role sits in the Freedom of Information Team.
We’re a friendly team based across London, Norwich and Darlington, and we encourage people from different ages, experiences, and backgrounds.
About the Job
In this role, you will:
- Handle own casework by ensuring policy officials engage fully with the FOI Team and the legislation and adhere to strict statutory deadlines.
- Represent the FOI Team across the Department to advise our Treasury colleagues on the requirements of the legislation, providing training and guidance as appropriate.
- Suggest and deliver solutions for the appropriate handling of sensitive information through discussion with key partners to provide responses in accordance with the legislation.
- Engage with external partners including bodies associated with the Treasury, to share relevant knowledge and information.
- Deliver awareness sessions on the information regimes across the department.
- Promote good practice to ensure HMT is compliant with the legislation, including strong information and records management.
- Work on continuous improvement and be willing to develop an understanding of data and how analysis can drive up performance.
The FOI Case Adviser position is an exciting role that offers the post-holder the chance to work with every team across Treasury. The Treasury sits at the heart of government policymaking and receives a wide range of interesting and often complex requests. The FOI Team is responsible for managing those requests and for ensuring that the Department follows the statutory requirements of the various Information Rights regimes. We work closely with policy teams on responses and provide handling advice for all FOI and EIR requests to the Treasury.
About You
The ideal candidate will have previous experience of information disclosure issues, including experience of handling requests under the Freedom of Information Act and the Environmental Information Regulations, although ability to do the role is more important so training on the legislation can be given.
You will possess the ability to make independent decisions solutions based on sound analysis; communicate both verbally and in writing with a variety of stakeholders, often of a higher grade, in order to build and maintain positive and effective relationships and work independently and as part of a team and manage a busy workload to meet deadlines and targets.
Some of the Benefits our people love!
- 25 days annual leave (rising to 30 after 5 years), plus 8 public holidays and the King’s birthday (unless you have a legacy arrangement as an existing Civil Servant). Additionally, we operate flexitime systems, allowing employees to take up to an additional 2 days off each month.
- Flexible working patterns (part-time, job-share, condensed hours)
- Generous parental and adoption leave packages.
- Access to a generous Defined Benefit pension scheme with employer contributions of 27%
- Access to a cycle-to-work salary sacrifice scheme and season ticket advances.
- A range of active staff networks, based around interests (e.g. analysts, music society, sports and social club) and diversity
For more information about the role and how to apply, please follow the apply link.
If you need any reasonable adjustments to take part in the selection process, please tell us about this in your online application form, or speak to the recruitment team at hrrecruitment@hmtreasury.gov.uk
Please note
This job is closed for applications.