Syp - Disclosure Officer

Role: Disclosure Officer

Department: Performance & Governance

Location:  Carbrook, Sheffield

Salary: £26,487 - £29,085

Hours: 37       

Contract Type: Temporary for 18 months

We have an exciting opportunity for a Disclosure Officer to join our Information Rights Team on a temporary basis for 18 months. In this role, you will with deal with Freedom of Information and Subject Access Requests.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Interrogating, collating, researching and evaluating information from all force systems
• Managing multiple requests at any one time whilst striving to meet the timescales for disclosure of Information rights
• Applying relevant exemptions for non disclosure of information and undertaking risk of harm and public interest tests where applicable (FOI)
• Providing support to the Senior Disclosure Officer in response to internal reviews for both FOI and IR requests in line with relevant legislation, guidelines and timescales as required
• Liaising with stakeholders both internal and external to provide advice on the provision of the forces obligations in respect of lawful disclosure into the public domain in the case of FOI responses and to individuals under Information Rights
• Maintaining and publishing FOI responses on the Force Disclosure Log and publications of significant interest on the force website and extract and present statistical data for FOI data disclosure
• Acting as Decision Maker for all Disclosures released under FOI & DPA Information Rights

Skills and experience:

• Educated to GCSE level with good IT Literacy along with being fully conversant with Microsoft packages in particular Word for decision making responses, Excel for Data extraction and compilation along with Adobe for Redacting reports
• Awareness of Data Protection and Freedom of Information legislation, and information security issues.
• Experience of gathering and analysing information to produce responses and reports clearly and concisely into the public domain
• Experience of managing multiple workloads at any one time to achieve strict deadlines

Skills and experience as documented in the role profile need to be evidenced in your application to be considered for interview

For more detailed information relating to the role, skills and experience for this role, please refer to the attached role profile.

What we offer:

We offer generous entitlements and supportive policies to enable a better work-life balance, some of which are listed below:

• A highly competitive salary and access to a generous pension scheme
• Generous annual leave allowance
• A wide range of family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Flexible working arrangements including flexi-time and hybrid working
• A transparent and collaborative team culture underpinned by our core values of Fairness, Integrity & Trust
• Comprehensive range of development and leadership courses to develop your career with South Yorkshire Police
• Employee Assistant Programme (accessible 24/7) offering confidential support and advice
• Flexible lifestyle benefits such as: Blue Light Card, Company Shop, Cycle to work scheme
• Committed to embedding sustainability: Force sustainability strategy - SYP (southyorkshire.police.uk)
• Membership to the Sports and Social Club
• Access to a wide range of staff support groups and networks

Eligibility:

Applicants must meet the minimum requirement checkable history criteria, which must be taken into account for individuals applying to work with South Yorkshire Police in any capacity. A minimum checkable history of 5 years is required for this role and successfully undergoing recruitment vetting procedure is a pre-requisite of employment with South Yorkshire Police.

Appearance & Standards:

South Yorkshire Police is committed to striking a proportionate balance between self-expression and the need to maintain role sensitive professional standards in dress and appearance. Officers, staff, and volunteers of South Yorkshire Police are permitted to have tattoos visible whilst on duty provided the tattoo is not considered to be unacceptable or otherwise inappropriate. Tattoos will be reviewed as part of the recruitment and selection process.

Smarter ways of Working:

South Yorkshire Police is committed to developing working practices which assist staff to balance their personal and professional lives, whilst meeting the needs of the organisation. This in turn enables South Yorkshire Police to provide an outstanding service to the community.

There are 3 different categories as part of this which are: Fixed, Field and Hybrid.

This role has been evaluated as a Hybrid role.

Hybrid: Applicable when the work can be undertaken at any location, whether that be a SYP building or from home.

South Yorkshire Police’s Key Values:

At South Yorkshire Police we have 3 key values which run through everything we do Fairness, Integrity & Trust, the attached document details the key behaviours we expect all employees to adhere to.

Contact details:

For further information about the role, please contact: Claire Nugent on 0114 2921787

Closing Date:23rd May 2024

Closing dates are not normally extended, other than in exceptional circumstances and agreement is made between the Talent Acquisition Manager and the Line Manager for the role.

How to apply:

Please click ‘Apply’

Candidate Information:

Please note that, should you be successful at the interview stage and before appointment, the relevant pre-employment checks are required. These include references, medical clearance, vetting clearance and sickness absence criteria check.

Diversity & Inclusion:

Expressions of interest are particularly welcome from female and ethnic minority candidates.

It is really important to us that the department represents the community we serve, in order for us to provide the best service, utilising a range of backgrounds, experience and skills. We support and value all officers and staff and the unique experiences they bring to the role. We strongly encourage and welcome expressions of interest from these valuable underrepresented groups.

If you are from an underrepresented group and want to find out more about the support we can offer, please contact our dedicated team on positiveaction@southyorks.pnn.police.uk

In addition, we will look to support anyone who requires Part Time/Job share working hours.

Internal Candidates:

This vacancy is temporary therefore, you must have the support of your current Line Manager to apply. If you are a permanent member of staff, this would be classed as a secondment opportunity. If you are on a fixed term contract, you must contact the Talent Acquisition Team before applying. 

Please ensure that you and your current line manager complete the attached consent form.  Please email the completed form to the hiring line manager, with the role title and the closing date stated in the subject of your email.

Without support, your application will not be considered any further.