Information Compliance Manager

If you’re passionate about information management and ensuring compliance to the highest standards, UAL Awarding Body presents an exciting opportunity to join our team.

The opportunity

You will be a key member of our UAL Awarding Body team, who design and award creative qualifications to over 70,000 students across 300 centres across the UK and worldwide. UAL Awarding Body is supported by our Quality Assurance and Enhancement team (QAE), who provide expert advice and support relating to Quality Assurance and Regulatory Compliance. 

As an Information Compliance Manager, you will work closely to support colleagues across the awarding body, providing expert advice on information management practice and compliance, including within the context of GDPR. You will conduct an annual GDPR audit and self-evaluation of UAL’s records management requirements, producing comprehensive reports to inform future practice and enhancements. 

In addition to this, you will:  

• Develop a working knowledge of data compliance legislation, ensuring all data is managed in accordance with legal and University requirements  
• Contribute to the QAE Management team, advising on information management practice and compliance  
• Manage the risk register for the Head of QAE and provide support to the risk reporting process across UAL Awarding Body 
• Manage FOI requests, DSARs and DPIAs 

You will also provide support to the Awarding Body Local Information Manager (LIM) and Information Asset Owner, representing the LIM when required. 

About you

We are looking for a well-organised individual, with excellent persuasion and negotiation skills and experience of identifying and managing risk.  

You will demonstrate an understanding of GDPR legislation, principles and implementation of data protection measures, including Data Subject Access Requests and the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act. 

Strong engagement, persuasion, communication skills and the ability to present complex technical regulatory information and data to varied audiences is essential.  

You will employ a creative solution focused approach to accommodate business demands whilst ensuring regulatory compliance advocating the benefits of legislation and compliance rather than the constraints. 

We are UAL

University of the Arts London (UAL) generates and inspires the creativity the world needs for a better future. Since 1842, our colleges have been defining creative education. With curiosity, imagination and intent we make work which creates lasting change for people and our planet. London is core to who we are, a place where we meet and share ideas with people from different backgrounds and cultures.

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Closing date: 10 February 2025, 23:55. 

If you have any general questions or have accessibility needs, please contact agstaffrecruitment@arts.ac.uk

Our culture 

UAL is committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments for all staff and students to work and learn – a university where we can be ourselves and reach our full potential. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and Staff Support Networks. We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds, including race, disability, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion and belief, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, and caring responsibility.

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