M365 Information Governance Specialist

23 Stephenson Street, Birmingham; Piccadilly Gate, Manchester; Agora, Nottingham; 2 Rivergate, Bristol.

We are looking for a M365 Information Governance Specialist to join our Security and Information Management Team. 

The Security and Information Management team coordinates and promotes best practice in managing Ofsted’s information. Managing information well is key to Ofsted’s improvement, efficiency and effectiveness agenda. The team also work with the business to promote transparency and the proactive publication of information. Information Management colleagues work on the whole information lifecycle; from the point it is created to the point it needs publishing, reusing, archiving or deleting.

The post holder will perform Ofsted’s information management and assurance function, ensuring advice is given to Ofsted parties to ensure that data risks are identified and managed appropriately to support the effective delivery of Ofsted’s business. In doing so, they will work closely with security colleagues across Ofsted and in the wider government community, making sure the appropriate information security standards are maintained.

Please refer to the job specification for further details.

Please refer to the job specification for further details.

We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Changing and Improving
• Making Effective Decisions
• Working Together
• Developing Self and Others
• Managing a Quality Service

We’ll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Proven experience administrating and troubleshooting M365 solutions.
• Proficient in M365 technologies, permission management and content management e.g., DLP, record tagging, protective marking functionality.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work effectively with stakeholders at all levels.
• Excellent knowledge of information risk analysis/ management, with excellent analytical and problem-solving skills to identify risk and resolve security risks.
• Excellent working knowledge of Information Security Management and practical experience of applying the Data Protection Act, the Freedom of Information Act, GDPR and other related legislation, standards and codes of practice.

Alongside your salary of £40,642, Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills contributes
£10,973 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.

Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Full details of the benefits available can be found in our Ofsted Offer brochure.

Ofsted is devoted to equality, diversity and inclusion. Within our Ofsted Strategy 2023-2027 we have stated that we will improve the representation of under-represented groups across the organisation and publish our progress on this annually. We are always looking to expand on our diverse workforce by recruiting candidates from varied backgrounds and differing experiences. We are proud to be a Disability Confident – Leader, we continually engage with our 5 staff networks for protected characteristics, and highlight the work of our Equalities, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Group. We ensure all candidates are treated with fair and open competition, with all appointments being made on merit and we use our Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) to provide assurance to all candidates of this.

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Job contact :

• Name : Talent and Resourcing Team
• Email : Jobs@ofsted.gov.uk
• Telephone : 03000 130 815

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