IT125 Data and Information Sharing Assistant **External**
This vacancy has been advertised externally
Data and Information Sharing Assistant
1 full-time position of 37 hours
1 part-time position of 18.5 hours
Salary: £24,222 - £25,626 per annum
Location: Wakefield
Days: Monday – Friday. Working flexibly between 7am and 7pm based in the office and at home.
Job Description/Your Role
An exciting opportunity to join West Yorkshire Police’s Information Management team has arisen.
The primary function of this role is to process Data and Information Sharing requests for various stakeholders, on behalf of West Yorkshire Police, to protect children and vulnerable adults, and ensure West Yorkshire Police meet their obligations under current legislation.
The main responsibility of the role is to deliver a customer focused data and information sharing service, responding to requests received including statutory gateways, ensuring all requests are processed in line with current legislation and force policy, and that local and national deadlines are consistently achieved.
You will receive and record disclosure requests in a timely manner and you will act as a point of contact for initial queries, advice, guidance in relation to disclosure requests, including internal and external bodies and members of the public.
This work is transactional, and you will be expected to meet office productivity targets.
You will need:
- Willingness to undertake and ability to successfully complete IT courses required for the role.
- Is able to demonstrate research and analytical skills using them to evaluate information as an aid to making an informed decision.
- Is able to demonstrate a good standard of written and verbal communication.
- Ability and willingness to travel for business purposes.
- Ability and willingness to work flexibly in order to support the work of the Department
The Benefits
- 25 days annual leave per annum – increasing to 30 days with 5 years’ service, plus 8 paid bank holidays.
- A great work/home life balance
- Flexible working between the hours of 7am and 7pm Mon-Fri.
- Hybrid working – work from the office and from home.
- Relevant training and courses provided for the role.
- Access to continuous professional development seminars/courses.
- Access to health and wellbeing support.
- Opportunities to progress within the Data and Information Management team, and the wider force.
- Access to salary sacrifice schemes such as Cycle2Work and discounted Metro Cards.
This role will be scored against Level 1 competencies (CVF) in interview. http://www.college.police.uk/What-we-do/Development/competency-and-values-framework/Documents/Competency-and-Values-Framework-for-Policing_4.11.16.pdf (This link may be copied and pasted into your browser).
Should you require any further information, please email: infoman@westyorkshire.police.uk
The 2024 version of the Competency Values Framework applies to this process. Please disregard the old link to the 2016 version which is contained in the role profile.
This vacancy will close on Wednesday the 2nd April 2025 at 23:55 hours.