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Information governance and data protection

Handling personal and health information lawfully, securely, and ethically, including data protection law, confidentiality, consent, data protection impact assessments, and information sharing.

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Levels

1. Awareness

You can:

  • follow the organisation's rules for handling personal and health information
  • recognise and report a data breach or near miss
2. Working

You can:

  • apply data protection principles to your work
  • contribute to data protection impact assessments
  • handle information requests and records correctly
3. Practitioner

You can:

  • lead data protection impact assessments and information sharing agreements
  • advise teams on lawful basis, consent, confidentiality, and retention
  • investigate incidents and recommend improvements
4. Expert

You can:

  • set information governance policy and strategy
  • advise the board on information risk and compliance
  • represent the organisation with regulators and partners

Closest ESCO skills

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Role levels that expect this skill

Role levelRoleBandExpected level
Administrative assistantAdministrator2Awareness
AdministratorAdministrator3Working
Senior administratorAdministrator4Working
Trainee analytics engineerAnalytics engineer4Awareness
Analytics engineerAnalytics engineer6Working
Senior analytics engineerAnalytics engineer7Working
Lead analytics engineerAnalytics engineer8aPractitioner
Head of analytics engineeringAnalytics engineer8cPractitioner
Associate application operations engineerApplication operations engineer4Awareness
Application operations engineerApplication operations engineer5Working
Senior application operations engineerApplication operations engineer6Working
Lead application operations engineerApplication operations engineer7Practitioner
Principal application operations engineerApplication operations engineer8bPractitioner
Trainee business analystBusiness analyst4Awareness
Junior business analystBusiness analyst5Working
Business analystBusiness analyst6Working
Senior business analystBusiness analyst7Working
Lead business analystBusiness analyst8aPractitioner
Head of business analysisBusiness analyst8cPractitioner
Trainee business architectBusiness architect6Awareness
Associate business architectBusiness architect7Awareness
Business architectBusiness architect8aWorking
Lead business architectBusiness architect8bWorking
Category manager (digital and technology)Category manager8aWorking
Configuration analystChange and release manager4Awareness
Change and release analystChange and release manager5Working
Change and release managerChange and release manager6Working
Chief clinical information officerChief clinical information officer9Practitioner
Trainee clinical coderClinical coder3Awareness
Clinical coderClinical coder4Working
Senior clinical coderClinical coder5Working
Clinical coding auditor and trainerClinical coder6Working
Clinical coding managerClinical coder7Practitioner
Clinical informatics specialistClinical informatician6Working
Senior clinical informaticianClinical informatician7Working
Clinical safety officerClinical safety officer7Working
Communications officerCommunications officer4Awareness
Senior communications officerCommunications officer5Working
Contract managerContract manager7Working
Cyber security managerCyber security manager8aPractitioner
Senior cyber security managerCyber security manager8bPractitioner
Head of cyber securityCyber security manager8cPractitioner
Chief information security officerCyber security manager8dPractitioner
Associate data analystData analyst5Working
Data analystData analyst6Working
Senior data analystData analyst7Practitioner
Principal data analystData analyst8bPractitioner
Data architectData architect8aPractitioner
Senior data architectData architect8bPractitioner
Chief data architectData architect8cExpert
Data engineerData engineer6Working
Senior data engineerData engineer7Practitioner
Lead data engineerData engineer8aPractitioner
Head of data engineeringData engineer8bPractitioner
Data governance managerData governance manager7Practitioner
Lead data governance managerData governance manager8bPractitioner
Head of data governanceData governance manager8cExpert
Deputy data protection officerData protection officer8aExpert
Data protection officerData protection officer8bExpert
Senior data protection officerData protection officer8cExpert
Trainee data scientistData scientist4Awareness
Associate data scientistData scientist5Working
Data scientistData scientist6Working
Principal data scientistData scientist7Practitioner
Lead data scientistData scientist8aPractitioner
Head of data scienceData scientist8bPractitioner
Associate delivery managerDelivery manager5Awareness
Delivery managerDelivery manager7Working
Senior delivery managerDelivery manager8aWorking
Head of delivery managementDelivery manager8cPractitioner
Apprentice DevOps engineerDevOps engineer4Awareness
Junior DevOps engineerDevOps engineer5Working
DevOps engineerDevOps engineer6Working
Senior DevOps engineerDevOps engineer7Practitioner
Lead DevOps engineerDevOps engineer8bPractitioner
Principal DevOps engineerDevOps engineer8cPractitioner
Digital portfolio analystDigital portfolio manager5Awareness
Digital portfolio managerDigital portfolio manager6Working
Senior digital portfolio managerDigital portfolio manager8aWorking
Head of digital portfolioDigital portfolio manager8cPractitioner
Associate end user computing engineerEnd user computing engineer4Awareness
End user computing engineerEnd user computing engineer5Working
Senior end user computing engineerEnd user computing engineer6Working
Lead end user computing engineerEnd user computing engineer7Practitioner
Principal end user computing engineerEnd user computing engineer8bPractitioner
Enterprise architectEnterprise architect8aWorking
Senior enterprise architectEnterprise architect8bPractitioner
Lead enterprise architectEnterprise architect8cPractitioner
Principal enterprise architectEnterprise architect8dExpert
Executive assistantExecutive assistant4Working
Senior executive assistantExecutive assistant5Working
Finance assistantFinance officer2Awareness
Finance officerFinance officer3Awareness
Senior finance officerFinance officer4Working
Finance team leaderFinance officer5Working
Apprentice frontend developerFrontend developer4Awareness
Junior frontend developerFrontend developer5Working
Frontend developerFrontend developer6Working
Senior frontend developerFrontend developer7Working
Lead frontend developerFrontend developer8bPractitioner
Head of frontend developmentFrontend developer8cPractitioner
Governance officerGovernance and risk manager5Working
Records assistantHealth records officer2Awareness
Records officerHealth records officer3Working
Health records managerHealth records officer5Working
HR assistantHuman resources officer3Working
HR officerHuman resources officer4Working
Incident managerIncident manager5Working
Major incident managerIncident manager7Working
Information governance officerInformation governance officer4Working
Senior information governance officerInformation governance officer5Working
Information governance leadInformation governance officer6Practitioner
Information governance managerInformation governance officer7Practitioner
Head of information governanceInformation governance officer8aExpert
Associate infrastructure engineerInfrastructure engineer4Awareness
Infrastructure engineerInfrastructure engineer6Working
Senior infrastructure engineerInfrastructure engineer7Working
Lead infrastructure engineerInfrastructure engineer8aPractitioner
Principal infrastructure engineerInfrastructure engineer8bPractitioner
Junior integration engineerIntegration engineer (health interoperability)5Working
Integration engineerIntegration engineer (health interoperability)6Working
Senior integration engineerIntegration engineer (health interoperability)7Practitioner
Lead integration engineerIntegration engineer (health interoperability)8aPractitioner
IT service analystIT service manager4Awareness
IT service managerIT service manager6Working
Senior IT service managerIT service manager7Working
Head of IT service managementIT service manager8bPractitioner
Learning and development coordinatorLearning and development specialist4Working
Legal administratorLegal assistant3Working
Legal assistantLegal assistant4Working
ParalegalLegal assistant5Working
Senior machine learning engineerMachine learning engineer7Working
Lead machine learning engineerMachine learning engineer8bPractitioner
Associate network architectNetwork architect6Awareness
Network architectNetwork architect7Working
Lead network architectNetwork architect8aWorking
Payroll officerPayroll officer3Working
Senior payroll officerPayroll officer4Working
Payroll team leaderPayroll officer5Working
Payroll managerPayroll officer6Practitioner
Associate performance analystPerformance analyst4Awareness
Performance analystPerformance analyst6Working
Senior performance analystPerformance analyst7Working
Lead performance analystPerformance analyst8aPractitioner
Head of performance analysisPerformance analyst8bPractitioner
Problem analystProblem manager5Working
Problem managerProblem manager6Working
Procurement assistantProcurement officer3Awareness
BuyerProcurement officer4Working
Procurement officerProcurement officer5Working
Associate product managerProduct manager6Awareness
Product managerProduct manager7Working
Senior product managerProduct manager8aWorking
Lead product managerProduct manager8bPractitioner
Head of productProduct manager8cPractitioner
Programme delivery managerProgramme delivery manager8bWorking
Senior programme delivery managerProgramme delivery manager8cPractitioner
Assistant project managerProject manager5Awareness
Project managerProject manager6Working
Senior project managerProject manager7Working
Project support officerProject support officer3Awareness
Associate quality assurance test analystQuality assurance test analyst4Awareness
Quality assurance test analystQuality assurance test analyst5Working
Senior quality assurance test analystQuality assurance test analyst6Working
Lead quality assurance test analystQuality assurance test analyst8aWorking
Recruitment assistantRecruitment officer3Working
Recruitment officerRecruitment officer4Working
Recruitment managerRecruitment officer6Working
Security architectSecurity architect8aPractitioner
Lead security architectSecurity architect8bPractitioner
Principal security architectSecurity architect8cExpert
Security engineerSecurity engineer6Working
Senior security engineerSecurity engineer7Working
Lead security engineerSecurity engineer8aPractitioner
Junior security operations analystSecurity operations analyst5Working
Security operations analystSecurity operations analyst6Working
Senior security operations analystSecurity operations analyst7Working
Associate service designerService designer4Awareness
Junior service designerService designer5Working
Service designerService designer6Working
Senior service designerService designer7Working
Lead service designerService designer8bPractitioner
Head of service designService designer8cPractitioner
Service desk analystService desk analyst3Awareness
Technical service desk analystService desk analyst4Working
Senior service desk analystService desk analyst5Working
Service desk managerService desk analyst6Working
Head of service deskService desk analyst7Practitioner
Service ownerService owner8bPractitioner
Senior service ownerService owner8cPractitioner
Apprentice software developerSoftware developer4Awareness
Junior software developerSoftware developer5Working
Software developerSoftware developer6Working
Senior software developerSoftware developer7Working
Lead software developerSoftware developer8aPractitioner
Principal software developerSoftware developer8bPractitioner
Associate solution architectSolution architect7Working
Solution architectSolution architect8aPractitioner
Senior solution architectSolution architect8bPractitioner
Lead solution architectSolution architect8cPractitioner
Principal solution architectSolution architect8dExpert
Associate technical architectTechnical architect6Awareness
Technical architectTechnical architect7Working
Senior technical architectTechnical architect8aWorking
Lead technical architectTechnical architect8bPractitioner
Principal technical architectTechnical architect8cPractitioner
Associate test engineerTest engineer4Awareness
Test engineerTest engineer6Working
Senior test engineerTest engineer7Working
Lead test engineerTest engineer8aWorking
Test managerTest manager7Working
Head of testTest manager8cPractitioner
Associate user researcherUser researcher4Awareness
Junior user researcherUser researcher5Working
User researcherUser researcher6Working
Senior user researcherUser researcher7Working
Lead user researcherUser researcher8bPractitioner
Head of user researchUser researcher8cPractitioner