Job Title: NPFDU Information Rights Officer & Trainer
Salary Range: £42,612-£45,765
Work Location: Near Fareham
Hours per week: 37 Monday – Friday with flexible office hours
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing date: 04/10/26
Interviews: 10-13 November 2026
We are looking for a motivated professional to join us as a NPFDU Information Rights Officer & Trainer, within a national policing unit.
More about the role
This role offers a fantastic opportunity to work at the heart of national policing, helping to promote transparency and public trust through the Information Rights process.
As an Information Rights Officer and trainer, you will play a key role in managing and responding to Right of Access requests received by the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC). You will research and analyse information, apply data protection legislation and exemptions, draft responses, and work closely with colleagues and stakeholders across the police service to ensure timely and compliant disclosures. You will also act as a help desk to other police forces with wider data protection queries and be involved in national data sharing opportunities. As a trainer, you will, develop, maintain and deliver a National DP Training packages, designed to promote DP best practice across the Police Service, mitigating the risk of breaches and ICO regulatory action.
We're looking for someone with strong written communication skills, excellent attention to detail, sound judgement, and the ability to analyse and interpret information. You will be highly organised, able to manage competing priorities, and confident in building effective working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders across multiple organisations not just policing.
Flexible working requests will be considered for this vacancy. The successful applicant must work a minimum of 28 hours, across 4 days. Working hours can be discussed at interview.
If you would like to find out more information about the role, please see the role profile.
More about Us
The NPFDU manage and coordinate national FOI activity, and act as the central conduit for advice and guidance across UK forces. The Unit is hosted by Hampshire Constabulary and operates within the ACRO Criminal Records Office, another national unit.
All staff are employees of Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary and are provided with the same benefits of working within the public sector as other members of police staff.
Our culture and work environment aim to ensure that everyone feels included and valued. We invest in our people so that they can thrive, realise their potential and enjoy coming into work.
We are located in an attractive and modern business park close to the M27 between Portsmouth and Southampton.
What’s on offer?
As members of Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary police staff you will have access to a wide benefits package*, including but not limited to:
- A hybrid working environment with flexible working hours (subject to the completion of mandatory training)
- Family friendly policies supporting those with caring responsibilities
- Generous annual leave entitlement starting at 24 days (pro-rata for part-time workers) in addition to public holidays, rising to 29 after five years’ service.
- Access to a wide range of learning and development opportunities
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- Retail, holiday and leisure discounts through Hampshire Police Leisure and Sports Club or Blue Light Card
- Excellent wellbeing support including onsite wellbeing rooms and access to Employee Assistance Programme
- Staff representation groups and inclusion network
Application and interview
If you’ve never completed a competency-based application or interview before, make sure you read each competency or value in detail, research the STAR (situation, task, action, result) format and use it when giving evidence.
The recruitment competencies identified on the role profile can be used interchangeably throughout the selection process. It is recommended you make a note of them when starting your application.
Please note you do not need to add a CV or covering letter, and these documents will not be reviewed when considering your application.
We would encourage you to visit our Join Us page, where you can find more information on the development and progression available, and view our candidate guidance.
Please note this role will require police vetting and while we will do everything we can to on-board you as quickly as possible, please keep this in mind when applying for this vacancy.
Essential Qualifications:
- Essential: Educated to Level 5 OR work experience deemed to have brought the role holder to a comparable level.
- To possess a nationally recognised training and development qualification or be willing to undertake an apprenticeship to obtain this.
Essential Experience :
- Significant knowledge of Data Protection and Human Rights Acts and related legislation.
- Experience of innovative and creative approaches to problem solving
- Experience in communicating complex issues to a variety of stakeholders and producing written reports.
- Experience in working independently and prioritisation of workload.
- Experience of training delivery and/or presentations.
Competencies and Values
When applying, you will have the opportunity to talk to us about your background and experience, especially when providing evidence against our competency and values framework (CVF).
The CVF provides clear expectations for everyone working in policing. It describes the behaviours required by you as a member of police staff to be effective in your role.
Please ensure you view the role profile to see which ones are relevant to the role, so you have a deeper understanding of the requirements for each CVF.
Contact details for an informal discussion
To discuss the role in confidence, or for guidance on the recruitment process, please contact Ashleigh Beney on Ashleigh.Beney@npfdu.police.uk
The ACRO People Services Team can be contacted by email at acropeopleservices@hampshire.police.uk or by phone on 02380 451651.
*Note some benefits are subject to a minimum service requirement.
Please note that the email address you supply when submitting an application will be used for contact throughout the full lifecycle of that vacancy. You will not be able to amend your contact details. You should therefore ensure that you choose an appropriately accessible email address, being mindful that the process may take several months for some roles.
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary is an inclusive employer and strives to have a workforce representative of the community's we police and serve. We recognise that we are not fully representative and are working to address this imbalance through a variety of initiatives.
Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary is an equal opportunities employer that positively promotes flexible working, enabling officers and staff to achieve a healthy work-life balance whilst meeting operational requirements of the constabulary. We actively encourage applications to be made on a full time, part time or flexible working basis.
The Equality Act 2010 allows us to promote equality within Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary by adopting Positive Action to support people from under-represented groups. Our aim is to recruit talented people with a diverse range of skills and experience and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our Positive Action team are available to provide support through the application and assessment process by contacting: positive.action@hampshire.pnn.police.uk
The Disability Confident campaign aims to remove barriers, increase understanding and ensure that people have opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations. We will accommodate requests for reasonable adjustments where possible throughout our recruitment and promotions processes and encourage anyone requiring reasonable adjustments to disclose this at the earliest opportunity.
