Information Governance Officer

Barhale is a business founded on family values, having been established by our Chairman, Dennis Curran, in 1980. We are one of the largest privately owned civil engineering and infrastructure specialists in the UK, with over 40 years of experience in providing design, civil engineering and maintenance services working across multiple sectors, including:

• Water
• Transport
• Built environment
• Energy

We operate as a tier one partner for blue chip, regulated and private clients, working as part of large frameworks, joint ventures and alliances, as well as on individual standalone projects, developing long-term relationships based on delivering to the Barhale values which have been integral to our business since their inception in 1985.

Our direct delivery model is at the core of everything we do, as we believe that people are our greatest asset. Therefore, we robustly source, train and retain all our own frontline delivery teams as well as management and support services. We employ over 1,200 employees nationwide.

We possess a range of specialist skills to support our civil engineering and infrastructure activities, including:

• Tunnelling
• MEICA
• Temporary and permanent design
• Steel-fabrication
• Signs (design and fabrication)
• Health & safety equipment and products, including PPE

• As Gold Investors in People, we are committed to a high standard of people practices, creating an inclusive environment and ensuring cultural alignment to business strategy, ethos and philosophies.
• Job security, long-term secured work through various frameworks and large infrastructure schemes
• A broad range of civil engineering, mechanical and electrical schemes across some of the UK's largest infrastructure projects and clients
• Strong career progression as demonstrated by our track record in promoting from within, as we believe this is a key driver of our success

The Information Governance Officer supports effective data governance across the Barhale group, ensuring organisational data is managed securely, accurately and in line with legal, regulatory and contractual requirements.

This is not a purely strategic or advisory role, neither is it a hands-on engineering post. It sits firmly in the middle. You will work with business stakeholders, data owners, the data protection officer, Information Security and IT teams to improve data quality, access governance, documentation and compliance while also being close enough to translate these into practical access controls that can be applied within the Microsoft 365 ecosystem.

The post holder will also coordinate data protection impact assessments, maintain governance records, support data classification, conduct access reviews, assist with supplier assurance activity and help embed responsible data stewardship through guidance, awareness and continual improvement.

• Work with stakeholders to ensure key business data has clear ownership, appropriate controls and documented information flows.
• Maintain the Information Asset Register, Data Owner Register and supporting governance documentation.
• Support data governance policies, standards, procedures, data classification and information handling requirements.

• Coordinate data protection impact assessments and support compliance with UK GDPR and other applicable data protection requirements.
• Maintain record of processing activities documents and support subject access requests and other privacy-related requests.
• Review new systems, applications and business processes to ensure data governance and privacy requirements are considered from the outset.