We are looking for a knowledgeable and motivated Information Governance Officer to join our team and support the organisation and sector partners in understanding and meeting their legal obligations under the UK GDPR, Data Protection Act 2018, Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, and the Public Records (Scotland) Act 2011.

This role is central to ensuring that our data access and sharing practices are robust, transparent, and compliant. You will work closely with internal teams and external partners to promote a culture of good information governance across the sector.

You’ll ideally have a background in an information governance or data protection role with an understanding of this specialism in the Scottish public sector and academia. You’ll be an excellent communicator, adept at bringing your subject matter expertise to life and helping others understand the complexities of the applicable legislation and frameworks. You’ll be highly organised and comfortable to manage competing priorities across our broad range of internal projects. 

We are a small friendly and highly engaged team of people. We promote continuous learning and work hard to build an inclusive and supportive workplace culture. We live our values of integrity, transparency, courage, collaboration and humility.

At RDS we offer a Four Day (32 hours) week for our full-time colleagues, with hybrid working on offer from day one. You can choose to work flexibly from home or use one of our office desks in the Edinburgh Futures Institute. The whole RDS team meets one day per month in-person in Edinburgh or at an off-site away day in the Central Belt. Individual teams organise their own in-person days to collaborate, develop and socialise together.

We offer up to 30 days’ annual leave (including public holidays) and have no set closure days. We have a generous pension and enhanced pay for parental/adoption leave. Our flexible benefits include a Cycle to Work scheme, Dental Insurance and discount vouchers. Our Culture Group helps us seek feedback from colleagues across the organisation to make RDS an even better place to work.

We like to keep our application processes as simple and human centred as we can.

To apply, we just need your CV and a cover letter outlining how your skills and experience match the job and person specification.

If you’re ready to apply, upload your CV and covering letter to the portal. Or email us at jobs@researchdata.scot for an informal chat about RDS and the role.

(NB: please have all your documents ready to upload as you start your application.)

If we can make any adjustments to our standard application or selection process to make things easier for you, please let us know.

Interviews

Interviews will be held in w/c 24 November 2025.

Research Data Scotland is an Equal Opportunities employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All our hiring decisions are based on merit, qualifications and business needs. We’d really appreciate you sending a completed equalities monitoring form with your application, so we can ensure we are meeting our commitments. 

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