Royal College of Nursing • London, UK
About this role
Information Governance Specialist
RCN London HQ or Cardiff, 35 hours, permanent contract
Salary range per annum
£50,754.00 - £57,339.00* plus London weighting of £5,424.00 per annum if applicable
There is more to the RCN than you might think. We’re a trade union with a membership of over half a million nurses, midwives, nursing support workers and students. We support their practice, represent them, lobby on their behalf, and develop them. We exist to make a positive difference – to the working lives of our members and ultimately to standards in patient care. Our employees are drawn from many walks of life – we are nurses, marketers and communicators, administrators, IT professionals, policy and finance experts, lawyers… together we are so much more. We couldn’t do what we do without our people.
The role
The Information Governance Specialist will bring strong data protection expertise, enthusiasm, and a proactive approach to this newly established role.
The role will involve managing data subject rights requests alongside other legislative compliance activities and advisory responsibilities, working collaboratively with teams across the organisation. It's a great way to build on your skills and experience and develop your potential.
The person
This role is suited to someone with strong organisational and prioritisation skills who can confidently navigate changing and competing priorities. You will be an experienced manager, providing support and guidance to a small team to enable their growth and development.
You will also be a trusted source of advice on information governance, ensuring compliance is embedded across the organisation.
To succeed at the Royal College of Nursing all you need to do is think bigger, better and brighter. And with an attitude like that, anything’s possible.
What we offer you
We expect you to look after our members. And we expect you to be rewarded for it. We offer an impressive range of benefits, a broad range of learning development opportunities and an award-winning health and wellbeing programme. We offer annual leave up to 32 days plus bank holidays and three additional days for the Christmas break plus generous maternity, adoption, paternity, and shared parental leave packages.
*We offer a competitive pay structure with annual pay progression until you reach the top of the salary scale. We normally offer new employees the first point of the salary range, although you may be able to negotiate a higher starting salary depending on your skills, experience and current salary.
We are a diverse organisation and understand everyone has different needs and many of our employees enjoy flexible working enabling them to deliver results whilst having a good work life balance. Our hybrid working model allows for up to 60% of your working time to be carried out from home. At least 40% of your working time will be spent working in person.
Our selection process
Please click the ‘apply now’ button to apply and answer the supporting questions online demonstrating how you meet the criteria for this role. You may not be shortlisted if you don’t. Any identifying information in your application will automatically be anonymised for shortlisting purposes.
We want your experience applying for a job with us to be the best it can be. We may hold our interviews and assessments in person or by video call. If you foresee any problems, please let us know.
Equal opportunities for everyone
Equity, diversity and inclusion are a priority for us and we aim to foster an inclusive environment so our people can bring their authentic selves to work. This is integral to our mission to enable you to support our members and ensure their voice is heard by all UK governments to get the best outcomes for them and their patients.
As proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme we actively encourage applications from people with disabilities.
Contact details
For more information or for an informal discussion about the role please contact Jess Harris, Information Governance Manager on Jessica.Harris@rcn.org.uk
For more information about the recruitment and selection process please contact recruit@rcn.org.uk
Opening date
Monday 18 May 2026
Closing date
11.59pm on Friday 5 June 2026
If we receive many applications after a week of advertising, we may close this vacancy earlier.
Selection dates
The first stage assessments will be taking place online week commencing 15 June and interviews will be taking place in-person week commencing 22 June.
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme
Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.