Data and Information Governance Technician

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NEAT Academy Trust – Central Team is seeking to appoint a Data & Information Governance Technician to support the provision of high quality and professional data services to all staff and students within our Trust.

Reporting to the Data & Information Governance Manager, the successful candidate will be instrumental in collating, formatting, and presenting data, ensuring accuracy, and assisting in the development and improvement of data systems and procedures. This is an exciting opportunity to support the development and maintenance of our information governance framework. You will work closely with various departments to ensure adherence to policies, standards, and regulatory requirements (e.g., GDPR, DPIA).

We are looking for a colleague who has:

• Experience of analysing and interpreting education performance data.
• Experience of working with data analysis tools and software to interrogate data and produce reports for a variety of audiences.
• Excellent attention to details to ensure data is accurate.
• Reasoning skills and ability to interpret information.
• Support data privacy impact assessments (DPIAs) and ensure compliance with data protection regulations.
• Assist with incident response related to data breaches and security incidents.
• Ability to respect and maintain confidentiality.

NEAT Academy Trust is a thriving and collaborative partnership of eight primary and secondary schools across the north east of England, working together to provide a first-class education for all our learners. Each school has its own distinctive ethos and the trust protects both Church of England and non-Church schools to retain their particular designation. We are firmly rooted in our local communities, which enables us to develop and share effective strategies to enable our pupils to improve their life chances with the support of their families.

In return we offer:

• Great opportunities for continuing professional development and a career pathway across the trust.
• A team of hardworking, dedicated and friendly staff where everyone is valued.
• The benefit of working in a highly collaborative multi academy trust.
• Membership of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme which the trust also contributes to on your behalf.
• Recognition of previous service with other schools, academies, local government etc.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), delivered by Health Assured – the UK and Irelands leading wellbeing provider.
• Good public transport links via Tyne and Wear Metro and road links from the A19 and A1058 Coast Road.

Interested? If you would like to join us and feel you could thrive here, then please read the accompanying Person Specification and Job Description and complete an application form by clicking ‘apply now’ no later than midnight on Sunday 22nd June 2025.

NEAT is committed to safer recruitment practice and promoting the welfare of children and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This position is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and a satisfactory Enhanced DBS from the Disclosure and Barring Service is required as part of pre-employment checks. For shortlisted candidates, we will conduct an online search as part of our screening.