Disclosure Manager
Job summary
As the Disclosure Manager within the Information Rights Team, you will be responsible for the efficient management of a team of Disclosure Officers who coordinate responses to requests for information under freedom of information (FOIA), environmental information regulations (EIR), and data protection legislation.
You will have responsibility for ensuring the team operates effectively, promoting compliance and adherence to statutory timeframes for responses, and ensuring the quality of responses. You will provide advice, guidance and support for disclosure matters across the organisation, driving a positive information rights culture.
Job description
In this role you will maintain effective records management, update SharePoint sites, handle internal review requests, and support the Information Rights Manager with complaints and ICO correspondence. The role requires interpreting legislation and regulatory guidance, delivering timely and high-quality advice on information rights issues, and participating in the FOIA publication scheme review.
Additional responsibilities include designing and implementing information rights training, conducting monitoring and audit activities to ensure compliance, compiling information for the Freedom of Information disclosure log, and providing statistical returns to the Cabinet Office. The Disclosure Manager is also expected to deputise for the Information Rights Manager and cover for team members, as well as undertake any other tasks appropriate to the grade and role description.
For more information about the role, please see the attached job description.
Person specification
To be successful in this role you will have a practitioner qualification in Freedom of Information such as the British Computer Society Certificate Practitioner level (or equivalent).
You will have experience in:
- Current working knowledge and practical application of freedom of information legislation within a comparable organisation
- Current working knowledge of data protection legislation within a comparable organisation
- Line management experience of a team of information rights practitioners
- Track record of working on own initiative and as part of a wider team, providing advice to achieve common goals
- Evidence of managing conflicting priorities and meeting demanding deadlines
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, being able to explain the application of rules and legislation
- Knowledge and experience of monitoring information rights compliance
For more information about the role, please see the attached job description.
Where an individual taking up the responsibility will be based in Swansea Office, the ability to speak Welsh is desirable. This will not be tested in the application or interview process.
Qualifications
Practitioner qualification in Freedom of Information such as the British Computer Society Certificate Practitioner level (or equivalent)Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Changing and Improving
- Making Effective Decisions
- Leadership
- Managing a Quality Service
- Communicating and Influencing
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £39,849, HM Land Registry contributes £11,544 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.#WeAreHMLR
At HM Land Registry our vision is a world leading property market as part of a thriving economy and a sustainable future. We are unique in terms of the economic and social impacts of our work, our ability to make a positive difference to the lives of our customers, our sense of mission, and our great people. They are the foundation of all we have achieved and all we aspire to in the future. We want our people to feel proud to work for HM Land Registry and able to fulfil their full potential.
We have a strong and positive culture, a commitment to inclusivity, an emphasis on continuous learning and development, and flexible ways of working. We offer competitive pay and annual leave, attractive pension options and a wide range of other benefits.
- We have integrity – we value honesty, trust and doing the right thing in the right way.
- We drive innovation – we are forward-thinking, embrace change and are continually improving our processes.
- We are professional – we value and grow our knowledge and professional expertise.
- We give assurance – we guarantee our services and provide confidence to the property market.
You can find more information on our rewards package on our website.
Things you need to know
Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.How to Apply
Please complete the qualification question:
Do you have a practitioner qualification in Freedom of Information such as the British Computer Society Certificate Practitioner level (or equivalent)?
If you answer no, your application will stop here.
Complete your CV to include your work history and qualifications. We will be scoring your CV against the technical criteria and the essential experience,
- Current working knowledge and practical application of freedom of information legislation within a comparable organisation
- Line management experience of a team of information rights practitioners
Complete the Personal Statement section (in no more than 1250 words), please demonstrate how you meet the following essential Experience criteria:
- Current working knowledge and practical application of freedom of information legislation within a comparable organisation
- Current working knowledge of data protection legislation within a comparable organisation
- Line management experience of a team of information rights practitioners
- Evidence of managing conflicting priorities and meeting demanding deadlines
- Knowledge and experience of monitoring information rights compliance
Please review your application form before clicking ‘submit’ –once you have submitted, you will not be able to amend your application. Ensure your application form is received by the closing date for receipt of applications –this is 11:55pm on the advertised date.
Sift
The sift will take place shortly after the closing date.
In case of a high volume of applications we may complete a pre-sift on your CV.
Then we may complete a second pre-sift on the essential criteria:
Current working knowledge and practical application of freedom of information legislation within a comparable organisation
Interview
If successful at shortlisting stage, you will be invited to attend a virtual, blended interview and deliver a pre-prepared presentation. Details will be provided on invitation to interview. The blended interview will test the essential experience criteria and Behaviours listed in the ‘Person Specification’ as well as the strengths associated with the role, details will be provided on invitation to interview.
We want to hear your first, unrehearsed, natural response to strength questions, and so we don’t advertise which strengths are being tested. The best way to prepare for strengths questions is to reflect on what you identify as your own personal strengths, and your preferred ways of working.
We expect interviews to take place during the week commencing the 13th April 2026.
Candidates may refer to notes within their video interview, but they should be used as a prompt only.
HMLR is accredited to the Disability Confident Scheme, which denotes organisations which have a positive attitude towards disabled people.
If you require the panel to consider a reasonable adjustment or there is anything else you would like the panel to take into consideration, you are asked to notify us of this at application stage where possible or during the process as soon as it becomes a requirement.
Visa Sponsorship
Please note that we will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa where a role is in a certain business critical category. This role does not meet that category, and we will not sponsor a skilled worker visa.
You must ensure you have the appropriate right to work in the UK before applying.
You can find more information on how we use your personal data on our website
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).Apply and further information
This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : Paul Johnson
- Email : paul.johnson@landregistry.gov.uk
Recruitment team
Further information
If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance to the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, please email hrresourcingteam2@landregistry.gov.uk in the first instance. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from HM Land Registry then you may take your complaint to the Civil Service Commission: http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/making-complaint/Attachments
Disclosure Manager Job Description Opens in new window (pdf, 190kB)Candidate Pack Opens in new window (pdf, 1713kB)Salary range
- £39,849 per year