Data Protection and Information Governance Manager

About Aberlour …

Aberlour is Scotland’s leading children’s charity and has been recognised as a Top 100 best places to work winner by the Sunday Times.

Our strategy is to be bold and brave, to ensure that every child in Scotland has an equal chance.   As an organisation we are ambitious to deliver real and lasting change for children, young people and families.  

What we are looking for... 

You will use your extensive knowledge and experience to provide strategic leadership, assurance and operational oversight for data protection, information governance and records management across Aberlour. 

Acting as the organisations Data Protection Officer, you will ensure that statutory and regulatory requirements are met, promote good practice for physical and digital records and provide professional leadership and expertise.

Leading a small team and working closely with the IT and Digital team you will develop necessary systems, lead assurance activity and establish proportionate monitoring and audit arrangements to ensure an organisational approach to data protection by design and default.

You will have a relevant professional qualification in archives and/or records/information management or equivalent experience plus a practitioner/advanced certificate in Data Protection.

Ideally, you will have practical experience of governing records held in Microsoft 365, including SharePoint and OneDrive, and in an enterprise case management system such as Dynamics 365.

To have a look at our values to understand more about what we are looking for from our employees click here.

What we offer...

As well as a supportive team, we want all our employees to feel valued and rewarded for the vital work they do. When you work with us, we'll recognise your efforts with generous annual leave, an excellent employer pension scheme, life assurance worth 3x salary and a range of deals and discounts across various retailers. Find out more about our Employee Benefits here and our commitment to Equality and Diversity here.

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If you have any queries please e-mail: jobs@aberlour.org.uk Applications are welcome from diverse ethnic minority and cultural communities and under-represented faith and religious groups.

Aberlour is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our service users and uses a thorough and rigorous recruitment and selection process including PVG Scheme checks to ensure this commitment is not compromised.

Applications to be returned by midnight on Monday 16th November 2026

Interviews are expected to be held on Monday 30th November 2026