Paralegal - 6 months

Paralegal - FCA - 6 months - London

Hybrid Working (2 days per week in office)

About the FCA:

At the FCA, we're creating a fair and more resilient financial system. We're establishing more transparent relationships between financial services and their customers, building trust in financial markets and protecting vulnerable consumers!

About the Opportunity

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Information Disclosure Team (IDT) which is responsible for a variety of high profile and public facing work including compliance with the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), Data Protection Act (DPA) and certain other areas of information-based activity such as compliance with the Environmental Information Regulations and the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations. The team's role is crucial to the success of the relationship between the FCA, the public and the regulated community and you will have the opportunity to make a real contribution to this high-profile area of compliance. You will be working in a challenging and high-profile environment and work with a wide range of key internal and external stakeholders. This is an opportunity to enhance and develop your skills and understand how the FCA approaches FoIA compliance and DPA requirements under GDPR.

What does this role involve?

• Process requests for information, known as 'right to know' requests, received under the Freedom of Information Act, liaising with the business as required
• Process Subject Access Requests (SARs) made under the UK GDPR, liaising with relevant corporate teams and contacts as required
• Maintain the FCA's FOIA Publication Scheme
• Produce high quality oral and written communications
• Help to develop and maintain the network of FOI contacts
• Produce high quality ad hoc (oral and written) communications
• Monitor relevant regulatory developments and notifying the business of changing statutory or corporate requirements
• Managing Internal Reviews of FOI appeals
• Supporting on other Information Rights Requests (IRRs)

Key Skills/Experience:

• Experience of processing Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) requests or similar compliance/case management experience
• Proven stakeholder management experience and ability to proactively develop effective relationships with colleagues at all levels
• Experience of processing SARs as a Case Officer.

What will you get from the role?

• The opportunity to contribute to the FCA's greater transparency agenda through compliance with the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
• The opportunity to work in a high-profile environment, managing a wide network of internal and external stakeholders
• The opportunity to enhance and develop your skills and understand how the FCA FCA restricted approaches FOIA and DPA compliance
• The opportunity to learn more about the FCA, its regulatory agenda and deliver against its operational objectives