Redaction & Publication Officer
Venesky-Brown’s client, a public sector organisation in Edinburgh, is currently looking to recruit a Redaction & Publication Officer for a 23 month contract on a rate of £187.80/day (Outside IR35). This role will be office-based with a degree of flexibility of up to two days per week working from home.
 
Responsibilities:
 
– Be responsible for the redaction of documents, prior to publication on the organisation’s website, ensuring high degrees of accuracy and consistent.
– Be responsible for the preparation and publication of documents on the organisation’s website, ensuring high degrees of accuracy and consistent.
– Be responsible for audio and error checks on transcripts produced by the Transcription Services provider.
– Be responsible for the creation and application of ciphers on redacted information, including related cipher databases and process flowcharts, ensuring high degrees of accuracy.
– Develop extensive knowledge of the organisation’s evidence database and its contents.
– Develop extensive knowledge of all case studies and the redaction guidelines, to allow informed decisions to be taken in relation to the approach to redaction.
– Work closely with the organisation’s Legal and Paralegal Teams, while undertaking the redaction of sensitive personal data before documents and statements can be released.
– Ensure day-to-day delivery and completion of business processes, including redaction and publication actions and timelines, preparing reports and making recommendations to update where required.
– Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, establishing effective working relationships with colleagues and in particular the Legal and Paralegal Teams.
– Work to ensure the integrity of the organisation at all stages of the redaction and publication processes, safeguarding organisational, personal and reputational risk.
– Work as part of a small to medium sized team, with an emphasis on encouragement, active listening, supporting each other’s wellbeing, and clear communication.
– Support the Assistant Head: Redaction & Publication in timely publication of the finalised documents.
– In the absence of the Assistant Head: Redaction & Publication, support colleagues handling sensitive, impacting personal information, monitoring team resilience.
– Ensure the Restriction Orders and policies are followed and the data protection and redaction and publication policies.
– Ensure compliance with relevant legislation, such as Data Protection (DP) and the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UKGDPR).
– Assist in providing support to the teams.
– Where required, process and analyse documentary evidence gathered, including the handling and management of sensitive and confidential information.
– Carry out research tasks, primarily based on the documentary evidence.
 
Essential Skills:
 
– High levels of interpersonal, oral and written communication skills, with excellent attention to detail.
– Experience of working in small and medium sized teams.
– High degrees of resilience and dealing with distressing subject matter.
– Proven experience of working under pressure and to tight timelines.
– Proven experience of handling sensitive information.
– Proven experience in working autonomously and assuming responsibility for document quality standards.
– An analytical thinker with the ability to also think laterally.
– Flexibility to work across the various functions.
 
If you would like to hear more about this opportunity please get in touch.

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Redaction & Publication Officer
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland, Scotland
£187.80 per day -
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