• Locations

  London, UK

• Salary

  £61500

• Sector

  Finance, Procurement & Legal

• Type

  Permanent

The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) is the UK’s independent regulator of clinics providing fertility treatment and research involving human embryos. A key responsibility of the HFEA is management of the Register, a database of information about every fertility treatment carried out in the UK, populated with patient data received from clinics, that the HFEA has been responsible for since 1991, the longest running register of its kind in the world.

We are seeking to recruit to the post of Head of Information. There has never been a better time to join the HFEA. We are near completion of the roll-out of our new Register and data submission system and publication of Choose a Fertility Clinic data (Choose a fertility clinic | HFEA). We are also actively developing our Opening the Register team to meet an increase in demand.  The Head of Information is a senior role and is accountable for our Register, our Register support team, our Opening the Register team and IG/Records Management team.

You should be a credible leader and be able to effectively manage a broad portfolio of responsibilities, with proven experience in overseeing organisational governance, including corporate decision making and performance management. You should be an excellent team leader and be able to build strong and supportive working relationships with senior leaders. You should also have the skills required to ensure that the Register database is maintained, and data formats prepared enabling secondary use by a range of internal and external users. This includes working with technical experts to ensure the integrity of the database and information received through the data submission system, PRISM, and ensuring the data is verified and accurate.