Automation and AI Governance Officer
Help shape safe, controlled and effective use of automation and AI across Warwickshire County Council.
About the role
In this role, you will:
- Support the operation and delivery of the Council’s automation and AI governance, including Power Apps, Power Automate and Copilot.
- Carry out administration of governance processes, ensuring onboarding, approvals, controls and documentation are completed consistently and accurately.
- Maintain and configure Power Platform Admin Centre in line with agreed governance arrangements.
- Apply and manage data loss prevention (DLP) policies and other platform controls to support secure and compliant use.
- Maintain accurate records of environments, automations and AI-enabled assets, ensuring information is suitable for audit and assurance purposes.
- Monitor platform usage, compliance indicators, adoption trends and licensing data using Power Platform Admin Centre tooling, identifying issues and escalating where required.
- Produce management information and reports to support assurance, governance and decision making.
- Work with Cyber Security, Information Governance and ICT teams to ensure risks are identified and managed appropriately.
- Support continuous improvement of automation and AI governance processes, documentation and ways of working.
- Investigate issues and support resolution, escalating where needed.
- Contribute to policy, standards and process development relating to automation and AI.
About you
You’ll bring:
- A proactive and reliable approach, with a willingness to develop technical knowledge.
- Good general IT skills and familiarity with digital systems, platforms or tools relevant to the role.
- Experience working in an ICT or digital environment, or equivalent practical experience.
- The ability to interpret information and apply structured thinking to solve problems.
- Good communication skills, with the ability to explain technical or process-related information clearly to non-technical users.
- The ability to organise and prioritise your own workload, managing competing demands.
- An understanding of governance, risk and compliance principles in a digital or ICT setting.
- Experience contributing to or following policies, standards and procedures.
Desirable
- Experience working with or supporting an automation and AI governance function, or similar capability.
- Awareness of Microsoft Power Platform Admin Centre or similar technologies.
- Experience working alongside Cyber Security or Information Governance teams.
- Understanding of public sector or local authority environments.
- Evidence of self-directed learning or developing skills in new technologies or tools.
For further information please see the Job Description and Person Specification.
Working for Warwickshire – This is the difference you make
Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feels valued, included, safe, supported, and welcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision, could you be one of them!
At Warwickshire County Council we are committed to ensuring Warwickshire’s economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training, skills and infrastructure. Our people vision for Warwickshire County Council is a great place to work where diverse and talented people are enabled to be their best.
Your future matters to us, we provide a generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants.
The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform.
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Additional Information
The Fluency Duty is outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers. The Fluency Duty for this role is required. You must be able to speak and provide advice accurately spoken English to the public.
We recommend submitting your application as soon as possible. We don’t want to keep you waiting so we will be starting the initial shortlist and assessment process while the job advert is running. Please check your emails or applicant account via ourjobsportal for any updates on your application.
If you are applying for this role on a secondment basis please ensure you have permission from your line manager.
To discuss the role please contact Joanna Smith – joannasmith@warwickshire.gov.uk.
Closing date: 29th June 2026
Interview date: w/c 29th June and 6th July 2026
Should you require any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact hrandpayroll@warwickshire.gov.uk and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements.
