Data Protection Manager

Data Protection Manager

Hybrid working; from home, our office at One Strawberry Lane, Newcastle Upon Tyne (if you are local to the area) or you can be based from one of our other national offices, with occasional national travel

c£55,000 per annum (negotiable on experience) plus great benefits including Health Cash Plan

Home, a place where you belong

Join us in our fantastic new role of Data Protection Manager and play a key role in driving data protection compliance across Home Group, fostering a culture of data protection awareness and increasing its maturity.  This is your chance to make a big impact, bringing your expertise to help us meet our compliance requirements, building robust data governance and driving data insight as a priority.

Typical day as Data Protection Manager

• Ensuring strong data governance is in place to mitigate data risks.  
• You’ll monitor and measure data protection and implement robust processes, practices and carry out data audits.
• Build and maintain positive stakeholder relationships to ensure data protection principles and obligations are integrated into all business operations, supporting positive change.
• Lead and develop our data protection team, managing workloads and providing expert technical advice and guidance to the team and Home Group colleagues on data protection issues. 
• Undertake designated Data Protection Officer duties, working closely with Austin our Data Protection Officer/Director of Legal. This includes responding to data protection queries, assessing data risks in any given project, and providing advice on potential breaches and regulatory requirements.
• Staying up to date with changes in data protection laws and regulations so we remain compliant, contributing to the development of registers, processes, and systems for managing and recording data.  
• You’ll ensure all colleagues understand their data protection responsibilities which may include delivering training and workshops.

Fancy going home each day knowing that you have helped change our customers lives for the better? You’ll do that here, working for one of the top ten Great Place to Work in the UK employers!

You have 

• Proven experience as a Data Protection Officer or lead data protection specialist with a qualification such as CIPP/E or equivalent.
• Substantial knowledge and experience of data protection law, able to advise confidently on a wide range of queries and report on data protection risks.   
• A strong track record in creating strategies and governance to ensure data protection compliance and drive improvements in process, systems and culture.
• Experience managing a data protection team, guiding, supporting, and building competence.
• You will be a great influencer, understand how your role makes a difference to customers and able to explain the reasons behind key decisions, able to take people with you.
• Due to limits on our current certificates of sponsorship, we are not able to offer sponsorship to external candidates for this role.  This remains under regular review

Our team

Looking for a job where you really belong? Where you can be, well you!  Bring your uniqueness, brilliant skills and awesome experience to deliver amazing things for our customers. You’ll join our team, who come from different walks of life and are here to support you as you make yourself at Home!  

Job details

• Flexible working hours, 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday.  If you need to nip out to walk the dog or do the school run, we’re ok with that too!
• This is a hybrid role and you’ll spend a couple of days a week at our office at One Strawberry Lane, Newcastle Upon Tyne (or if you are not local to the area you can be based from one of our other national office locations). There will be the occasional bit of travel to our locations to support our colleagues and the rest you’ll work from home.

A place where you belong

Great things happen when we can be ourselves at work. We want all our colleagues to be who they truly are here. Our internal diversity networks, peers and allies (Multicultural, LGBTQIA+ and Disability) support us all to be our best. Together we make Home Group a great place to work!

 What’s in it for you?

• 34 days leave (including bank hols and a “me day” to use for whatever you fancy) increasing to 39, the option to buy 5 more, and time off for volunteering too!
• Health cash plan saving you from £1140 per annum. We’ll cover your costs (and kids if you have them) towards dental, optical, prescriptions, alternative therapies and lots more.
• Over 800 high street discounts on groceries, holidays and days out. Looking for a new phone, bike or car?  Save money with us.
• Generous pension scheme with life insurance of 3x salary
• Colleagues really matters to us, that’s why we’re the 10th Best place in the UK for Wellbeing. Our tools and support help you when you need them.  
• We Grow Our Own colleagues (not literally of course!), when you’re ready for the next step in your career, you can grow with us!
• Colleague wellbeing really matters to us. There are a number of tools and support available to help you when you need them.
• Explore our benefits in detail on our website.

Find out more

Click APPLY NOW to see our Data Protection Manager Job Description, find out about us and for help to apply. Sometimes we close a job early, so don’t delay or you might miss out.

Interviews are planned for Tuesday 13th August, so keep that space free in your diary.

Finally, do let us know if there’s anything we can do, to help you shine in our process by making reasonable adjustments at recruitment@homegroup.org.uk