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- Annual Salary: £47,463 to £53,265
- Location: SE1, London
- Job Type: Permanent, Hybrid
We are seeking a Data Protection Specialist to join our team of expert Data Protection practitioners. This role involves providing specialist advice and guidance on privacy and data protection compliance matters, with a primary focus on completing complex Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) and managing related projects. The successful candidate will also support our Data Protection Officer (DPO) and act as a subject matter expert within the team.
Day-to-day of the role:- Act as the DPIA Lead on projects requiring Data Protection input, coordinating projects related to data protection and helping meet our Accountability requirements.
- Manage team input to the Data Protection Impact Assessment process, ensuring broad understanding and business buy-in, and that agreed mitigating actions are effectively deployed.
- Work independently and in partnership with members of the Data Protection Team on DPIAs, providing regular updates to the DPO and senior management, and escalating issues as required.
- Create and maintain project records to meet Accountability Requirements.
- Assist with the risk-based compliance programme, mapping out priority areas and allocating responsibilities.
- Take forward issues identified from day-to-day casework that may require further in-depth exploration/ownership to ensure compliance.
- Produce reports and KPIs to reflect workload and performance.
- Lead the team to ensure the service is responsive, high quality, and provides clear & consistent advice to colleagues internally and stakeholders externally.
- Support the Team Leaders in providing training and development and motivating the team to ensure an effective and efficient support service to the business.
- Provide cover for Team Leaders where required, which may include assisting with broader compliance activities such as breach management.
- Identify and deploy creative solutions to raise and maintain the profile of the team, ensuring business awareness and maximising opportunities to work cross-functionally to further assure privacy practices and policies are communicated and understood across the Group.
- Proven experience in Data Protection and privacy compliance.
- Strong understanding of DPIA processes and data protection laws.
- Ability to lead and coordinate complex projects and assessments.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, capable of working collaboratively across various departments.
- Ability to produce detailed reports and maintain accurate records.
- Creative problem-solving skills and ability to implement effective data protection strategies.
- Competitive salary based on experience.
- Hybrid working model, allowing flexibility between home and office.
- Comprehensive training and development opportunities.
- Supportive team environment with scope for career progression.
- Generous employee benefits package including: 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays) increasing to 30 over time Matched pension contributions up to 7.5% of your salary Flexible benefits scheme offers corporate rates and discounts on financial, health and wellbeing, and lifestyle benefits.
