Data Protection Lead

Data Protection Lead

Permanent, Full Time - 37 hours per week (50:50 hybrid)

Salary £40,760 - £42,581

Sheffield (S1 4EB)

We have an exciting opportunity for a Data Protection Lead, working within our Governance Team to ensure that SYHA maintains the highest standards in protecting the personal data of customers and colleagues. This role is a hybrid role working remotely and from our Sheffield Head Office, with a great range of benefits and flexibility.

Our wider benefits:

• Generous holiday entitlement - 27 days annual leave, statutory bank holidays plus an additional 4 SYHA days, pro rata.
• 5% Pension contribution
• Excellent flexible working options including Flexi Time, Condensed Hours
• Excellent benefits including:
  • SYHA Rewards - employee discount scheme, which offers cash back and shopping discounts. Plus advice and resources on health eating, financial wellbeing, exercise and mastering your mental health
  • Westfield Health (employer paid)
  • Counselling
  • Discounted Gym membership
  • Cycle to work scheme
• Access to a wide range of programmes to train and develop you.

More about the role:

This role reports directly to the Head of Governance and will take overall responsibility for SYHA maintaining compliance with its data protection obligations and the role holder will be SYHA’s nominated Data Protection Officer (DPO). Responsibilities include:

• Supporting colleagues to uphold the highest data protection standards
• Dealing with and responding to data breaches
• Dealing with and responding to subject access requests
• Maintaining an information asset register for ROPA, data retention obligations etc.
• Ensuring appropriate data sharing agreements are in place
• Providing guidance and training to colleagues
• Auditing of compliance within the organisation’s services

Who you are:

• Excellent understanding of the requirements of the UK GDPR and DPA
• Great customer service ethic (internal and external customers)
• Good standard of digital competence (MS Office, databases)
• Great organisational and observational skills
• Must be passionate about data protection
• Must be a good communicator able to engage effectively with a variety of audiences
• Excellent project management & problem-solving skills
• Able to meet deadlines
• Able to work autonomously and within a team

Who we are:

At South Yorkshire Housing Association, our purpose is for our customers to settle at home, live well and realise their potential.

Feeling settled and living well means different things to the people and families that live across South Yorkshire. So, we work with people in different ways - from our extra-care housing, to providing services and opportunities that individuals can access in their home, workplace and community, to creating houses for affordable rent.

Our employees enable us to create the best services, support, and experiences for our customers. We believe that difference makes us better, and that our services are made stronger by having a diverse workforce. We encourage and welcome applications from all backgrounds.

Please note that we may remove this advert prior to the advertised date, dependent on the level of response received. Please apply at your earliest convenience.

At SYHA, we value the incredible contribution and talent that people with disabilities can and do bring to our workplace and we are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. As part of our commitments, we will ensure that disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role will be guaranteed the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at interview.

To be considered under the scheme, disabled applicants must disclose their disability (as defined by the Equality Act 2010) on the Equal Opportunities section of the job application.

Closing Date: 6 January 2025 at midnight

Interview Date: 10 January 2025