About the job

This position is designated as hybrid.

For our client we are searching for a Data Protection Advisor

Must be residing in UK and have the right to work in UK.

About the role:

As a Data Protection Advisor, you will be part of the Legal team responsible for developing, implementing, and monitoring policies, guidelines and procedures applicable to the business to ensure compliance with the UK GDPR and other relevant legislation.

Responsibilities will include:

• Advising on a full range of data privacy matters, including regulatory compliance, data protection impact assessments, privacy notices, data subject requests, contracts (including DPAs and DSAs), GDPR compliance, data protection by design and international data flows
• Liaising with business process owners on the data protection aspects of our clients business initiatives and activities including carrying out pre-screening, reviewing Processing Activity Capture Forms (PACF’s), carrying out Data Protection Impact Assessments, identifying privacy risks and mitigations, and updating the Record of Processing Activity (ROPA)
• Acting as data protection SME for transformation and other  projects, providing tailored, practical data protection advice and guidance to the project team(s) to ensure privacy by design and default is factored into the project(s)
• Monitoring compliance and data practices internally to ensure business areas and functions comply with the applicable requirements under the UK GDPR and other relevant legislation

Key Skills:

• Demonstrable experience of supporting and developing data protection processes and organisational policy recommendations
• Proven experience of advising on data protection projects for business areas
• Ability to support with a broad range of complex activities as described in the data protection work programme
• Experience of building strong relationships and networks

Qualifications:

• Practitioner certificate in data protection or similar qualification.
• Law degree or post-graduate legal qualification

Salary

From £40,000 per annum negotiable depending on experience

If this all sounds intriguing to you, apply today!

Location: United Kingdom