Compliance Consultant

Select Engineering Limited; Coventry; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Select Engineering Limited is seeking a Compliance Consultant to embed GDPR compliance for DSAR and other information requests. You will join a four-person team reporting to the Process Delivery Manager and own assignments with accountability and timely delivery.

The role requires strong data-analysis capabilities, Excel proficiency, and excellent communication. It emphasises risk-based decision making and collaboration across the organisation.

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar role or sensitive business area.
• Knowledge of Data Subject Access rights (GDPR).
• Ability to work independently and take ownership.
• Team-oriented with consideration for wider needs.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Good influencing skills and ability to prioritise workload.
• Excellent critical thinking and risk-based decision making.
• Strong analytical skills with Excel for data analysis.
• Resilient, energetic, and time-constrained delivery.
• Agile, with integrity and positive collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Embed GDPR compliance within the end-to-end DSAR process.
• Work with a 4-person team reporting to the Process Delivery Manager.
• Respond to information requests from third parties and employees with urgency.

Skills

Experience in similar role

GDPR knowledge

Independent and proactive

Team-oriented

Interpersonal communication

Influencing skills

Time management

Critical thinking

Analytical skills with Excel

Resilient and proactive

Integrity and collaboration

Education

Relevant degree or equivalent experience

Tools

SuccessFactors Plus

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Adobe Acrobat

Job description

Duties:

Compliance Consultant will work with an existing team of 4 members, reporting into the Process Delivery Manager.

The purpose of this role is to embed compliance under General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for delivering the end-to-end process of Data Subject Access Requests (DSAR), Pre-Action Protocols (PAPs) requests and other Information requests from third parties (e.g. solicitors, Jobcentre Plus, Department for Work and Pensions) and employees. This is a high priority, as we are legally bound to respond.

Skills:

Essential Skills:

• Experience of working in a similar role or a sensitive business area.
• Knowledge of Data Subject Access rights namely the “right to access”.
• Ability to work independently and proactively, taking full ownership and responsibility for own work; fully invested in achieving a successful result.
• You view things as a team rather than individual project level, considering the wider team needs.
• Strong interpersonal/communication skills, including ability to communicate effectively at all levels.
• Good influencing skills.
• Strong ability to organise and ensure prioritisation of personal workload to meet tight deadlines.
• Excellent at critical thinking and confident in ability to make swift risk-based decisions.
• Strong analytical skills and highly competent in use of excel to enable and support analysis of employee master data and team activity reporting.
• Resilient, energetic and enthusiastic, able to deliver results under time constraints, whilst responding constructively to challenging new ideas and inputs.
• You must be agile, work with integrity and have the ability to make a positive impact with your colleagues and the wider organisation.

Desirable Skills:

• Relevant degree or equivalent experience preferred / Relevant apprenticeship or equivalent experience preferred.
• HR shared service experience.
• Experience of working with People Data systems i.e. SuccessFactors Plus.
• Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Office apps such as Word, Excel & PowerPoint.
• Experience in using a range of tools within Adobe Acrobat.
• Demonstrate project management and problem-solving skills; namely technological challenges that may arise and could impact ability to meet statutory deadlines.

Education:

Relevant degree or equivalent experience preferred / Relevant apprenticeship or equivalent experience preferred.