Data Protection Consultant

Privacy Helper Ltd; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Privacy Helper is seeking an experienced Data Protection Consultant to join our expanding privacy team. You will manage client portfolios and deliver GDPR compliance advice, DPIAs, DSARs, and policy development in a hybrid/remote UK role.

You will liaise with senior stakeholders, provide pragmatic, risk-based guidance, and help clients navigate evolving privacy challenges in today’s digital landscape.

Qualifications

• At least three years’ experience in a data protection role.
• Strong account management and communication skills.
• Experience presenting to clients online and in person.
• Degree or professional qualification such as CIPP/E.
• Knowledge of UK GDPR, DUAA, PECR and FOI.
• Familiarity with DPIAs and DSARs.

Responsibilities

• Provide informed advice on UK GDPR, DUAA, PECR and FOI.
• Review and develop data protection policies.
• Review data processing contracts.
• Manage complex queries such as DSARs and data breaches.
• Deliver staff training programmes on privacy awareness.
• Support DPIAs and ROPAs.
• Represent clients with supervisory authorities.

Skills

Account management

Communication

Time management

CRM tools

DPIAs

DSARs

Policy development

Stakeholder engagement

Presenting to clients

Education

Degree in relevant discipline

CIPP/E

Tools

CRM software

Privacy management tools

Job description

Hours: Monday to Friday, 9:00am to 5:30pm (37.5 hours per week)

Location: Hybrid or remote. You may work from home or at our offices in Bedford Heights, Brickhill Drive, Bedford, MK41 7PH

About Us.

Privacy Helper is the data protection brand of DAMM Solutions Group Ltd.

Established in 2017, our Privacy Team has become one of the UK’s leading privacy consultancies, working with clients across a wide range of sectors both nationally and internationally.

In 2024 we began an exciting new phase of growth, setting ambitious plans to guide our business over the next five to ten years. As part of this expansion, we are seeking an experienced Data Protection Consultant to join our team.

What we do.

We deliver a broad range of data protection and privacy services including gap analyses, remediation projects, outsourced DPO services and, more recently, advisory work on the adoption of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence.

Our work also involves data protection impact assessments (DPIAs), responses to data subject access requests (DSARs), data breach management, staff training and policy development.

The Role

We are looking for someone who takes a pragmatic, risk-based approach to data protection and understands how to adapt their advice to the client’s risk appetite. You should be commercially aware, passionate about your work and have excellent account management skills.

You will manage your own portfolio of clients, prioritise your workload effectively and deliver high quality results to agreed timescales. While you will work independently, you will also contribute to the wider team’s projects and support colleagues as needed.

A confident communicator, you should be comfortable engaging with senior leaders in companies of all shapes, sectors and sizes.

This role may involve travel within the UK and overseas. A full UK driving licence is required.

Key Responsibilities.

• Provide informed advice and recommendations on compliance with UK GDPR, DUAA, PECR and FOI
• Review and develop data protection policies and procedures
• Identify business processes and systems relevant to data protection compliance
• Review commercial agreements and data processing contracts
• Manage complex queries such as subject access requests and data breaches, resolving issues efficiently
• Design and deliver staff training programmes to build a culture of privacy awareness
• Support clients with DPIAs, records of processing (ROPAs), legitimate interest assessments and policy drafting
• Represent clients when liaising with supervisory authorities in the event of complaints or breach notifications
• Promote best practice and act as a trusted point of contact for data protection matters
• Deliver and support completion of the Data Security and Protection Toolkit (DSPT) for clients in the health and social care sectors, ensuring submissions meet NHS and ICO requirements

About you.

• At least three years’ experience in a data protection role, ideally including client management
• Strong account management and communication skills
• Confidence in presenting to clients both online and in person
• Excellent time management and organisational skills, with experience of using CRM tools
• Proven experience delivering data protection work such as DSARs, breaches and DPIAs
• Ability to explain complex privacy concepts to senior stakeholders
• A degree in a relevant discipline or a professional qualification such as CIPP/E
• Knowledge of cyber security principles
• Awareness of global data protection laws.
• Completion of Ai Governance Course or willingness to learn.

You will be part of a growing consultancy where your expertise will help shape the future direction of our business. We value professionalism, trust and a commitment to helping clients navigate data protection challenges in an ever-changing digital landscape.