Data Protection Consultant

Judicium Education; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave allowance

Flexible benefits package

Healthcare Scheme

Learning & Development opportunities

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Data Protection Officer/Consultant, where you will play a vital role in ensuring compliance and safeguarding data. This exciting position offers the chance to work with a diverse range of clients, providing innovative solutions and expert advice. With a focus on professional development, you will have access to learning opportunities and a supportive environment. Enjoy the flexibility of hybrid or remote work while contributing to a mission-driven team dedicated to excellence in data protection. If you have a background in law, compliance, or data protection, this could be your next great career move.

Qualifications

• Experience in data protection, legal or compliance roles is essential.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills needed for this position.

Responsibilities

• Engage with clients to build relationships and provide compliance advice.
• Review and draft policies and procedures related to data protection.

Skills

Data Protection Compliance

Problem-Solving Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Analytical Report Writing

Training Delivery

Education

Legal Background

Compliance Background

Education Sector Experience

Tools

Microsoft Office

Microsoft 365

Job description

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This range is provided by Judicium Education. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

Judicium Education exists to keep schools and trusts safe by providing trusted professional services that focus on quality, reliability, and scale. We believe in the power of our people and encourage self-driven innovation. We work with you to drive your career development, providing you with learning opportunities and great specialist support.

We are looking for a Data Protection Officer / Consultant to join our innovative data protection team to support our diverse range of experience, expertise, and approaches.

If you have a data protection, legal or compliance background, get in touch with us to discuss how your experience can transfer to providing a robust service to our clients and how we can support you with your career. We offer a generous benefits package and remote/home working with attendance at the London/client onsite visits. You must live within a reasonable distance from either our clients or the London office.

Responsibilities

• Engage with our clients to develop long-lasting relationships and provide innovative compliance.
• Proven track record of working independently with responsibility for providing clients with recommendations on potential risks and audit reports on compliance levels within data protection legislation.
• Ability to assess situations quickly on data breaches and how to contain them.
• Lead on reviewing, drafting policies and procedures.
• Excellent organisational skills, listening, oral and literacy skills.
• Strong written analytical report writing and research skills.
• Experience or willingness to provide client training virtually and in-person.

If you can demonstrate the following, we'd love to hear from you:

• Experience in data protection, regulatory/compliance, legal, education or consultancy background will be considered - additional cross-training will be provided.
• High-level problem-solving skills, capable of producing and researching written content to a professional quality.
• Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to relate to and communicate effectively with people at all levels, managing the differing expectations of all stakeholders.
• Strong experience of using IT, particularly in using Microsoft office and 365.
• Ability and willingness to undertake continual professional development training.
• Previous experience in a similar role within the education sector is desirable but not essential.

As an equal opportunities employer, we celebrate diversity and flexibility, and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment for our incredible team. We offer:

• Generous annual leave allowance of 36 days (28+8 bank holidays) +1 for every year of service (up to a maximum of 5 days).
• Hybrid or remote working across the country.
• Learning & Development.
• Flexible benefits package including Healthcare Scheme and ability purchase Annual Leave.

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Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Education

Industries

Education