Data Protection Manager

Amnesty International UK; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days annual leave

2-5% matched pension contributions

Flexible working options

Job summary

An influential human rights organization seeks a Data Protection Manager to lead compliance with data protection laws and support its digital transformation in London. You will ensure ethical data usage while protecting the rights of supporters and staff. Ideal candidates will have expertise in privacy by design, compliance, and data protection impact on fundraising and marketing strategies. This full-time role provides a competitive salary and generous leave benefits.

Qualifications

• Skilled in embedding privacy by design into digital change projects.
• Ability to translate complex legal requirements into practical guidance.
• Strong understanding of data protection impacts on fundraising and marketing strategies.

Responsibilities

• Lead the implementation of data protection compliance across the organization.
• Create frameworks for data ethics and public trust.
• Serve as a subject matter expert on data protection matters.

Skills

Privacy by Design

Compliance Knowledge

Collaboration

Communication

Job description

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Amnesty International UK provided pay range

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

Base pay range

Amnesty International UK (AIUK) has a simple aim: an end to human rights abuses. Independent, international and influential, we campaign for justice, fairness, freedom and truth wherever they are denied. If you want to use your skills, knowledge, and experience to help fight for human rights, you could be our new Data Protection Manager.

About the role

The Data Protection Manager will play a vital role in enabling Amnesty International UK's digital transformation while ensuring compliance with data protection laws. Sitting within the Data and Insight team but working across the organisation this role leads on embedding privacy-by-design across new technologies such as our CRM system, marketing platforms, and collaboration tools.

You'll be our subject matter expert on data protection, helping teams navigate compliance with clarity and confidence, and creating frameworks that support innovation and growth. By ensuring we use data ethically and responsibly you'll help us build public trust in how we protect the privacy and rights of our supporters, staff, and people we work with, upholding the very principles we campaign for.

More details can be found by downloading the job description from our careers portal.

The role may be for you if:

• You're skilled in embedding privacy by design into major digital and organisational change projects, ensuring compliance supports innovation from the outset.
• You can translate complex legal and regulatory requirements into clear, practical guidance for colleagues across a range of disciplines.
• You collaborate and positively contribute to an inclusive culture.
• You also have a strong understanding of how data protection impacts fundraising, marketing, and supporter engagement strategies.

Our Commitment to you

Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-Racism (IDEA) are at the core of our values. We want to be an organisation that tackles structural inequality and prejudice as well as be an actively anti-racist organisation. This means taking a meaningful and equitable approach to supporting and developing you and others during your time with us.

New colleagues receive 27 days leave annually (29 after five years), as well as bank holidays (pro rated for part time) and 3 wellbeing days. 2-5% employee pension contributions are matched at 6-9% and we offer 6 months full pay for family leave. We offer flexible working such as compressed work patterns and job shares.

Apply for this role

This vacancy advert may be taken down from job boards earlier than the stated deadline if a high standard of applications is received (if you have started an application in our portal, you will still have opportunity to complete it by the original deadline).

We welcome applications from everyone and particularly encourage applications from people from an ethnic minority background, and people with a disability to help us achieve a balanced representation in our workforce, especially at senior grades.

To reduce bias in our shortlisting process, AIUK operates an anonymised application process. If for any reason you prefer to apply in a different format, or require adjustments in the process, please get in touch. To support all candidates to perform their best at interview, we send questions 24 hours in advance. We are a disability confident organisation.

Visit amnesty.org.uk/jobs for application guidance and information on benefits, recruitment inclusion and hybrid working.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

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  Full-time

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