Data Protection Manager, Children'S Services (22715)

Barnardos; England; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Leave 26 days

Group Personal Pension with matched 4%

Cycle2work scheme

Employee assistance programme

Learning and Development offer

Discounts via Benefit Portal

20% discount at Barnardo's stores

Job summary

Barnardo's is seeking an experienced Data Protection Manager for Children's Services to lead the data protection function across the four UK nations. You will work closely with the Assistant Director and governance teams to ensure compliance with legislation, policy and standards, and to improve data protection practices across Barnardo's Children’s Services.

The role involves providing specialist advice, supporting incident responses, and guiding ongoing improvements while maintaining a secure

Qualifications

• Experience with data protection legislation and policy compliance.
• Ability to guide improvements in data protection practice.
• Experience in incident response and data breach handling.

Responsibilities

• Oversee data protection function within Barnardo's Children's Services.
• Provide specialist advice and guidance on data protection issues across UK nations.
• Manage responses to data protection incidents and monitor emerging themes.

Skills

Data protection

Information governance

Incident response

Stakeholder management

Job description

We are looking for an experienced, knowledgeable and confident data protection professional to join Barnardo's Safeguarding and Compliance Team as the Data Protection Manager for Children's Services. With the support of a small team, they will manage the data protection function within Barnardo's Children's Services, covering all four U.K. nations. They will work closely with the Assistant Director Children's Services, Information Governance and Compliance, the Corporate Information Governance Team and colleagues and teams at all levels of Barnardo's Children's Services and the wider organisation, to oversee compliance with data protection legislation, policy and standards and guide the ongoing improvement of data protection practice within Barnardo's Children's Services.

As well as providing specialist advice, support and guidance they will manage the response to data protection incidents within Children's Services and monitor themes and trends to identify and implement improvement opportunities. We are looking for someone who will take a supportive and enabling approach to providing subject matter expertise on all elements of data protection to help ensure the data of children and families is safely managed. Please refer to the job description for a more in-depth outline of the key responsibilities and activities associated with this role.

For an informal discussion about this role please contact Kate Goodwin (Assistant Director Children's Services, Information Governance and Compliance) -

Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.

Pay & Reward Framework

We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's . We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.

For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out in April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay.

Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band – this ensures that pay steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours. More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application.

Benefits

Workplace Offer: What it means for you

Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, in the community, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or depending on the role any combination of these. Please read through the advert carefully to understand the remits of hybrid working that will be specific to the role.

• Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
• Annual Leave entitlement for full-time colleagues is 26 days per annum, increasing to 27 days per annum, after 3 years Barnardo's service, 29 days per annum, after 5 years Barnardo's service and 30 days per annum, after 7 years Barnardo's service. Those working less than full time are entitled to the same level of holiday pro rata
• The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our Buy Your Leave scheme
• A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
• Service related sick pay from day 1
• Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution
• Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
• Cycle2work scheme
• Interest free season ticket loans
• Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
• 20% discount at Barnardo's stores
• Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
• Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
• Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer

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