Data Protection Officer

Well Pharmacy; Manchester; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Bestway Healthcare is seeking a Data Protection Coordinator to join the legal team in Manchester. You will support day-to-day administration and delivery of key compliance activities under UK data protection law, working under the Data Protection Officer to ensure responsible handling of personal data across the organisation.

You will maintain records, assist with investigations, DPIAs, and governance, collaborating with colleagues to meet regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• Experience in a data protection role, preferably in healthcare or regulated environment.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Excellent working knowledge of Outlook, Excel, Word and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Handle requests under Data Protection legislation (UK GDPR and DPA 2018).
• Provide first-line advice on routine data protection matters and escalate complex issues.
• Maintain data protection records, inventories, registers and governance docs.
• Support investigations into data incidents and breaches.
• Assist with subject access requests data gathering.
• Support DPIAs and ongoing reviews.
• Assist audit of suppliers and internal functions for compliance.
• Provide admin support and governance documentation.
• Maintain data protection training administration and reporting.
• Ensure data protection metrics and reporting across the business.
• Take on ad-hoc projects to maintain legal compliance.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Regulatory compliance

Data protection knowledge

Tools

Outlook

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Job description

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Closing Date:

04/12/2026

Job Category:

Support Centre

Business Area:

Support Centre

Division / Function:

Misc

Overview of the role

We are looking for a Data Protection Coordinator to join our legal team at Bestway Healthcare!

Reporting to the Data Protection Officer, you'll support the day-to-day administration and delivery of key compliance activities required under UK data protection legislation.

As part of a business employing over 6500 colleagues across both retail and wholesale healthcare operations, you'll play an important role in helping ensure personal data is handled responsibly, compliantly and in line with regulatory requirements. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with strong administrative skills and experience in data protection, compliance or information governance to develop their career within a large and diverse healthcare organisation.

Main Responsibilities

• Handle requests made under Data Protection legislation (UK General Data Protection Regulation and Data Protection Act 2018).
• Provide first-line advice and guidance to colleagues on routine data protection matters, escalating complex issues to the Data Protection Officer.
• Maintain data protection records, personal data inventories, registers and governance documentation.
• Support investigations into data incidents and breaches.
• Liaise with colleagues across the organisation to identify, retrieve, and collate information for disclosure in subject access requests.
• Support DPO with completion of data protection impact assessments and ongoing review of these.
• Support audit of suppliers and internal functions on their compliance with data protection laws.
• Provide administrative support as required, including arranging and attending meetings, taking minutes, and circulating agendas and papers.
• Support administration of data protection training completion within the business.
• Maintain metrics and management reporting in relation to data protection across the business.
• Ad-hoc project work required to maintain legal compliance.

The Ideal Candidate

• Experience in a previous data protection role is essential, within a healthcare or regulated environment would be preferred.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Excellent working knowledge of Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook.
• Experience producing reports and governance documentation.
• Ability to work independently and manage competing priorities.
• Proactive work ethic, attention to detail and a diligent approach to compliance matters.
• Experience coordinating multiple workstreams and managing deadlines.
• Experience handling confidential and sensitive information.

Bestway Healthcare are proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer. If you have any specific requirements, we'll do everything we can to support you. Whether it is to find a pharmacy that is accessible, or if it is a part time position you are looking for, we can help find the role that is right for you. If you need us to make any reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process, we will be happy to accommodate you

Please be aware that due to the high number of applications we receive it may not be possible for us to provide an outcome to all applicants. If you are not contacted within 28 days of your submission unfortunately you will have been unsuccessful.

About The Company

With the purpose of improving the lives of our patients and customers, Bestway Healthcare supports communities across the United Kingdom and Ireland through an extensive network of community pharmacies and pharmaceutical wholesale depots.

Our retail business, Well Pharmacy, owns and operates over 650 community phramacy branches across the UK, making us the Uk's 2nd largest retail pharmacy.

Our wholesale business unit operates two pharmaceutical wholesale brands, Lexon and Bestway Medhub which combined support over 5,000 independent community pharmacy contractors, processing over 100m packs of medication every year making us the 4th largest pharmaceutical wholesaler in the United Kingdom. Our wholesale business unit also operates a leading appliance wholesaler, Wardle’s, a generic supplier Key Pharmaceuticals. We operate from 3 distribution centres with a fleet of vans delivering to independent pharmacies & directly to the most vulnerable patients every day.