Data Protection Officer

Southern Housing Careers; Sittingbourne; Hybrid; GBP 37,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

A housing association is seeking a Privacy Officer to support regulatory compliance in data protection. Based in Sittingbourne with hybrid working, you will manage individual rights requests and maintain compliance documentation. Ideal candidates will have experience in data privacy and excellent organizational skills. This role offers a competitive salary and benefits package.

Qualifications

• Experience with Subject Access Requests and data privacy regulations.
• Strong organizational skills for maintaining records.
• Ability to support investigations and advisories on data breaches.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative support for individual rights requests.
• Maintain records and ensure auditability of data protection activities.
• Administer the data breach register and support investigations.

Skills

Data protection compliance

Administrative support

Risk assessment

Job description

£37,160 pa + benefits

Sittingbourne, Kent hybrid working

This role is being advertised as a Data Protection Officer, but on appointment your job title will be Privacy Officer.

Southern Housingis hiring a Data Protection Officer to join ourData Protection Team . In this role you will help Southern Housing meet its regulatory obligations for the management, use and protection of personal data. Reporting to the Head of Data Protection, you will deliver timely administrative and advisory support across data protection activities, ensuring compliance documentation is kept up to date and Individual Rights Requests are managed in line with policy.

What youll do :

• Provide day-to-day administrative support for Subject Access Requests, Right to Erasure requests and other individual rights, including redaction of third-party data and validation of disclosure files.
• Maintain the Data Protection Teams systems, records and files, ensuring accuracy, security and auditability.
• Administer the data breach register (OneTrust), support investigations and help provide breach guidance to business teams.