Data Protection Specialist

Greene King; Bury St Edmunds; Presencial; GBP 35.000 - 50.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Competitive salary

Pension contribution

Brand discounts

Employee assistance program

Discount on Greene King Inns hotels

Refer a friend £1,500

Wagestream

Retail discounts up to 30%

Descripción de la vacante

Greene King, the country’s leading pub company and brewer, is seeking a Data Protection Specialist to support the DPO in handling data protection requests, conducting risk assessments, and maintaining RoPA records. The role requires collaboration across pub teams, IT, and support functions to ensure timely, compliant responses.

The successful candidate will assist with privacy notices, data incident handling, and governance processes, contributing to Greene King’s commitment to responsible data

Formación

• Experience in data protection and handling subject access requests.
• Ability to liaise with stakeholders and gather data from multiple teams.
• Experience with redaction and video editing for data disclosures.
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.

Responsabilidades

• Manage requests for disclosure of personal data from third parties.
• Liaise with pub teams, support centres, IT and property teams to retrieve data.
• Prepare personal data for sharing with data subjects and third parties (redaction, video editing).
• Ensure requests are processed promptly and escalate complex cases to the DPO.
• Keep accurate records of progress and outcomes of each request.

Conocimientos

Self-sufficiency

Diplomacy

Good planning

Prioritise workload

Risk assessment

Integrity

Persuasive

Influential

Herramientas

Document redaction software

Video editing software

Descripción del empleo

Our purpose is to give legal and data protection advice, training and support to enable the business to achieve its goals and make the best risk-based commercial decisions.

• Monitor Greene King's compliance with data protection law (primarily the UK Data Protection Act, UK General Data Protection Regulation and the UK Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations), the statutory codes issued by the Information Commissioner and relevant policies which Greene King puts in place
• Assist the data protection manager with conducting data protection impact assessments
• Conducting transfer risk assessments
• Manage, classify and respond to data incidents, in particular, recommending to the Data Protection Officer how to respond to the risk data incidents pose to data subjects and to the business. Also to log actions taken, outcomes, consider mitigating controls and determining what improvements can be made to prevent reoccurrences
• Assist the Data Protection Officer in cooperating with the Information Commissioner in respect of any enquiries it makes in connection with its role as the UK data protection regulator
• Keeping records to evidence compliance with various of the statutory record keeping requirements set out in the UK GDPR e.g. records of processing activities (RoPA), records relating to data subject rights-related requests, records relating to data incidents and personal data breaches
• Drafting internal data protection policies and privacy notices
• Assist the data protection manager with establishing processes for managing data protection risks during project delivery and business-as-usual activities e.g. RFP, project management
• Work with the data protection manager to ensure data protection is a key consideration in governance forums throughout the business
• Provide assistance and advice during vendor/supplier selection activities from a data protection perspective

In respect of data subjects:

• Ensuring that data subjects' rights-related requests are dealt with correctly and in a timely fashion
• Corresponding with data subjects by telephone and email to acknowledge and respond to their data protection rights requests

Company Description

Join us at Greene King the country's leading pub company and brewer, where our mission is to pour happiness into lives and become the pride of great British hospitality. We have something special, deeply rooted in our 220-year brewing and pub history, creating the business we are proudly known for today. Still today our 39,000 strong team are the guardians of what's wholly British, the pub experience.

We're all about rewarding our team's hard work, that's why...

You'll receive a competitive salary, pension contribution as well as:

• The chance to further your career across our well-known brands - as one of the industry's top apprenticeship providers, we can provide training and development at each level of your career.
• Discount of 33% for you and 15% for your loved ones on all of our brands - so you enjoy your favourite food and drink at a discount.
• Free employee assistance program - mental health, well-being, financial, and legal support because you matter!
• Discount of 50% for you and 25% for your loved ones at our Greene King Inns and hotels. - so you can enjoy a weekend away without breaking the bank.
• Refer a friend - who do you know who could be interested in a new role? When they are placed, you could earn £1,500 for referring them!
• Wagestream - access your wage before payday for when life happens.
• Retail discounts - Receive up to 30% off at Superdrug, exclusive discounts with three mobile along with many more...

Qualifications

Your role as Data Protection Specialist

• Managing requests for disclosure of personal data from third parties (police, insurers, licensing authorities, third party employers)
• Liaising with support centre to retrieve personal data and pub team leaders, IT and property support teams to retrieve CCTV recordings
• Preparing personal data for sharing with data subjects and third parties which involves the use of document redaction and video editing software
• Ensuring requests are processed quicky, efficiently and on time (as required by law), escalating complex cases to the DPO for assistance
• Keeping accurate records of the progress and outcome of each request

What You'll Bring...

• Self-sufficiency
• Diplomacy
• Good planning skills
• Ability to prioritise own workload
• Ability to spot and assess risks
• High level of personal integrity
• Persuasive
• Influential