Data Protection Specialist

Greene King; Bury St Edmunds; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development

Brand discounts

Employee assistance program

Inns and hotels discounts

Refer a friend bonuses

Wagestream access

Retail discounts

Job summary

Greene King is seeking a Data Protection Specialist to provide expert advice and support on data protection across the business. The role covers governance, incident handling, and DPIA support in a major UK pub company with robust privacy obligations.

You’ll contribute to policy drafting, records keeping (RoPA, data subject rights) and assist in ensuring data protection is embedded in projects and procurement processes.

Qualifications

• Self-sufficiency, diplomacy and the ability to prioritise own workload are required.
• Ability to spot and assess risks with a high level of personal integrity.
• Influential and proactive in data protection responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Provide data protection advice, training and support across the business.
• Monitor compliance with UK DP laws, codes and policies.
• Assist with data protection impact assessments and manage data incidents.
• Liaise with the Information Commissioner and keep RoPA and rights records.
• Draft internal data protection policies and privacy notices.
• Assist in vendor/supplier data protection activities during procurement.

Skills

Self-sufficiency

Diplomacy

Prioritisation

Risk assessment

Integrity

Influential

Job description

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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.

Job Description

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
• 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 subject’s 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

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

Ability to prioritise own workload

Ability to spot and assess risks

High level of personal integrity

Influential

Additional Information

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…