Data Protection Specialist

The Openwork Partnership; Swindon; Hybrid; GBP 34,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Data Protection Specialist to ensure compliance with privacy laws and manage data protection queries. This hybrid role, based in Swindon, offers a dynamic work environment where you can develop your skills and contribute to a growing team. You will be responsible for implementing data protection procedures, managing incidents, and ensuring compliance with UK GDPR. The company values individuality and promotes a culture of inclusivity, making it a great place to grow your career while balancing personal commitments.

Benefits

Bonus scheme

Pension scheme

Critical illness cover

Death in service

27 days holiday

Private medical insurance

Dental insurance

Qualifications

• Recognized certification in UK/European privacy and data protection.
• Good knowledge of UK GDPR, EU GDPR, and other applicable privacy laws.

Responsibilities

• Manage privacy and data protection queries and incidents.
• Create and maintain privacy-related procedures and documentation.
• Fulfill rights requests for data controlled by the entity.

Skills

UK GDPR knowledge

Data Protection certification

Information security principles

Organizational skills

Problem-solving skills

Education

Certification in UK/European privacy

Tools

OneTrust

Simple Risk

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Talent Acquisition Partner at The Openwork Partnership.

As a Data Protection Specialist, you will provide operational governance and oversight through reporting to monitor and demonstrate compliance with all relevant privacy & data protection laws.

You will work within a data protection team to implement and embed a data protection and privacy management programme, based on the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) accountability framework to monitor, and maintain compliance with the UK GDPR and other relevant privacy or data protection laws. Ensuring any risks to the rights and freedoms of our data subjects are identified and managed.

This is a hybrid role based in our Swindon office, with the requirement to be in the office two days a week.

The benefits:

• Salary – up to £40,000
• Bonus scheme - on target bonus –7.5%
• Pension scheme - contribute up to 5% of your salary and Openwork will match you and put in an extra 5%
• Critical illness cover
• Death in service – 4 x salary
• 27 days holiday + bank holidays, with the opportunity to buy up to an additional 10 days
• A range of other flexible benefits to include private medical insurance, dental insurance and much more.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Manage privacy and data protection (PDP) queries - working with the DPO, Legal or the ICO help teams as needed. Maintaining central location for guidance & templates.
• Create, issue, socialise, operate and maintain privacy related procedures. Operate and maintain relevant tooling such as the PDP modules of OneTrust and issue tracking within Simple Risk.
• Ensure PDP breach reporting processes are in place.
• Manage day to day PDP incidents and breach tracking
• Create and manage the Data Protection Impact Assessments process and documentation.
• Work with operational teams to ensure the periodic data mapping of personal data.
• Ensure all contracts with data processors reflect the necessary PDP clauses.
• Creation and maintenance of colleague and AR related portal content – guidance, policy, process.
• Fulfil rights requests for data controlled by the entity: Subject Access (DSARs Clients, Colleagues and ARs), complaints, data erasure, data portability, rectification of data.

What will you need to succeed?

• Recognised certification in UK/European privacy and data protection.
• Previous track record of data protection work.
• Experience of operational environments where high volumes of personal data are held or processed.
• Good knowledge of UK GDPR, EU GDPR and other applicable privacy law or regulation.
• Strong understanding of information security controls and principles and their fundamental link to data protection.
• Excellent writing, organisational and problem-solving skills.
• The ability to find and research answers to data protection challenges and questions through online resources or professional networks and to keep current with changes in data protection legislation.
• To be able to work as part of a team or autonomously to ensure effective delivery of the data protection and private management programme.

Why us?

We're a dynamic, fast paced, and growing business with huge ambition. This is all made possible by the brilliant people who are part of The Openwork Partnership family. We're investing heavily in our colleagues, continuously striving to give them the platform to develop personally and professionally and reach their full potential.

We’re also very proud of our culture, as one of the Best 100 Large Companies to work for in 2022. The Openwork Partnership values, and respects individuality and we are committed to building an inclusive culture and environment which truly recognises and celebrates our colleague’s individual differences and identities – just like our financial advice, for us, it’s personal. We believe everyone can make a difference and your race, religion, disability, and gender will never be a barrier. At Openwork, we have a strong ethic of care for each other where you can balance a successful career with your commitments and interests outside of work. We believe that you will bring your best self to work if you are trusted to choose when, where and how you do it.

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