Data Protection Specialist

Greene King; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 35,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Brand discounts

Refer a friend bonus

Wagestream access

Employee assistance program

Career development

Job summary

Greene King is seeking a Data Protection Specialist to support the Data Protection Officer in delivering legal and data protection compliance across the business. You will handle data subject requests, retrieve and redact data, and help log and evidence compliance with UK GDPR requirements.

You will collaborate with pub teams, IT and support functions to ensure timely processing, maintain records, and contribute to governance discussions.

Qualifications

• Experience handling disclosure of personal data requests.
• Ability to maintain RoPA records and data incident logs.
• Experience with redaction/ video editing for data sharing.

Responsibilities

• Manage disclosure requests from third parties (police, insurers, licensing authorities, third-party employers).
• Liaise with support centre, pub team leaders, IT and property teams to retrieve data and CCTV recordings.
• Prepare personal data for sharing with data subjects and third parties, including redaction.
• Ensure requests are processed promptly and escalated to the DPO as needed.
• Keep accurate progress and outcome records for each request.

Skills

Self-sufficiency

Diplomacy

Planning skills

Workload prioritisation

Risk assessment

Integrity

Persuasive

Influential

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
• 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 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

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.

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…

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