In-House Compliance & Data Privacy Associate

Octopus Legacy Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work London Bridge

Flexible holiday

Birthday day off

Health & Life Insurance

Parental leave

Will & LPAs discounts

Cycle to Work

EV Salary Sacrifice

Charity match up to £500

Breakfast and snacks

Job summary

Octopus Legacy is seeking an experienced paralegal to join the in-house legal and compliance team in London. You will own information requests about wills, probate, data incidents and GDPR-related queries, reporting to the Head of Legal. This is ideal for someone ready to step up from a compliance role into an in-house position.

You will work in a lean team, handle deadlines, and help deliver training, risk assessments and regular compliance reporting across the business.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in a legal, compliance or data protection role handling sensitive personal information and deadlines.
• Experience in wills, probate or contentious probate is desirable.
• Knowledge of UK GDPR and how wills files are prepared and challenged.

Responsibilities

• Log and acknowledge requests about wills and executor authority; verify standing or court order.
• Review files, coordinate statements, and draft responses.
• Escalate complex matters and maintain the matter log.
• Triage data incidents with teams and support risk assessments and ICO notifications.
• Handle access, erasure and other rights requests within statutory deadlines.
• Record incidents and reasoning in the breach register; conduct legal research.

Skills

Legal compliance

Data protection

Wills probate

Information requests

Risk assessment

Job description

Octopus Legacy is seeking an experienced paralegal to join the in-house legal and compliance team in London. You will own information requests about wills, probate, data incidents and GDPR-related queries, reporting to the Head of Legal. This is ideal for someone ready to step up from a compliance role into an in-house position.

You will work in a lean team, handle deadlines, and help deliver training, risk assessments and regular compliance reporting across the business.