Privacy Consultant

Highberg; Zoetermeer; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance pay

Mobility provisions

Pension

Personal development

Job summary

Highberg zoekt een Privacy Consultant die zich richt op uitdagende privacyvraagstukken voor diverse klanten. U levert advies over juridische aspecten en zorgt ervoor dat privacy praktisch en uitvoerbaar is zonder de ambities van de klant te belemmeren.

U treedt op als strategisch adviseur voor het MT of vervult de rol van interim-Functionaris Gegevensbescherming.

Qualifications

• Een afgeronde WO-opleiding in rechten, ICT of organisatiekunde.
• Uitstekende schriftelijke en mondelinge communicatie in het Nederlands en een goede Engelse taal.
• Up-to-date kennis van de GDPR en verwante wetgeving, met focus op digitalisering en data.
• Sterke affiniteit met informatiebeveiliging en interesse in AI, algoritmen, privacy by design en slimme steden.
• Privacy-certificering is een plus.
• Minimaal 5 jaar ervaring in consultancy en/of privacy (senior).

Responsibilities

• Het faciliteren van Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIA's) in multidisciplinaire teams.
• Het verhogen van de privacyvolwassenheid door governance-structuren op te zetten en awareness campagnes te leiden.
• Begeleiden van digitale transformatie waarbij data security en privacy kernwaarden zijn.
• Privacy by design implementeren in innovatieve AI- pilotprojecten in samenwerking met IT-experts.

Skills

Communicatieve vaardigheden

DPIA kennis

Privacy governance

Education

WO rechten

WO ICT

WO organisatiekunde

Job description

About The Role

As a Privacy consultant at Highberg, you work on challenging and diverse privacy issues for a wide range of clients. You not only provide advice on the legal aspects of privacy but also ensure that organizations can implement privacy in a practical and workable way, without hindering their ambitions. Sometimes you sit at the table as a strategic advisor to the executive board, while at other times, you take on the role of interim Data Protection Officer or lead a GDPR implementation project. Whatever your role, you always maintain a focus on balancing privacy with the client’s organizational goals.

About The Role

As a Privacy consultant at Highberg, you work on challenging and diverse privacy issues for a wide range of clients. You not only provide advice on the legal aspects of privacy but also ensure that organizations can implement privacy in a practical and workable way, without hindering their ambitions. Sometimes you sit at the table as a strategic advisor to the executive board, while at other times, you take on the role of interim Data Protection Officer or lead a GDPR implementation project. Whatever your role, you always maintain a focus on balancing privacy with the client’s organizational goals.

Your role as Privacy Consultant

• Facilitating Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) in multidisciplinary teams to ensure that new services comply with legislation while maintaining user trust.
• Enhancing an organization’s privacy maturity by establishing privacy governance structures and leading awareness campaigns, addressing privacy risks across all levels of the organization.
• Guiding a digital transformation where data security and privacy are core elements, such as in a large cloud migration project, with your advice helping to ensure both compliance and customer satisfaction.
• Implementing privacy by design in an innovative AI pilot project, collaborating with IT experts to minimize the privacy impact without limiting technological progress.

Who are you?

• Junior/medior: Someone who can translate the GDPR into practical application, distinguish between the "sense and nonsense" of the GDPR, and effectively communicate that.
• Junior/medior: Someone with a service-oriented mindset who can operate both independently and as part of a team.
• Senior (supplemented with): Someone who enjoys relationship management, maintaining a network, and carrying out commercial activities that drive exposure.

What are we asking?

• Junior/medior: A completed university degree (WO) in law, ICT, or organizational studies.
• Junior/medior: You have excellent written and verbal communication skills in Dutch and a good command of English.
• Junior/medior: Up-to-date knowledge of the GDPR and related legislation, particularly in the areas of digitization and data.
• Junior/medior: Strong affinity with information security and interest in developments such as Artificial Intelligence, algorithms, privacy by design, and smart cities.
• Junior/medior: Privacy certification is a plus.
• Senior (supplemented with): At least 5 years of work experience in consultancy roles and/or in the field of privacy.

What are we offering?

• A competitive salary and excellent benefits including performance pay, provisions for mobility, pension and leave.
• Sincere attention to personal development including coaching by colleagues, access to and wide range of education and training and a personal development plan with matching investments.
• A place within a challenging and growing organization where taking personal responsibility is valued, you have the autonomy and freedom to perform your work flexibly with short lines of communication with colleagues.
• A pleasant working environment with a pleasant and easily accessible office, focus on performance as a team and not on the individual and numerous social activities such as get-togethers, sports activities and team meetings.

About Highberg

Highberg is a European transformation consultancy. We support organizations in realizing their strategic ambitions by combining clear direction with execution.

We believe sustainable change happens when deep expertise and human dynamics are in balance. That is why we work closely with our clients, not only as advisors, but as partners in realization.

Our teams combine analytical depth with pragmatism and build solutions that not only work on paper, but above all in practice.

Over Highberg

Highberg is ontstaan uit negen boutique adviesbureaus, elk met expertise in organisatorische, digitale en duurzaamheidstransformaties. We zijn er trots op een B Corp-gecertificeerd bedrijf te zijn, omdat we ernaar streven om zorg te dragen voor onze planeet, de maatschappij en onze medewerkers.

Werken bij Highberg

Bij Highberg bevorderen we een ondersteunende en samenwerkende cultuur. Deze cultuur is gebaseerd op onze drie kernwaarden: Be Committed, Be Better en Be You.

• In 'Be Committed' streven collega's onvermoeibaar naar een blijvende positieve impact op onze klanten, de maatschappij en het milieu. We kenmerken ons door onze ondernemersgeest en onze gezamenlijke inzet voor het algehele succes van het bedrijf.
• 'Be Better' draait om ons geloof in continu leren en verbeteren, en we bieden je mogelijkheden om te groeien en je te ontwikkelen, zowel persoonlijk als professioneel. We streven naar de hoogste kwaliteits- en professionaliteitsnormen in alles wat we doen.
• En tot slot, maar zeker niet minder belangrijk, gaat, 'Be You' over het aanmoedigen om jezelf volledig te zijn op je werk, plezier te hebben en diversiteit en inclusie te omarmen. Wij streven ernaar om een persoonlijke band op te bouwen met onze klanten en collega's, en zo langdurige, vertrouwensvolle relaties op te bouwen.