Data Protection Assistant

Kingfisher plc; Kraków; Hybrid; PLN 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical healthcare

Medicover sports card

Life insurance financed by employer

Co-financing of monthly tickets for kr

Office with home office option

Language and professional development

Employee referral programme

Job summary

Kingfisher plc is seeking a data protection professional to handle SARs and data requests under GDPR in Kraków. You will diarise deadlines, monitor inboxes, redact requests, and liaise with data subjects and the Data Protection team.

The role supports the Data Protection Partner and the wider legal team, with opportunities for growth in a vibrant, inclusive environment. The position offers a flexible, hybrid working arrangement combining home office and office presence in Kraków, with a

Qualifications

• Some legal experience
• Good knowledge of English (B2)
• Experience in dealing with consumer matters including communicating with customers (written & verbal)
• Experience in dealing with high volume caseloads
• Organisation, accuracy, and eye for detail
• Excellent word processing skills

Responsibilities

• Processing Subject Access Requests (“SARs”) and Data Requests from customers, employees and third parties, dealing with them promptly and in compliance with GDPR.
• Checking Data Protection mailbox on a regular basis to ensure allocated matters are picked up, actioned, and escalated as appropriate to the Data Protection team.
• Redacting SARs including supporting the Data Protection Advisors with redacting as and when required.
• Liaising with data subjects and their representatives on non-complex data requests and SARs
• Supporting the Data Protection Partner where appropriate.
• Assisting the Data Protection team in legal records management and filing, and archiving
• Managing legal risk and seeking guidance where appropriate.
• Supporting the Data Protection Partner in ad-hoc data protection/Legal team initiatives

Skills

Legal experience

English (B2)

Customer communication

High volume caseloads

Attention to detail

Word processing

Tools

Diary management system

Job description

We’re Kingfisher, a team made up of over 74,000 passionate people who bring Kingfisher - and all our other brands: Castorama, B&Q, Screwfix, Brico Dépôt and Koçtaş - to life. That’s right, we’re big, but we have ambitions to become even bigger and even better. We want to become the leading home improvement company and grow the largest community of home improvers in the world. And that’s where you come in.

At Kingfisher, our customers come from all walks of life, and so do we. We want to ensure that all colleagues, future colleagues, and applicants to Kingfisher are treated equally regardless of age, gender, marital or civil partnership status, colour, ethnic or national origin, culture, religious belief, philosophical belief, political opinion, disability, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation.

We are open to flexible and agile working. Therefore, we offer colleagues a blend of working from home and our office, located in Kraków. Talk to us about how we can best support you!

At Kingfisher, we value the perspectives that any new team members bring, and we want to hear from you. We encourage you to apply for one of our roles, even if you do not feel you meet 100% of the requirements.

In return, we offer an inclusive environment, where what you can achieve is limited only by your imagination! We encourage new ideas, actively support experimentation, and strive to build an environment where everyone can be their best self.

We also offer a competitive benefit package and plenty of opportunities to stretch and grow your career:

• Private medical healthcare at LUXMED (including dentalcare) for you and your family
• Medicover sports card ( Fit&More package)
• Life insurance financed by the employer
• 30-minute lunch break included in the 8-hour working day
• Work in a highly professional and stimulating atmosphere
• Training & Buddy programme that will allow you to quickly adapt to your new role
• Wellbeing programme for employees
• Co-financing of monthly tickets for the public transport in Krakow
• Comfortable working environment in the office and the possibility of home office
• Language courses, accounting courses, access to LinkedIn Learning and the possibility of co-financing studies and certification
• Employee referral programme

What's the job?

• Processing Subject Access Requests (“SARs”) and Data Requests from customers, employees and third parties, dealing with them promptly and in compliance with GDPR. Operating a diary management system to ensure legal deadlines are met
• Checking Data Protection mailbox on a regular basis to ensure allocated matters are picked up, actioned, and escalated as appropriate to the Data Protection team
• Redacting SARs including supporting the Data Protection Advisors with redacting as and when required
• Liaising with data subjects and their representatives on non-complex data requests and SARs
• Supporting the Data Protection Partner where appropriate.
• Assisting the Data Protection team in legal records management and filing, and archiving
• Managing legal risk and seeking guidance where appropriate.
• Supporting the Data Protection Partner in ad-hoc data protection/Legal team initiatives

What You'll Bring

• Some legal experience
• Good knowledge of English (min. B2)
• Experience in dealing with consumer matters including communicating with customers (both written and verbal)
• Experience in dealing with high volume caseloads
• Organisation, accuracy, and eye for detail
• Excellent wo rd processing skills