Data Protection Advisor

Posted 23 August 2024
Salary £30,000 - £40,000 per annum
LocationLondon
Job type Permanent
Discipline Legal & Governance Recruitment
ReferencePROF_46676
Contact NameEhren Smith

Job description

​We are currently partnering with a national charity, who are recruiting for a Data Protection Advisor to join their growing team on a permanent basis.

This is a full-time position based in Central London with the successful candidate expected to attend the office once a fortnight (subject to business needs), with an offered salary of £30,000 - £40,000 per annum.

Duties will include (but are not limited to):

  • Ensuring that all GDPR/data protection requirements are understood and fully met across the organisation

  • Acting as the data protection subject matter expert, providing colleagues with high quality advice and guidance on best practice and approaches across a range of data protection requirements including: data breach advice and management, subject access requests, data protection impact analysis and data sharing

  • Contributing to the development, drafting and implementation of relevant data protection policies, processes and procedures

  • Drafting relevant quarterly reports for Boards and Committees in relation to data protection

  • Supporting the delivery of data protection training and awareness across the organisation

Experience required:

  • Previous experience working in a data protection focused position

  • Previous experience working for a public sector organisation, ideally a charity

Skills, knowledge and expertise required:

  • Data protection, information governance and GDPR

  • Ability to work on own initiative with minimum supervision

Working hours:

  • 35 hours per week

  • Monday – Friday, 9am-5pm

Please note that you require recent experience to apply for this role.

James Andrews is acting as an employment agency and business in relation to this role.

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