Data Protection Officer Remote
Job description
Job title Data Protection Officer
Reporting to Pod Leader
Job location Hybrid between home based and client sites (nationwide)
Employment status Permanent, full-time
ABOUT US
The DPO Centre is a data protection compliance consultancy formed in the UK in 2017. We provide outsourced Data Protection Officers, privacy consultancy services and GDPR representation to over 600 organisations globally. The DPO Centre group consists of The DPO Centre Ltd in the UK, The DPO Centre Europe Ltd in Dublin and The DPO Center B.V in The Netherlands, together with a network of representation offices throughout the 27 EU Member States.
OUR CULTURE
Our mission is “To inspire and develop one remarkable team, that delivers the extraordinary”, which supports our ‘#OneTeam’ philosophy. Contact with the other members of our team will be frequent, as are the opportunities for team social activities. This therefore not only fulfils our commitment to exchange knowledge, share experiences, improve our processes and constantly improve on the best practice framework employed with our clients, but also to ensure that our new recruits quickly become integral to our motivated, sociable, and connected team.
WHY JOIN THE TEAM?
We offer the opportunity to work in a dynamic, varied and challenging role, alongside a group of like-minded and motivated professionals, within a structured, organised and coordinated team.
As a learning organisation, we provide training, shadowing opportunities and personal development to our employees.
OUR PEOPLE
First and foremost, The DPO Centre is a service business. We look only to recruit proactive, motivated, enthusiastic, customer driven, commercially aware team players, who can clearly demonstrate a passion for what they do and therefore offer an ideal fit with our core values and culture.
Successful candidates will possess the ability to manage the demands of a portfolio of clients and are therefore able to prioritise effectively, navigate conflicting client demands diplomatically and maintain the highest degree of confidentiality and professionalism.
We are looking for candidates that value attention to detail and who deliver high quality work within agreed timescales. They must be well presented, with the capacity to work on their own initiative, but also to actively contribute to the constant development of our wider team.
Our services are delivered based on a balance of working remotely from home (more so of course currently) and visiting the client at their offices on certain days each week/month.
Our mission is “To inspire and develop one remarkable team, that delivers the extraordinary”, hence our company philosophy is based on a ‘#OneTeam’ approach. Contact with management and the other members of the DPO team will be frequent, as are the opportunities for team social activities. This therefore not only fulfils the ongoing requirement to exchange knowledge, share experiences, improve our processes, develop our documentation and constantly improve on the best practice framework employed with our clients, but also to ensure that our new recruits feel very much like an integral part of a motivated, sociable and connected team.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Fulfil the tasks of the designated role of DPO as defined by Article 39 of the GDPR
- Inform and advise organisations of their obligations
- Implement the DPO Centre’s established processes and practices
- Create and implement strategies to ensure compliance with data protections laws
- Perform DPIAs, PIAs and LI assessments and build/maintain the client’s RoPA
- Prepare recommendation reports and corresponding Schedule of Works
- Devise, facilitate and deliver training and awareness workshops
- Support the client in responding to individuals’ rights requests
- Consistently inform and advise the client on governance, accountability and risk
- Keep up to date with changes in data protection law and regulations
- Actively contribute to building the overall knowledge base of the DPO Centre’s team
Education and experience:
- Previous roles as a Data Protection Officer
- Ideally, a degree or high-level qualification in law
- One or more data protection qualifications such as EU-GDPR-P, CIPP/E etc
- Experience across three or more industry sectors or extensive experience in a healthcare, financial services or multi-nationals.
Personal:
- Ability to work independently yet also be a strong team player
- Excellent communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills
- The ability to maintain a high degree of confidentiality, trust, and credibility
- Calm, controlled and resilient demeanour
- A commercial attitude towards time management
- Highly responsive with a can-do attitude and flexible working style
- Proven ability to deliver at pace and manage a quality service
- Flexible approach to work, which may include travel and some out-of-hours work
Required Skills:
- Confident in using Microsoft applications (e.g., Excel, PowerPoint, Word), LinkedIn, HubSpot and WordPress
- An ability to think logically and strategically
- Attention to detail and analytical skills
- Excellent communicator with the ability to deliver clearly to a variety of audiences
- Ability to handle conflicting deadlines and demands
Desired Skills
- Knowledge of IT and cyber security and ISO certifications
- Written and spoken EU language skills
- Specific knowledge of the healthcare, tech or finance sectors g. Caldicott Guardian, DSPT Toolkit etc
- Knowledge of other worldwide data protection laws
- Negotiation skills to ensure the most appropriate, rather than ‘easy’, course of action is taken
Career Progression
- Working with an ever more prestigious portfolio of clients
- The opportunity to develop sector specific expertise
- DPO > Team Leadership > Senior Management
HOW TO APPLY
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