Data Protection Specialist

1 week ago

London, United Kingdom Department of Health and Social Care Full time

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 356700**Salary**:

- £53,116- National: £53,116 London: £57,114- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Grade 7**Contract type**:

- Permanent
- Loan
- Secondment**Length of employment**:

- This role is being advertised on a permanent basis. If preferable, Loan or Secondment options will also be available for existing Civil Servants (Loan) and applicants from accredited NDPBs or any other employer (Secondment).**Business area**:

- DHSC - Chief Scientific Advisor Group - Chief Data Officer**Type of role**:

- Other**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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Location
- Burnley, Leeds, LondonAbout the job

**Job summary**:
In DHSC, we are proud of our purpose - to enable everyone to live more independent, healthier lives for longer. To achieve this, and create a great place to work, we have four values: we are inclusive, we constantly improve, we challenge, and we are agile. If this sounds like an environment you’d like to work in, we’d love to hear from you.

The Chief Data Officer's (CDO) Directorate is responsible for the production of health intelligence and analysis, and we are transforming the way DHSC is using data right now. We are delivering key projects which will lead to significant changes in how data teams access and work with the data they need.

CDO teams also protect the business from the potential impacts of non-compliance with our policies, data protection, cyber security and other legal obligations, by helping them to identify, design out and manage risk.

**Job description**:
Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), every public body who is a data controller or processes personal data must appoint a Data Protection Officer (DPO). The DHSC DPO is part of the Chief Data Officer's (CDO) Directorate and responsible for monitoring overall compliance with data protection laws and does this by:
This ensures that any use of personal data is lawful and that projects and information sharing initiatives are properly assessed for risks to individuals' rights.

Ensuring DHSC has a data protection policy, supporting standards and guidance in place to meet the needs of the department, wider government and citizens.

The role sits within the Chief Data Officer's (CDO) Directorate in the Office of the Data Protection team.

You will act as a Data Protection Specialist working in a small team who are responsible for delivering Data Protection services to the Department and relevant Arm’s Length Bodies. You will provide cover for both Head of Office and Data Protection Officer (DPO) including providing briefings to senior leadership in the department, and the Information Commissioner and may be asked to represent the Department at cross-government events.

You will be providing direct support to the DPO and Head of Office by:

- Undertaking the full range of statutory duties as outlined in the GDPR.
- Ensuring that all team members have the training and support to deliver their objectives.
- Making decisions around data protection within the Department, including reviewing and responding to Data Protection Impact Assessments.
- Drafting and delivering written briefs and submissions to senior leaders and Ministers about the data protection risk.
- Providing verbal updates to senior leaders on data protection issues.
- Developing advice and guidance to the Department and its ALBs.

**Person specification**:

- Leading on the creation and management of data protection related privacy policies, standards, procedures, documents and tools.
- Leading Departmental consultations on draft policies, standards and procedures.
- Monitoring changes to the UK GDPR and data protection legislation and updating DHSC data protection policies, standards, notices and guidelines accordingly.
- Acting as a first point of contact with citizens and DHSC employees around data protection issues.
- Providing notifications to Data Subjects of a potential (or actual) breach of personal data.
- Working with external and internal communications to define and develop privacy awareness campaigns, communications and updates.
- Providing expert advice and guidance to the business on data protection requirements and controls.
- Reviewing DPIAs, identifying remedial steps required, ensuring mitigations out of DPIA process are recorded and actioned and that significant data protection risks are recorded and managed.

**Key skills and experience required for the role**
- Experience, aptitude, and capability to operate within a data protection or closely related and comparable profession.
- You inspire and motivate teams to be fully engaged in their work and dedicated to their role.
- You encourage, recognise, and share innovative ideas from a diverse range of colleagues and stakeholders and create an e

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