Data Protection Specialist

7 days ago


Stevenage, United Kingdom The IET Full time

What if you could be key to delivering the IET’s data protection compliance strategy?

What if you could join a proactive and collaborative team focused on the timely delivery of first-class advice and guidance?

What if you were our Data Protection Specialist?

At the IET, making our world a better place starts by creating a better place for our people. At the IET you’ll have more than just a job. Our work is exciting and challenging, connecting the people who solve the problems that matter. It means working with us has real meaning and impact, and you’ll grow - professionally and personally - in ways you never thought possible. We’re also making significant investments in our people, including providing a modern, vibrant workplace and embracing hybrid working.

**What you’ll be doing**

Reporting into the Data Protection Officer, you’ll support the provision of all data protection and information governance guidance to ensure the IET continues to meet national and international information legislation, regulation, and best practice.

This role benefits from Hybrid working, this means home working and attending the Stevenage office typically two to three times a week.

**What we hope you can bring to the role**

You’ll have experience from a previous data protection/information governance role as well as excellent up to date knowledge of national and international data protection law.

You’ll be a confident, enthusiastic, self
- motivated individual who is keen to get into detail and provide expert guidance and advice to IET colleagues. With excellent interpersonal skills, you’ll be able to effectively manage stakeholders and influence attitudes and behaviours.

**We’d love to get to know you**

Is Imposter syndrome creeping in? Don’t worry - we’d rather hear from you this time than not hear from you at all Read on for a little more information about the role; but also, keep in mind that we’re open to discussing flexible ways of working, including reduced hours, and working in an agile way, supported by a hybrid working framework that allows you to find the best place to do your best work.

**A little more about the role**
- Support the Data Protection Officer (DPO) and organisation on all data protection and information law matters.
- Help build and foster strong relationships across the organisation, subsidiaries and with external parties.
- Help guide the organisation on the impact of existing and new regulatory changes.
- Advise on processing of personal data UK/ EEA and internationally and implications of local data protection laws, particularly for IET offices based in USA, China, India, Hong Kong.
- Help embed a ‘data privacy by design and default’ culture across the organisation.
- Ensure Privacy Notices are in place and up to date where required.
- Support the organisation with Data Protection Impact and data risk assessments.
- Manage and maintain the Records of Processing Activity.
- Support and coordinate the data protection and information security training and awareness programme and help design annual education initiatives to engage the executive board, senior leadership team, staff and volunteers.
- Update and manage the data protection and privacy suite of policies and guidance.
- Maintain the Privacy Office Intranet Hub.
- Support the incident and breach response management programme.
- Support the information security/cyber security plan and global governance strategy.
- Support the data protection third party due diligence process.
- Assist and advise on data protection contract clauses and conduct data transfer risk assessments where applicable.
- Administer privacy key performance indicators (KPI’s) and support the data protection compliance monitoring programme.
- Comply with data protection law and act responsibly on matters of data disclosure both internally and to third parties

**A little more about what we’re looking for**
- Excellent national and international data protection law knowledge (Data Protection Act 2018 and EU/UK GDPR, and PECR)
- Willingness to learn and maintain up to date data protection legislation and to study and work towards data protection qualifications
- Demonstrable experience in a data protection or information governance role, or compliance, legal background.
- Experience in preparing contracts/ agreements to include data protection mechanisms
- Great communication skills at all levels including written, verbal and presentation skills.
- Ability to risk assess and make good judgements regarding data protection and privacy risks.
- Analytical and investigative skills
- Good skills in leading, persuading and influencing.
- Strong team working skills
- Good commercial awareness.
- Project management skills.
- Flexible within a changing environment
- Ability to create and embed needs assessed compliance training strategies.

**What if you could be you? **_The IET is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and



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