Data Protection Specialist

6 days ago

London, United Kingdom Which? Full time

**This role offers a competitive salary, hybrid working, 28 days holiday a year plus Bank Holidays and 11% pension after one year of service.**

**Salary £30,000 to £35,000 per annum**

**Location: London/Hybrid (2 days per week in the London office)**

**About the role**

Along with colleagues in the Data Compliance Office, your role is to support the organisation in making decisions that are right for Which?, right for consumers, and consistent with data privacy obligations. Your day to day responsibilities will be wide ranging and include responding to individual rights requests, assessing privacy risks and incidents, as well as providing advice and guidance more generally. You'll be part of a friendly group that enjoys working together and celebrates its achievements.

**Key responsibilities include**:

- Risk assessing activities involving personal data and supporting the business in completing privacy assessments
- Participating in activities supporting our privacy programme, including training and embedding a privacy culture.
- Assessing data breaches & incidents and supporting the business in taking appropriate remedial actions
- Responding to data protection queries from internal teams, providing clear, specific advice, and supporting on cross-organisational strategic initiatives involving personal data

**About you**:
You will have an interest in data protection and privacy culture and have a working knowledge of UK data protection regulations. You'll need recent experience of working in a data protection or compliance role, a willingness to learn, and be able to switch between tasks quickly with a focus on delivery.

As you will be dealing with compliance issues and personal data you'll need the ability to handle situations sensitively, maintaining a professional approach at all times. You'll have good interpersonal skills, be able to communicate with key stakeholders across the organisation at a variety of levels, and work as part of a team.

**We also have these benefits for you to consider**:

- 35 hour working week
- Generous 28 days holiday a year plus Bank Holidays
- Award winning pension scheme - when you pay in 3%, Which? pays in 6% (rising to 11% after one year of service.)
- Discount site Sodexo which offers large %% off every day shopping
- Annual Bonus (depending on employee and company performance)
- Healthcare insurance & Private medical insurance and opportunity to participate in Vitality rewards programme (at 6 months)
- A discretionary death in service benefit provision equivalent to six times your annual salary
- Free access to Which? member content and free access to Which? money and legal helplines
- Work from (almost) anywhere” for 4 weeks of the year policy

Our interview process usually involves 2 stages:

- Sometimes a chat with a recruiter or hiring manager by phone (typically 30 minutes), followed by
- An interview on Google Meet (approximately 45-90 minutes) consisting of values and experience-based competency questions and a role related task on a laptop

**About Which?**

Which? is the UK's consumer champion, here to make life simpler, fairer and safer for everyone. Read all about us on our website.

At Which? we value diversity and we're committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone is able to be themselves and to reach their full potential. We are proud that we are in the ‘Top 25 Inclusive Employers' List and currently ranking 16th.
- Role Profile - Data Protection Specialist Sep 24.pdf

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