Data Protection Officer

Location: Stanley Bett House (Head Office) - Lincoln
Hours Per Week: 37.5
Salary: c.£42k per annum
Please be aware: This is a fixed term role for a period of up to 12 months.

Job Description:

We're looking for a Data Protection Officer to join our team, based at our head office in Lincoln. In this role, you'll oversee the Society's compliance programme for UK GDPR, which will include advising on and developing compliance metrics and standards and act as the primary point of contact for regulators and any relevant public bodies on issues related to data protection.

Further responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Promoting a culture of data protection compliance across the Society.
• Act as a contact point for data subjects and the supervisory authority on issues relating to processing.
• Oversee the maintenance of records required to demonstrate UK GDPR compliance.
• Be the primary contact for the ICO to lead our data incident response and data breach notification procedure.

A full job description can be made available on request. Please email careers@lincolnshire.coop for more information.

Candidate Requirements:

The successful candidate will have experience as the lead for data protection and privacy within a large organisation and will hold relevant data protection qualifications such as BCS/ISEB, CIPP/e or CIPM. You will also be able to demonstrate strong working knowledge of relevant legislation and regulations relating to data protection.

The ideal candidate will be a strategic influencer, capable of operating with credibility at board level. You will be keen and effective team player who is self-motivated and can work on their own initiative. We are looking for someone with fantastic organisational skills, who is able to prioritise their workload and to work quickly and accurately under pressure.

Benefits:

In addition to working for a successful co-operative business, we can offer a competitive salary, pension contribution of up to 12%, twice yearly discretionary colleague bonus and generous colleague discount rates across our family of businesses.