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SalaryCompliance & Data Protection Officer
£34,500 per annum
Long Stratton, Norwich, Norfolk
Permanent, Full Time
We are recruiting for a Compliance and Date Protection Officer to support our Governance team. This role will be required to undertake the Data Protection Officer role and Internal Audit programme coordination and liaison, reporting progress to the Governance Manager.
Key responsibilities include:
Act as the Data Protection Officer for the Saffron Group, providing advice to colleagues on Data Protection and ensuring compliance with GDPR.
Drive progression of Internal Audit actions, through frequent departmental engagement, provide business insight and lessons learned from assurance processes.
Review Data Protection/GDPR policies and monitor ICO reports and requirements, provide GDPR training, respond to Data Protection/GDPR related complaints, respond to Subject Access Requests, undertake Data Privacy Impact Assessment verification, and physical data spot-checks at the office.
Maintain and oversee Policy management and send policy pathway reminders for reviews and ensure polices and strategies are published in the appropriate location when approved.
Participate in Data Protection Forums to share and establish best practice on Data Protection practises.
Our ideal candidate will have:
Experience of working in a Data Protection Officer role
Experience of coordinating Internal Audit Services and a strong understanding of Internal Audit services and processes
Good IT skills to include Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and Teams.
Excellent time management skills, including an ability to prioritise work effectively and successfully manage competing priorities/ projects.
Well organised, calm and methodical with the ability to be able to prioritise to meet and work to tight deadlines in a rapidly changing environment whilst planning, generating and adapting solutions accordingly.
Possess a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
Ability to co-ordinate and plan schedules with others. Ability to undertake checks and review evidence of business practices across the organisation.
Knowledge of GDPR and Data Protection legislation and regulations
Please see the full list of responsibilities and skills on the Role Profile attached.
The Company
We are a housing association based in Norfolk providing quality homes and services to people across the county and in Suffolk.
We manage over 6,000 homes including affordable homes for those in housing need who cannot afford to rent or buy in the open market.
We offer specialist homes for older and vulnerable adults and are committed to providing new homes to help solve the housing crisis.
We have a huge commitment to our employees. We want the team at Saffron to be happy, empowered, motivated and feel proud to be part of the Saffron community. We know by having great people we can do a great job for our tenants. We trust our staff to do the right thing and we are looking for people whose values are aligned with ours (PACE – Professional, Accountable, Collaborative and Evolving).
You will have the freedom to learn and grow. We are passionate about investing in our people, providing them with the skills they need now, and for their future aspirations. We do this by offering a blend of learning opportunities, including our innovative e-learning platform where learning is self-directed allowing people to learn what they want, when they want to.
We work with and support our people to work in an agile way to ensure that have the right work/life balance. They have the choice to work in the office, work from home, coffee shop, park or a combination of all. We have recently refurbished our offices to encourage collaborative, agile working.
As an inclusive employer, we are committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and have a zero tolerance policy relating to discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.
We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join the Saffron Community.
