Grade:3A

Contract Type: FTC 12 Months

Location: FD

Reporting to: Senior Legal Counsel - Data Protection and FOI Law

Division: LCG

The Purpose of the Role

The Senior Data Protection Manager will support the Data Protection Officer (a statutory appointed role) in managing the relationship for all matters linked to Historical Matters including Freedom of Information and identifying privacy, data protection issues and risks and participating in mitigating those risks, in line with industry good practice and Post Office risk appetite.

Under the management of the Senior Data Protection Counsel the Senior Data Protection Manager will provide Freedom of Information and privacy/data protection compliance expertise and guidance to the business with prime focus being on all matters linked to Historical Matters.

The role is the subject matter expert in UK Freedom of Information and UK and EU Data Protection legislation and compliance to this and any other relevant law or regulation for Post Office.

The role is responsible for supporting the business and enabling Post Office to meet regulatory and statutory requirements relating to data protection and privacy issues.

Support the Data Protection Officer in the deployment of Post Office Data Protection policies, frameworks standards and controls.

Undertake Privacy Impact Assessments linked to Historical matters across the business, identifying risks, deficiencies, improvements and requirements.

Qualifications, Experience & Skills

Significant and demonstrable expert understanding of all relevant Freedom of Information and data protection legislation (equivalent to minimum 5-10 years experience)
Hold current ISEB, IAPP Certificate in Data Protection or equivalent
Ideally experience gained working for a public sector organisation in a data privacy related role (desirable)
Able to interpret Information Security Issues in relation to Data Protection and vice versa.
Experience managing change, ideally gained working on complex regulatory and data related programmes
Excellent communication skills with demonstrable ability to persuade senior and executive stakeholders to mitigate risks

About Post Office

The Post Office has thrived at the heart of high streets and local communities across the UK for over 370 years. As one of the country’s most trusted brands, we take our commitment to providing essential services to customers across the UK very seriously. We’re the UK’s largest retail network, as well as the largest financial services provider in the UK, with over 11,600 branches nationwide – more than all of the UK’s banks and building societies put together.

We know that the best way to provide a great service for customers is to evolve our business and adapt to their changing needs. That’s why we have a range of over 170 products and services, from personal financial services like banking, insurance, payments and travel money, to telecoms and, of course, mails. And we’re improving our online and in store experience for customers. We know that our customers never stop changing, so neither will we. We're here, in person, for the people who rely on us.

Our Ways of Working underpin everything we do, they are the “How” of our business strategy. They differentiate our business and aim to inspire great behaviours and align our colleagues around specific actions in order to be the organisation we want to be, and achieve our business goals.

By living the Ways of Working each day, you will help make that vision a reality and enable our cultural transformation. In short: Working in partnership, as one team, we deliver amazing results!

The Post Office embraces diversity and inclusion in the workplace and actively promote working without discrimination. We are also a Disability Confident Employer and are committed to interviewing disabled people who meet our minimum criteria for the job.

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