Register & Compliance Specialist in Manchester

Full Time / Fixed Term – 6 months.

The Website Register & Compliance Specialist is a focused contract role responsible for establishing, designing, and launching the organisation's centralised website asset register and digital web footprint governance process.

Reporting to the Data Governance Lead, the role serves as the project lead to ensure all corporate web properties are identified, documented, and brought into legal and technical compliance.

Responsibilities

• Framework Establishment – Design and implement the central oversight framework for all websites owned or managed by the organisation in accordance with legal, technical, and company requirements.
• Enhance the Centralised Website Register – Map out, audit, and build a dynamic, scalable inventory of all web assets, documenting critical information such as business owners, hosting locations, active/inactive status, and purpose.
• CMP Audit & Integration – Review and support the auditing and standardised implementation of Consent Management Platforms (CMPs) and cookie banners across discovered sites.
• Process Design & Cross‑Team Collaboration – Partner with Brand Protection (Domains Registry), Cyber Security, Technology, and Data Privacy to design, develop, and embed a smooth, permanent operational process for joined up Domain and Website asset management.
• Pre‑Deployment Workflow – Define and embed a clear compliance gatekeeping check for internal business units and marketing teams to ensure future web assets, third‑party tags, and tracking scripts undergo compliance checks prior to deployment.
• Policy and Standards – Support the embedding of website compliance standards, asset registries, and digital governance playbooks for BAU adoption.
• Training & Handover – Educate key stakeholders and hand over documentation to permanent colleagues to ensure long‑term tracking compliance.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in establishing or implementing Web Governance frameworks, Digital Compliance processes, or Digital Asset Registers, ideally in a contract or project‑delivery capacity.
• Solid understanding of data privacy frameworks (e. g., UK GDPR, PECR) specifically as they relate to electronic privacy, tracking cookies, and online user consent.
• Hands‑on experience with website auditing tools, Consent Management Platforms (e. g., One Trust, Cookiebot), and digital asset register setups.
• Exceptional ability to influence and drive operational change quickly across diverse teams (marketing, IT, product owners) without direct line management authority.
• Direct experience translating complex privacy/technical requirements into simple, user‑friendly business workflows and forms.
• Experience creating clear training materials, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and handover documentation to ensure the process survives post‑contract.
• Proven ability to manage relationships and drive accountability with key technical and non‑technical stakeholders rapidly.
• Experience identifying and triaging website compliance risks, with the ability to articulate these risks clearly to the Data Governance Lead.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, capable of translating complex digital concepts for both technical developers and non‑technical business leaders.
• Preferred Skills
• Previous delivery of digital compliance or register projects within media or public services.
• Experience working with coding languages (e. g., Python/SQL) and repositories (e. g., Git Hub) to build, customise, or script website auditing tools.
• Relevant industry qualifications in Digital Governance, Data Management (e. g., CDMP), or Privacy/Compliance (e. g., CIPP/E).
• Familiarity with project management and ticketing tools (e. g., Jira, Confluence) to map workflows and compliance intake requests.
• Broad understanding of wider information security and privacy frameworks, specifically the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF), to align new digital web governance with corporate information security goals.

Benefits

• Flexible working with a range of options.
• Generous holiday allowance, with the option to purchase additional days.
• Annual bonus opportunity.
• Competitive pension contribution.
• Opportunity to buy company shares.
• Wellbeing and volunteering days and a range of other health‑and‑balance initiatives.
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