Legal & Data Protection Officer in London

Opportunity for an experienced data protection professional to join a healthcare regulatory body as a Deputy Data Protection Officer (DPO) on a 12-month contract. As Deputy DPO, you will join the Transformation and Technology Services Directorate, providing data protection advice to the organisation, focusing particularly on complex data protection matters and those relating to professional regulation. You will also conduct reviews of information rights requests and data protection complaints as well as oversee the Council’s data protection and privacy compliance programme and maintain and develop the privacy management framework. To be considered, you will be a GDPR Practitioner or hold an equivalent professional data protection qualification. You should also have substantial experience of providing data protection advice within a public sector or regulatory environment. On offer is a 12 month contract, offering a salary between £58,000-£64,000 (depending on experience) and hybrid working, two days a week required in the office (London). Please note our advertisements use PQE/salary levels purely as a guide. However we are happy to consider applications from all candidates who are able to demonstrate the skills necessary to fulfil the role. At LAW Absolute we endeavour to respond to all applications within 48 hours. However due to the volume of applications we receive we may not be able to respond to every candidate individually. If you have not heard from us within a 48 hour timeframe your application has not been successful and your details have not been retained. LAW Absolute acts as an employment business for temporary recruitment and as an employment agency for fixed term contract and permanent recruitment.