Data Protection Administrator

Contract Type: Permanent, Full Time, 35 hours per week

Salary: £26,775 to £29,000 per annum (London weighted salary) or £23,000 to £25,000 per annum (Regional salary), dependant on experience

Grade: 3

Reporting Office: London, Stratford or Manchester, Trafford

Persona: Agile Worker: 20% - 40% of contractual hours to be worked from reporting office/working location (hybrid working)

Closing Date: 9th March 2026

Interview Dates: 17th & 18th March 2026, online interviews over MS Teams

Benefits include: Excellent pension plan (up to 6% double contribution), 28 days Annual Leave rising to 31 days with length of service + Bank Holidays, Westfield Health Cash Plan, non-contributory life assurance, up to 21 hours volunteering paid days, lifestyle benefits, Employee Assistance Programme and many more.

Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the advertisement and interview earlier than stated. Previous Applicants May Not Apply (if prior applications were regretted within 12 weeks).

Join our Data Protection Team at L&Q: This is an exciting opportunity to join our growing Data Protection Team. You will be responsible for managing subject access requests from start to finish, ensuring legal deadlines are met and data is redacted and exemptions applied in line with the Data Protection Act 2018. Reporting to the Deputy Data Protection Officer, you will provide support to them and the Data Protection Officer in delivering compliance with the Data Protection Act 2018.

Your impact in the role: You will manage your own workload meticulously; logging and acknowledging subject access requests, locating and compiling the documentation, redacting data in line with the Data Protection Act 2018 and responding to the customer. You will also respond to general data protection related queries. You will be the contact for internal and external customers, and other stakeholders for the subject access requests that you manage. You will need to build key relationships with teams around L&Q and to work collaboratively with them.

What you’ll bring:

• Working knowledge of the Data Protection Act 2018.
• Strong experience in a data protection role.
• Strong experience managing and responding to subject access requests.
• Strong administrative experience in a fast paced environment.
• Meticulous with a keen eye for detail.
• The ability to multi-task, manage own workload and meet tight deadlines.
• Strong organisational and planning skills.
• Experience of dealing with stakeholders at different levels.
• The ability to work collaboratively within and across teams.
• Experience of using MS Office suite: Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint.

If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage during this process, including application stage, please email lqcareers@lqgroup.org.uk.

About L&Q: We’re one of the UK’s leading housing associations and developers. We were founded on a simple belief: high quality housing is vital for people’s health, happiness and security. Everyone deserves a quality home that gives them the chance to live a better life. 250,000 people call our properties ‘home’, and we’re proud to serve diverse communities across London, the South East and North West of England. People are at the heart of our business and our success depends on employing the best people and getting the best from them. The foundation of everything that we are is built on our corporate values and behavioural framework, which outlines our core expectations and should be demonstrated at all times, and all levels, when representing L&Q. At L&Q, we know that diversity and inclusion make us stronger – and they’re at the heart of everything we do. When we recruit, we look at what really matters: your skills, experience, and potential. We’re proud to be recognised for creating an inclusive workplace. We’re a Disability Confident Leader (Level 3) and we’ve introduced our own Recruitment Advocate scheme to make sure every step of our hiring process is fair, transparent, and consistent. It’s all part of our commitment to ending discrimination and making L&Q a place where everyone feels welcome. Sustainability is also at the heart of what we do. We recognise the responsibility we hold as one of the UK’s largest housing associations.