Role: Data Protection Lead
Contract Length: 6 months
Location: Hybrid/London, Manchester or Bristol - no set days in office per week
IR35: Inside
Pay Rate to Intermediary: £650 per day
Security Clearance: BPSS
Spinwell is recruiting for a Data Protection Lead for an excellent opportunity within the public sector.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DATA PROTECTION LEAD
- Lead the delivery of privacy-by-design across GOV.UK One Login products, services and programmes.
- Provide expert advice on UK GDPR, the Data Protection Act 2018, PECR and wider privacy obligations.
- Lead and assure complex Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) for new products, technologies and business change initiatives.
- Advise on complex areas of data protection, including identity assurance, biometric processing, artificial intelligence, analytics, data sharing and transparency.
- Support the development of privacy notices, data sharing agreements, governance artefacts and risk assessments.
- Identify, assess and manage data protection risks, ensuring that appropriate mitigations and governance arrangements are in place.
- Build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders across delivery, policy, legal, security and operational teams.
- Prepare high-quality briefings, recommendations and governance papers for senior leaders and programme boards.
SKILLS/EXPERIENCE OF THE DATA PROTECTION LEAD
- Have expert knowledge of data protection law, with demonstrable experience of applying privacy by design and proportionate compliance in complex digital services.
- Have Data Protection & Privacy qualifications - holding a relevant privacy qualification such as IAPP (CIPP/E, CIPM) or BCS (ISEB) or have relevant experience.
- Experience at delivering at pace, meeting challenging and changing operational and legal deadlines.
- Strong communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills to build effective working relationships in a flexible and fast-changing environment.
- A good understanding of new and emerging technologies and the opportunities they provide to improve the delivery of public services in the UK, including AI.
- Experience of risk management and the ability to balance risks against operational, technical, and commercial requirements.
If you are a Data Protection Lead, apply now or send your CV to Spinwell!
We welcome all applications regardless of background, in line with our commitment to diversity, equality and inclusion.
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