- Company Name
- Southern Housing
- Job Title
- Privacy Officer
- Job Description
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**Job Title**
Privacy Officer
**Role Summary**
Provide day‑to‑day administrative and advisory support for data protection activities, ensuring compliance with regulatory obligations, managing individual rights requests, maintaining records, and supporting breach management, stakeholder communication, and training initiatives.
**Expectations**
- Deliver timely, accurate data protection support and documentation.
- Meet legislative deadlines and handle multiple high‑priority tasks independently.
- Collaborate across teams to promote a culture of data protection compliance.
**Key Responsibilities**
- Administer Subject Access Requests, Right to Erasure and other individual rights, including redaction and validation of disclosure files.
- Maintain accuracy, security, and auditability of team systems, records, and files.
- Manage the data breach register (OneTrust), support investigations, and provide breach guidance to business units.
- Support data protection communications and serve as liaison with the Communications Team and Data Protection Champions Group.
- Assist colleague inductions and training; prepare and deliver data protection presentations and materials.
- Record and analyze data protection queries, manage the intranet site, and coordinate with the Head of DP and Manager.
- Review third‑party risk assessments through OneTrust, support supplier compliance queries, and assist with Data Protection Impact Assessments.
- Advise on data minimisation and other DP projects, schedule meetings, manage the team inbox, and perform general administrative duties.
**Required Skills**
- In‑depth knowledge of data protection laws (e.g., GDPR, UK Data Protection Act).
- Ability to provide clear, actionable data protection advice to stakeholders.
- Experience with breach investigation, incident response, and guiding business teams.
- Strong analytical and organisational skills; manage own workload under tight deadlines.
- Collaborative mindset to raise awareness across cross‑functional teams.
- Excellent communication and training presentation skills.
**Required Education & Certifications**
- Relevant university degree (e.g., Law, Information Technology, Business, or related field).
- Professional data protection certification preferred (e.g., CIPP/E, CISA, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor), though not mandatory.
- Equivalent experience in a data protection or privacy role acceptable.
Sittingbourne, United kingdom
On site
19-11-2025