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GDPR Consultant Job Description

We have crafted a series of job description examples for a variety of digital roles.

Very often, in-house recruiters and HR departments ask us to help them write their job descriptions, and since this aspect of our recruitment service is very useful to them, we’ve realised that this could be useful to others too, so we have provided a list of job descriptions here.

With more than 20 years of experience in digital and technology recruitment and having placed thousands of candidates in Ireland and across Europe, we understand the value of a compelling job description, so we hope that these examples will help you in your search for a digital or technology professional; please feel free to use and edit to as per your specific needs and preferences.

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Example of a GDPR Consultant Job Description

Responsibilities:

Data Protection

  • Inform, advise and issue recommendations to the Company regarding compliance with data protection laws including GDPR, and Company policies and guidelines with respect to data protection;
  • Identification of business processes and systems that relate to personal data and are deemed in-scope for GDPR.
  • Review commercial agreements and contracts, including Data Processing agreements with data processors;
  • Manage escalated queries from all parts of the business, bringing them to resolution by developing effective solutions;
  • Develop and roll out a programme of staff awareness training to achieve compliance and foster a culture of data privacy within the organisation;
  • Develop communications strategy in line with company’s strategy to engage with the key stakeholders


Risk Management

  • Conduct risk assessments for high-risk processing in connection with GDPR requirements, including data security, security breach notifications, privacy by design, legitimate interest, purpose limitation and fair processing;
  • Represent the company in dealing with Data Protection Commission Officers, including complaints and data breach notifications;
  • Track and maintain a log of all incidents, complaints, data breaches and notifications;
  • Promote data security police within the company and provide advice on new projects or business


Requirements

  • Solid experience in managing and implementing data protection programmes;
  • Bachelor degree in relevant subject;
  • Have a proven track record of analysing work flows/ processes/system and effectively documenting them;
  • Proven track record of successfully leading and managing internal and 3rd party teams;
  • Must have good people skills and the ability to interact and communicate effectively, orally and in writing, across all levels.

Benefits:

  • Salary
  • Working arrangement: (Hybrid, Remote, Office)
  • Perks

CTA (Call to Action)

We are accepting applications until the end of *MONTH*. We’ll be delighted to meet you for a first interview with *NAME*, our hiring manager.

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