- Designing, implementing, and embedding a structure for Data Protection within the FCA's 2nd line of defence
- Managing the data protection function whilst also giving relevant coaching/mentoring which will aide in colleague career development
- Support the DPO in redesigning and updating the FCA's approach to compliance with relevant legislation including, but not limited to development work on the record of processing activities (ROPA), designing risk based training programmes, reviewing, and updating the FCA's approach to data protection complaints management and other associated work
- Delivering cultural and behavioural change across the FCA to build an organisation which understands the rights of data subjects and can balance them against the FCA's work in the public interest
- Providing expert advice across all parts of the FCA (and Payment Systems Regulator (PSR)) on all elements of data protection and privacy including, but not limited to, the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Part 3 of the Data Protection Act (aka the Law Enforcement directive)
- Providing assurance that the FCA is acting in compliance with relevant law and regulation
- Act as Deputy Data Protection Officer and act as delegate for the DPO when required
- Lead on incident response for non-major data breaches and support the DPO in the response to major breaches. Incident response may require work outside of normal working hours
- The rare opportunity to help redevelop how the FCA manages personal data, set approach and strategy, and deliver cross organisational change at a major public sector body for which data is a central plank of its strategy
- You'll be working with colleagues from across the division as well as other parts of the organisation. This is a great opportunity to be innovative within an evolving environment and assist senior management in this complex decision-making process
- You'll gain an excellent strategic understanding of what the FCA is about, its strengths and weaknesses and work in an interesting and fast moving, yet friendly and supportive environment
- An opportunity to broaden your professional and personal technical skills and knowledge
- 28 days holiday per year plus bank holidays
- Private healthcare with Bupa
- A non-contributory Pension of at least 8% of basic salary each month (there are several contribution levels that increase depending on your age – up to 12% a month once you reach age 35)
- Life assurance of eight times your basic salary
- Income protection
- Previous people management/leadership experience, with proven evidence of monitoring/reviewing performance, and coaching and mentoring to support development
- Experience with data protection law and/or practice
- Proven experience in project management
- Demonstrated experience in the prioritisation of competing tasks and managing internally and externally high-profile issues
- Evidenced capability to make decisions based on finely balanced judgements
- A high degree of stakeholder management skills – being able to sell the value of data protection to the organisation
- Experience in incident management and resilience in the face of high-profile incidents
- A competency-based interview
- Psychometric Assessment
- Final Interview
- Closing Date: 2nd May 2024
- First Round interviews & Assessment: W/C 13th May 2024
- Final Interview: W/C 17th June 2024
Data Protection Team Manager - Leeds, United Kingdom - Financial Conduct Authority
Description
Data Protection Team Manager
Salary: National ranging from £67,100 to £83,800 and London ranging from £73,700 to £92,100
Are you interested in joining a team that will enable the FCA to be a data led regulator?
The team/ department
We are looking for the Manager of the Data Protection function reporting into the Data Protection Officer (DPO) within Risk and Compliance Oversight. This is a rare opportunity to help redevelop how the FCA manages personal data which will have a real impact in protecting consumers and markets.
W hat you will be doing (the role)
You will be responsible for assisting the Data Protection Officer in protecting the rights of data subjects whose data the FCA processes and enabling the FCA to being a data led regulator by:
What you will get from the role
Our competitive flexible benefits scheme gives you the opportunity to create a personalised benefits package, tailored to suit your lifecycle. You can use this allowance to purchase additional benefits such as dental or cycle to work or you have the option top up your base salary by taking this as cash.
Core benefits that you will receive as standard are:
We support hybrid working which means you will be able to work from home up to 60% of the time over a month with the remainder of your time in one of our three office locations.
The skills and experience you will have
Minimum
We are a signatory to the Government's Disability Confident scheme. This means that we will offer an interview to disabled candidates entering under the scheme, should they meet the minimum criteria for a role.
Essential
About the FCA
The FCA regulates the conduct of 50,000 firms in the UK to ensure our financial markets are honest, fair and competitive. We do this to make sure markets work well for individuals, businesses and the economy as a whole. For more information on what we do, our three-year strategy can be found here.
The FCA's Values & Diversity
Our ambition is to cultivate a culture of inclusion for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences and similarities enable us to be a better organisation – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation, and delivers better regulation.
We particularly welcome applications from women, disabled, and minority ethnic candidates, for our manager role.
Flexible working
We welcome applications from candidates who are looking for flexible arrangements. Many of our staff work flexibly including working part-time, staggered hours, and job shares. We can't promise to give you exactly what you want but we won't judge you for asking.
Multi-location
As part of the FCA's on-going commitment to develop our national presence, most of our vacancies are now open to working in our Edinburgh, Leeds, or London offices. This means that as part of the application process you will be able to select your preference of which office location you would like to work from.
Useful information
Applications for this role close at 23:59 on 2nd May 2024
This role is graded as Manager - Regulatory
Got a question?
If you are interested in learning more about the role, please contact:
For internal applicants, please contact Louise Nash at k
For external applicants, please contact Beth Haydon at k
What to expect from our interview process
The process will involve three separate stages:
Your Recruiter will discuss the process in detail with you during screening for the role.
Recruitment Timeline
Please make the recruiter aware if you are going to be unavailable for any date during this time.
Application support
We want to remove any possible barriers and are committed to providing a wide range of reasonable adjustments so that you can keep the focus on your conversations and be at your best.
If you have an accessibility requirement, disability, or condition that means you might require changes to the recruitment process, please contact your recruiter to discuss this further. Our aim is to make your application as easy and comfortable as possible, and your recruiter will be happy to work with you to make any necessary arrangements where possible.
Security Clearance/Vetting
The successful candidate will hold or will be required to obtain Security Clearance (SC) level vetting.
Please note that all applications must be submitted through our online portal, applications sent via email will not be accepted.