Data Protection Specialist - London, United Kingdom - Financial Conduct Authority

Financial Conduct Authority

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Data Protection Specialist

Salary:
National ranging from £51,200 to £64,000 and London ranging from £56,400 to £70,400

Are you interested in being part of a team that helps enable the FCA to be a data led regulator?

The team/ department

We are looking for three Senior Associates to support the Manager and Lead Associate of a new Data Protection function 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.

What you will be doing (the role)- Helping to establish and embed a new structure for Data Protection within the FCA's 2nd line of defence- Support the Data Protection team manager and Lead Associate 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 Provide 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)- Provide assurance that the FCA is acting in compliance with relevant law and regulation- Assess organisational training needs, design, and deliver training programmes and provide training on data protection best practice to the FCA and PSR- Lead on or assist the Data Protection Team manager and Lead Associate in incident response for non-major data breaches and support the Data Protection Officer (DPO) in the response to major breaches.

Incident response may require work outside of normal working hours

What you will get from the role- The rare opportunity help redevelop how the FCA manages personal data, set approach and strategy, and deliver cross organisational change at a major pubic 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

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:

25 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

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- Experience with data protection law and/or practice- Experience of coaching and mentoring staff- Experience of designing, implementing, and running data protection systems and controls and designing and delivering training programmes

Essential- 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

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.

Flexible working

Multi-location

Useful information

Applications for this role close at 23:59