Description
Compliance Lead
6 months Contract
Based in Berkshire - Hybrid ways of working
About the client
We are collaborating with a globally renown telecommunications company who is at the forefront of the 5th generation technology. Inspiring, innovating and engineering solutions to provide a more efficient way of how we communicate with each other.
Due to business expansion is looking for a Compliance Lead to join the team. The successful candidate will be reporting to the Data Protection Officer and be conversant in providing specialist, practical, regulatory guidance to the business and ensure policies, processes, procedures and controls in place to operate within legal and regulatory parameters in the UK.
About the role
- Work collaboratively with the data protection team, colleagues in Compliance, Legal and InfoSec as well as the wider business to ensure that legal and regulatory requirements/best practices relating to data protection laws and regulations are effectively identified and implemented
- Review/provide guidance on the development of compliance related policies, procedures, processes and controls to facilitate compliance with applicable laws and regulations
- Work closely with the wider Risk & Compliance team to provide holistic support to the business
- Facilitate the identification, investigation management and resolution of compliance related issues
- Prepare relevant compliance reporting to meet both internal and external regulatory requirements
About you
- Excellent understanding and knowledge of UK data protection legislation & regulatory regime, with a proven history of working in the field of data protection (including eg ISEB/CIPPE qualification)
- Fully conversant in PECR (Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations
- 3 + years of subject matter expertise in providing compliance support for data protection compliance including a proven track record in carrying out monitoring reviews
- Previous experience in a B2C environment with large customer data sets, including marketing
- Demonstrable experience in the application and implementation of Privacy by Design and Default, conducting Data Privacy Impact Assessments and independent assessment of data breaches
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