Lorien
Data Privacy Officer – Drive Privacy Excellence
Are you an experienced Data Privacy professional with a passion for protecting personal information, managing risk, and enabling compliant business operations?
We're looking for a knowledgeable privacy specialist to provide expert advice across a wide range of data protection activities, with a particular focus on Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs), privacy risk assessments, data subject rights, incident management, and privacy-by-design principles.
What you'll do:
- Support and draft DPIAs, privacy risk assessments and mitigation plans
- Advise on UK GDPR, Data Protection Act 2018, Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 and related privacy requirements
- Manage data subject rights requests, including SARs, redaction and disclosure processes
- Support personal data breach assessments, investigations and lessons learned activities
- Provide practical privacy advice to projects, services and business teams
- Help ensure compliance while enabling effective operational delivery
What we're looking for:
- Strong working knowledge of UK data protection legislation and information governance
- Hands-on experience with DPIAs and privacy risk management
- Experience handling data subject rights requests and privacy casework
- Ability to assess risk, exercise sound judgement and provide pragmatic advice
- Excellent written communication and stakeholder engagement skills
- Experience working in a public sector, regulated or customer-focused environment
Desirable experience:
- Scottish public sector data protection
- ICO engagement
- Utilities, infrastructure or public service organisations
- M365/SharePoint and privacy case management systems
- Data sharing agreements, supplier assurance and cyber incident processes
- Professional qualifications such as CIPP/E, CIPM or Practitioner-level privacy certifications
Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG – The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
To apply for this job please visit www.reed.co.uk.
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