Data Protection Officer - Fully Remote
hace 16 horas
London
PermanentCompetitive Looking to make a real impact with your data protection expertise? Join a purpose-driven charity as our fully remote Data Protection Officer, working 35 hours per week, where your work will directly support strong governance, protect sensitive data, and help shape organisational resilience. Were looking for a confident, independent professional to lead on compliance, privacy, and information governance, ensuring we meet the highest standards under UK GDPR while supporting teams across the organisation. What youll be doing Youll be the go-to expert on all things data protection, balancing strategy with hands-on delivery: • Lead and oversee our data protection compliance programme and audit framework, • Act as the key contact for regulators, including the ICO, • Manage data subject rights (DSARs, erasure, rectification, restriction requests), • Advise on Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) and third-party due diligence, • Support incident response, including breaches and corrective actions, • Deliver engaging training and awareness programmes across the organisation, • Maintain compliance records and monitor adherence to UK GDPR, • Provide expert input into business continuity and organisational resilience What were looking for Essential: • Strong experience in data protection, compliance, audit, IT/security, or legal roles, • Expert knowledge of UK GDPR and data privacy legislation, • Proven experience handling complex DSARs, DPIAs, and data incidents, • Experience working with regulators and managing compliance responses, • Ability to influence, challenge, and collaborate across all levels, • Highly organised, independent, and able to manage competing priorities, • Degree-level education (or equivalent experience), • Experience working with Boards or non-executives, • Background in the charity, public sector, NHS, MOJ, or local authorities Ready to lead on data protection where it truly matters? Apply now and help us build a culture of trust, compliance, and accountability. Please see attached Job Description for full details We are The Forward Trust, the social enterprise with charitable status that empowers people to break the often interlinked cycles of crime and addiction to move forward with their lives. For more than 25 years we have been working with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past. We believe that anyone is capable of lasting change. Our services have supported thousands of people to make positive changes and build productive lives with a job, family, friends and a sense of community. We are committed to our cause and the work we carry out as a charity. Equally the wellbeing and the employees who work for us are also important. Joining us an employee, we will offer you the following benefits - • Flexible working, • Training and development opportunities, • Simply Health Cashback Scheme (optional), • Season Ticket Loan Scheme, • Cycle to work scheme, • Crisis Loan Scheme, • Electric Car Scheme, • 3 x Wellbeing Days (pro rata'd for part time employees), • Access to Blue Light Card, • 25 days (rising to 30 with length of service) Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays, • Contributory Pension Scheme Employer matched contributions of up to 6% in the first two years service and up to 9% thereafter, • Death in Service Payment (2x annual salary) Diversity at Forward Trust The Forward Trust commits to providing opportunities to everyone. We want to ensure we have a diverse team with a range of lived and professional experiences. This includes those with Lived Experience of addiction, offending, or homelessness. When we recruit, we welcome applications from everyone. This is inclusive of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion and/or belief, marriage and civil partnerships, pregnancy and maternity and socio-economic background. Where operationally possible, we will consider flexible working requests and make reasonable adjustments for all roles. To find out more about Forwards commitment to being an inclusive employer and our current EDI strategy click___. We want our recruitment process to be accessible to everyone. If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage, please let us know. Employee Screening and Eligibility to Work Dependent on role you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service Check, details of which will be shared with you at interview. If successful in your application, you will be required to provide eligibility to work evidence in line with the Eligibility to Work in the UK requirements. Our Commitment to Safeguarding We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and adults at risk. Forward Trust follow safer recruitment practices and support a culture of openness and accountability.