£35,000 per annum | Full-time, Permanent | Monday–Friday, 40 hours per week
About the role
Our client are an ambitious, fast-growing manufacturer with exciting expansion plans on the horizon. As the business scales, so does the volume and complexity of the data they handle and we're looking for a Compliance Officer to help them get the foundations right.
This is a fantastic opportunity to play a genuinely pivotal role in shaping how a growing organisation manages data protection, governance and compliance, working closely with both our HR and Finance functions.
If you're passionate about data privacy and want the autonomy to build and embed best practice within a business that's genuinely going places, we'd love to hear from you.
What you'll be doing
- Supporting compliance with UK GDPR, the Data Protection Act 2018 and ISO27001 accreditation
- Helping develop, implement and review data protection policies, procedures and controls
- Conducting data protection audits, compliance reviews and risk assessments across departments and sites
- Maintaining Records of Processing Activities (ROPA) and data inventories
- Monitoring data retention, storage limitation and secure disposal practices
- Investigating data protection incidents and near misses, supporting corrective actions
- Handling Subject Access Requests (SARs), erasure requests and other data subject rights requests
- Supporting Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) for new systems and projects
- Coordinating GDPR and data privacy awareness training across the business
- Reviewing third-party supplier and processor compliance, including data processing agreements
- Working closely with HR and Finance teams to embed good data governance across key business functions
What we're looking for
- Integrity, professionalism and a strong sense of confidentiality and discretion
- Sharp analytical thinking and excellent attention to detail
- A natural problem-solver with good risk awareness
- Confident communication and influencing skills, comfortable liaising across HR, IT, Operations, Legal and senior stakeholders
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to prioritise a varied workload
What's on offer
- £35,000 per annum
- 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday
- 28 days' holiday
- Death in service benefit
- Company sick pay scheme
- On-site parking
- The chance to make a real, visible impact as part of an ambitious growth story
Pay: £35,000.00 per year
Work Location: In person
