Salary circa £37,500 per annum + Health Cash Plan
Home, a place where you belong
You’ll play a key role in implementing data protection best practice across Home Group. Working closely with the Data Protection Manager, you’ll support compliance delivery by advising colleagues on the lawful and responsible use of personal data. Using your expertise, you will have the opportunity to make a tangible difference for our customers and colleagues. From consulting on new systems to handling data breaches and complex information requests, this is a hands-on role where your judgement, communication skills and attention to detail really matter.
What you’ll do
- Provide clear, practical data protection advice across services and projects.
- Lead on managing data breaches and supporting proportionate risk decisions.
- Manage governance records and management reporting, including our Records of Processing Activities.
- Complete complex Information Rights Requests, handling sensitive records with care.
- Complete and review Data Protection Impact Assessments with confidence.
- Support teams designing new systems and ways of working involving personal data.
- Spot compliance gaps and turn them into practical, workable improvements.
Why join us
You’ll work with colleagues who value clear, practical advice and want to do the right thing for customers and the organisation. This role offers pace, variety and the chance to influence decisions across the business. Be part of one of the UK’s Great Places to Work! We can’t offer a CoS for this role
You have
- A strong working knowledge of UK data protection law.
- Work experience handling data subject rights, data breaches, and Data Protection Impact Assessments.
- Expert knowledge of Subject Access Requests, particularly those raised by colleagues.
- Confidence explaining complex issues in clear, practical language, to all levels of the organisation.
- Sound judgement and can challenge constructively when needed.
- You have a data protection qualification
Stronger together
We do our best work when we’re ourselves. That’s why inclusion, wellbeing, and our diversity networks help make Home Group a great place to work!
The practical bits
- You'll work Monday to Friday
- Hybrid working, from home and two days a week from our office in Newcastle, Leeds or Birmingham City Centre.
- The Data Protection team are based around the country, so you will be asked to travel from time to time to meet with colleagues.
What’s in it for you?
- 34 days leave, rising to 39 (this includes bank holidays and a “me day”).
- Health cash plan saving you (and your children) £1140+ each year covering dental, opticians, prescriptions and more
- Matching pension contribution (up to 7% and life insurance of 3x basic salary)
- Work your way with flexibility to balance life and work
Finally
For reasonable adjustments email
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