Data Protection & Information Governance Practitioner Apprenticeship (level 4) FTC 18 months

About the role

Along with colleagues in the Data Compliance Office, your role is to support the organisation in making decisions that are right for Which?, right for consumers, and consistent with data privacy obligations. Your day to day responsibilities will be wide ranging and include responding to individual rights requests and assessing privacy risks & incidents, as well as providing advice and guidance more generally.

You'll join a close-knit, friendly team who enjoy their work, support each other, and celebrate what we achieve together.

Key responsibilities include:

Responding to data subject rights requests like subject access requests

Assessing incidents or breaches, working with colleagues to take the right actions quickly
Helping the business protect personal data, including responding to basic data protection queries and ensuring our internal records are up to date
Preparing reports on key privacy metrics, activities and trends

About you:

You will have an interest in data protection and information governance and a willingness to learn.

As you will be dealing with personal data you'll need the ability to handle situations sensitively, maintaining a professional approach at all times. You'll have good interpersonal skills, be able to work as part of a team, organise your time well, and be confident working with systems like Microsoft and Google. 

The interview process for this role involves:-

An interview on TEAMS (approximately 60 minutes) consisting of values and experience-based competency questions and a role related task on a laptop. The details of the task will be provided in advance.

Benefits

 We also have these benefits for you to consider: 

35 hour working week

Generous 28 days holiday a year plus Bank Holidays & Option to buy additional days
Excellent pension scheme – when you pay in 3%, Which? pays in 6% (rising to 11% after one year of service.) 
Discount site Pluxee which offers large %% off every day shopping and holidays 
Annual Award (depending on employee and company performance)
Healthcare insurance & Private medical insurance and opportunity to participate in Vitality rewards programme (at 6 months)
A discretionary death in service benefit provision equivalent to six times your annual salary
Free access to Which? member content and free access to Which? money & legal helplines 
Free wills for all Which? employees, plus, partners of employees can make their will at cost price.
Work from (almost) anywhere” for 4 weeks of the year policy

About Which?

We promote a great work-life balance (all our roles are now hybrid), offering flexible working options in addition to a full time working week (35 hours) e.g. part time or job shares where possible. If you wish to discuss any of these options, please contact the Resourcing team at .

Which? is the UK's consumer champion, here to make life simpler, fairer and safer for everyone. You can find out more about what we do, our people and culture as well as hints and tips on how to complete your application on .

At Which? we value diversity and we're committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone is able to be themselves and to reach their full potential. We are proud that we are in the ‘Top 25 Inclusive Employers' List and currently ranking 3rd. 

 We want to receive applications from everyone. We believe that a diverse workforce helps us to understand and create a positive impact for consumers.

As a Disability Confident Leader, we ensure that everyone can apply and be part of our recruitment processes and so we'll make reasonable adjustments if you need them. For this or any other assistance you need with applying (i.e., would like to apply by phone or post), email . Find out more about the Disability Confident Interview Scheme .

Please note you must meet the essential criteria listed within the Role Profile, to have your application reviewed and we reserve the right to withdraw this advert at any given time due to the number of applications received.

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