Team Lead - Data Protection

- Established in 1978, NES Fircroft is an award-winning staffing specialist that supplies technical and engineering experts ("white collar") to Oil and Gas, Power, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Chemical, Mining, Automotive and IT sectors worldwide on an international basis.

- We're a highly experienced team of over 2000 professionals made up of recruitment consultants and support staff spanning 58 offices worldwide.

- We work with top candidates to ensure that we can offer a full range of staffing solutions to our clients, complemented by industry-leading support services.

- Role Objective: Supporting the business in ensuring compliance with GDPR, CCPA, and other relevant data protection laws and regulations, along with contractual requirements associated with data processing activities.

- Maintaining a consistent approach to governance controls to align data processing activities with the NES Fircroft' Privacy Notice and expected business standards.

- Providing leadership, support, and guidance to existing Data Protection team member(s) and as a key member of the global Data Protection Advisory team (DPAT).

Key Responsibilities:.

The main duties of the role will be to:.

- Ensure compliance with GDPR, CCPA, and other relevant data protection laws and regulations.

- Ensuring data protection obligations are defined, communicated and achieved within operational activities.

- Actively participate in data protection and security governance as a member of the DPAT.

- Conduct privacy impact assessments linked to internal systems, projects and operations to ensure mitigation of risk and provide compliance recommendations.

- Evaluate global data protection laws, recommending action, change and/or improvements.

- Perform transfer impact analyses to assess the risks associated with transferring data across different jurisdictions to ensure compliance.

- Participate in improvement initiatives and cross-functional projects related to data protection, security and processing activities, including ISO27001 alignment as appropriate.

- Keep abreast of changes in data protection laws and regulations and update policies accordingly.

- Maintain records of data processing activities relating to business activity and records.

- Consult with internal departments on data impacts and security, retention periods and data questionnaires.

- Undertake information audits of business processes, systems and data processing activities against defined criteria, managing resulting areas to ensure NES Fircroft achieve intended results.

- Monitor data processing activities, producing periodic reports based on results.

- Investigate security events and/or breaches and lead investigations through to conclusion.

- Assist in the preparation and upkeep of guidance and policy documents relating to data processing.

- Act as a Data Protection Champion; raising awareness, managing data related training modules, and providing overall support across global operations.

- Provide day to day support to existing Data Protection team member(s).

- Support with incoming queries, requests associated with data subjects, data privacy and general data usage,. and the maintenance of risk assessments, non-conforming areas and data processing activities.

- Delegate tasks effectively and ensure the team meets its objectives and deadlines.

- Conduct regular team meetings and performance reviews.

- Foster a collaborative and inclusive team environment.