Data Protection Lawyer
- Recruiter
- Robert Walters Ltd
- Location
- England, London, City of London
- Salary
- £625 - £690 per day
- Posted
- 08 Feb 2017
- Closes
- 08 Mar 2017
- Ref
- 2571050/001
- Contact
- Jon Lucas
- Job Title
- In House Counsel
- Practice Area
- Data Protection
- Contract Type
- Temporary
- Hours
- Full Time
Services company with a presence in close to 200 countries require a Data Protection Lawyer to join them for a period of at least twelve months, with a strong possibility of extension. The role is based in Central London.
About the Role
The Data Protection Lawyer will be responsible for driving forward the organisation's GDPR project, which is viewed by senior management as a key focus for the company at the current time. Your day-to-day remit will include:
- Acting as a trusted advisor to stakeholders across the business on legal, data protection and other associated regulatory matters
- Working with lawyers, IT and compliance staff to ensure that risk is minimised in relation to data protection/privacy
- Implementing & revising processes to ensure the organisation is fully compliant with relevant legislation
- Providing training across the business to educate stakeholders on implementing best practice into their day-to-day work, in relation to data protection
- Keeping up to date on changes in privacy legislation
About You
This role requires an individual who has significant experience in data protection matters, which could have been gained either in-house or within private practice. The client believes that at least five years experience would be required but all applications will be considered on merit. You will be comfortable providing advice at all levels of a business as well as possessing the ability to operate as part of a wider legal team.
This job requires somebody to start as soon as possible so individuals on more than two weeks notice in their current role cannot be considered. Ideally you will be available for an immediate start.
If you like to work in a talented legal team, get involved in interesting work and be part of a successful business, this position ticks all those boxes so please send us your CV today.