Data Protection Officer

2 weeks ago

Dubai, United Arab Emirates Adecco Full time

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Data Protection Officer (DPO) Job Description

The Data Protection Officer will report to Leadership/Head of Data Privacy/Governance and will provide leadership in helping to ensure that client is fully compliant with local and overseas Data privacy laws including the school’s internal policies.

Knowledge and Experience
- Minimum 3 years’ experience in data privacy, protection and/or legal compliance.
- Prior experience as a Data Protection Officer preferred.
- Expert knowledge of local and international Data Privacy Laws i.e., GDPR, PDPL etc.
- A sound understanding of the education sector and particularly of International [or independent] schools is preferred.
- Experience managing a data protection compliance program is preferred.
- Experience providing advice on regulatory or legislative areas.
- Professional language skills in English is must.

Personal and professional qualities
- Integrity and an appreciation of individuals' fundamental rights to privacy.
- Strong organizational skills with attention to detail.
- Good computer skills.
- Excellent communication skills, particularly in writing.
- Ability to take a strategic approach.
- Excellent teamwork and interpersonal skills, with proven ability to maintain relationships across a school or other organization
- Ability to explain complex data protection and information security information to a non-specialist audience
- Ability to work independently and autonomously with mínimal supervision
- Commitment to maintaining confidentiality at all times

**Qualifications**:

- A degree or equivalent from an accredited university is desirable.
- Strong understanding of Information Technologies and data security
- Formal certification in data protection is desirable, for example CIPP/E or CIPM.
- The ability to promote a data protection culture within the school

**Responsibilities**:
The DPO will have the following duties: To monitor and advise the school and its employees with respect to the obligations of Data Privacy law.
- To inspect the collection, use or disclosure of Personal Data at the school.
- To monitor compliance with the PDPL - Privacy Data Protection Law - UAE or where applicable
- To serve as a point of contact for and cooperate with the regulator in the event of issues or incidents regarding the collection, use or disclosure of Personal Data at the school. This includes Staff, Students, Parents and wider community.
- To keep secure and confidential personal data known or acquired in the course of the DPO’s performance of duty.
- To ensure the maintenance of a Record of Processing at the school using a CRM for entering all Data related information.
- To provide advice on Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) and monitor their performance.
- To maintain policies that enforce compliance with legislation and the school's internal standards. Take a risk-based approach to data protection, involving:

- Prioritising the higher-risk areas of data protection and focusing on these the most
- Using their common sense to advise the school on whether it should conduct an audit, provide training in certain areas, and determine what the DPO should spend the most time doing.
- To liaise with other organisations that process data on the school’s behalf.
- To ensure that the school takes a risk-based approach to its compliance programme.
- To maintain awareness of changes in law and regulatory guidance in issue recommendations to the school.
- To actively obtain personal development of skills in data protection relevant to this role.
- Design and conduct all necessary employee data protection training sessions.
- Facilitate and lead all data protection audits and investigations, including handling all personal data breaches and incidents.
- To be the Lead with the processing of Subject Access Requests and complaints.
- Defining the means of processing when the school works with other controllers (as a joint controller) or with data processors, ensuring that legal processing methods are recorded and communicated when entities other than the school are involved in the processing of personal data.
- Training Staff Provide Board of Governors/Leadership with regular reports on data protection compliance issues.

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Adecco is an Equal Opportunities Employer based in Dubai and Abu Dhabi and offers HR solutions for Permanent Recruitment, Emiratization, Executive Search, IT Outsourcing, Temporary Staffing, Visa and Payrolling, PRO services, Adecco Onsite, Assessment Center and Global Mobility business. The Adecco Group is a Fortune Global 500 company headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland and powered by nine global brands: Adecco, Adia, Badenoch & Clark, General Assembly, Lee Hecht Harrison, Modis, Pontoon, Spring Professional and Vettery.

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