School Data Protection Consultant

We are looking for a school data protection consultant to work with schools on implementing data protection and information governance best practices.

We undertake consultations (online and in-school) to assess the status of compliance and advise on priorities and implementation. We also conduct remote sessions on the phone and online with all our customers. We also have our core-DPO team made up of legal professionals for incident management and response to questions, tickets and other requests.

Part of our service includes access to the Data Protection Education Knowledge Bank, an online
portal with various features such as template documents, best practice guidance, logs, e-learning, record of processing and much more. 

Our school consultant role involves:

1) Visiting our schools to undertake data protection consultations and assist with implementing our processes, systems, and training - and leading account management with your assigned schools. 

2) Liaison across the business with colleagues in all regions and delivering policy and best practice guidance remotely (online and on the phone) with our school customers in areas of your specialisms and in line with our data protection framework.

3) Contribution and manage content in our Knowledge Bank - assisting with the writing and development of best practice guidelines, policies, and school process definitions. Managing the DPE Knowledge Bank and a small amount of customer support.

The role is remote but will involve occasional travel to schools and meetings across England. This may involve occasional overnight travel, maybe once or twice a term.

We understand that you might need to have some flexibility and we believe that flexible working makes a better work environment.

The role could be full or part-time, term-time only or year-round. We offer great flexibility and the job would suit someone trying to work whilst juggling school hours.

More details are available here:
https://dataprotection.education/about-us/work-for-us