The Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the Department for International Development (DfID) merged on 1 September 2020 to form the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO).

The FCDO pursues our national interests and projects the UK as a force for good in the world. We promote the interests of British citizens, safeguard the UK's security, defend our values, reduce poverty and tackle global challenges with our international partners.

As a Data Protection Lead your main responsibilities will be: 

• Developing and managing data protection related policies, standards, procedures, documents and tools, consulting with the RSO Policy lead and colleagues across the RSO.
• Monitoring changes to legislation, UK GDPR and Data Protection Act interpretation, ICO guidance and enforcement updates, and assessing impacts for the RSO.
• Building and maintaining relationships with stakeholders. Providing expert advice and guidance to the organisation (including the RSO senior leadership team) on data protection issues, requirements, controls and compliance.
• Creating and maintaining appropriate staff awareness materials including guides on key data protection topics.
• Ensuring Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) are understood and applied consistently, remedial steps required are identified, recorded and actioned, and that significant data protection risks are recorded and managed.
• Ensuring privacy notices are adequate, maintained and applied appropriately.
• Ensuring adequate and effective processes are in place to handle data subject requests and complaints.
• Liaising with data protection colleagues in FCDO and other organisations as appropriate, acting as a first point of contact for all enquiries related to data protection issues.
• Engaging in data breach investigations and responding to data subjects and the Information Commissioner s Office (ICO). 

You ll have relevant experience in:

• You have experience of operating within a data protection or closely related and comparable profession, have developed technical expertise and can apply it in a clear and practical way.
• You have strong analytical and critical thinking skills, using a range of information to reach sound conclusions; inviting challenge and displaying confidence when making difficult decisions.
• You communicate in a straightforward, honest and engaging manner, choosing appropriate styles to maximise understanding and impact.
• You develop, implement, maintain and review processes and services to ensure delivery of professional excellence, in line with legal, regulatory and security requirements.
• You encourage joined up team work, establishing and maintaining productive relationships with a range of stakeholders.
• Active Security Clearance. 

If this role sounds like something that you would be interested in, please click the link to apply or get in touch with Akanksha.rai@publicsectorresourcing.co.uk

Disability confident

As a member of the disability confident scheme, FCDO guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

If you qualify for the above, please notify us on PSRapplications@publicsectorresourcing.co.uk.

We will be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your Guaranteed Interview.

Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a more accessible way for us to communicate, please do let me know.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following, this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.