Group Data Protection Officer

Location: Hybrid (Sheffield HQ) / Remote

Salary: £35,000-£40,000

Contract: Permanent

Line Manager: Ben Whitehead, Twinkl’s Senior Legal Manager

Recruiter: Rikki Spencer-Cox

Hours: 37.5

Who We Are

Twinkl is a venture capital-backed high-growth leader in the education space with a mission to Help Those Who Teach. At Twinkl, innovation is not just a buzzword; it’s at the heart of everything we do to provide the best educational offering possible to educators internationally.

The Role

We’re looking for a Group Data Protection Officer who can help us to create, deliver, and embed the group’s data protection and privacy strategy as we continue to expand, including as the group grows through M&A. You’ll be joining Twinkl’s legal & governance team, working with stakeholders across the business to ensure that our approach meets privacy and data protection requirements internationally.

What You’ll Be Doing;

Compliance Management

• Develop and manage a robust data protection compliance programme
• Monitor and assess data protection risks across the group

Policy Oversight

• Draft and update data protection policies, ensuring alignment with relevant (international) legislation
• Educate and promote a culture of compliance through training and monitoring

Data Subject Rights

• Manage data subject requests and privacy impact assessments (DPIAs) across the group
• Provide support to group companies and teams to respond appropriately and identify and advise on data subject rights
• Lead response to data breaches and data protection incidents, logging and monitoring in accordance with applicable legislation

Privacy by Design

• Collaborate with product teams to embed privacy principles into fast-paced projects
• Undertake and advise on DPIAs for new and existing projects

Training and Awareness

• Conduct training to raise data protection awareness among new and existing employees
• Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of relevant data protection regulations and best practices

M&A & Auditing

• Conduct data protection audits for Mergers & Acquisitions and investment targets
• Ensure integration of data protection practices & standardisation of policies post-acquisition/investment

Requirements

Qualifications and Experience;

• Proven experience as a Data Protection Officer (essential)
• In-depth knowledge of GDPR, PECR, and UK/EU data protection laws (essential)
• Degree in a relevant field (e.g. Law, Data Protection, Information Security) (desirable)
• Relevant certifications/qualifications (e.g. CIPP/E, CIPM) (desirable)
• Strong understanding of data protection and privacy challenges within fast-growth businesses and the education sector
• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills
• An ability to work independently, devise strategy, and systematically audit existing systems and processes

If you require a reasonable accommodation to the application/selection process, to enable you to demonstrate your suitability for the position, please include this at the foot of your covering letter. This will help us understand any modifications we may need to make to support you throughout our selection process.

Benefits

In return for everything you can bring, we can offer you an exciting role in a fast-growing and dynamic business, with plenty of career opportunities.
Here’s a couple of the things that make Twinkl a great place to be:

• A friendly, welcoming and supportive culture. We believe work should be fun and always put people before process
  
• Diversity, inclusion and belonging - our Employee Network Program includes working groups for LGBTQ+, People of Colour, Disabilities (visible and invisible), Women in Tech and Working Parents.
  
• From day 1 - Westfield Health, 29 annual leave days per year (pro-rata) plus up to four additional days that may be awarded each year by the company, flexible working policy with opportunities to work from home and Twinkl subscriptions.
  
• After probation - company sick pay and cycle to work scheme
  
• Long term service reward - Life insurance, enhanced pension contribution, enhanced maternity pay, enhanced adoption pay and enhanced paternity pay.