Job summary
Employer heading
Assistant Data Protection Officer (Admin)
Band 5
Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 14,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.
We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
Reporting directly to the Deputy Head of DPO / Deputy Data Protection Officer in the DPO Shared Services Team, the Assistant Data Protection Officer (Admin) is responsible for providing an admin function to all the admin related duties of the department, which covers a data protection service to both Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (ICHNT) and North-West London Integrated Care Board (NWL ICB).
The post requires a highly motivated individual with excellent written and verbal communications skills, who is capable of working both alone and as part of a growing dedicated team.
Whilst the role is primarily focused on delivering an admin function to the department, it equally allows opportunity for the post-holder to be directly involved in the operational activities of the sub-teams of the department, hence delivering data protection advice as and when needed, where feasible.
Main duties of the job
The Assistant Data Protection Officer (Admin) will support the DPO Shared Services Team in promoting adherence to Data Protection and Security best practice within the organisations.
The post holder will help the team in delivering all admin duties related to the department.
In doing so, they shall provide admin duties, as well as supporting the different sub-teams in the delivery of the respective areas where feasible in terms of timing:
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview. .
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.
For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Graduate qualification involving original research / action research
- • Graduate or equivalent experience;
- • Demonstrable evidence of CPD (Continuing Professional Development);
Desirable criteria
- • Degree in any related discipline law;
- • Excellent IT skills
- • Understanding of Policy/Procedure/Law; PRINCE II Foundation / Practitioner;
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Foundation / basic level understanding of GDPR and the legal framework for data protection more widely;
- • Experience of partnership working across organisations and disciplines;
- • Experience in minute taking;
- • Experience in report writing;
- • Confidentiality and the legal basis for maintenance of confidentiality
Desirable criteria
- • Good understanding of NHS operational and strategic issues;
- • Delivery of an admin function to a large department of data protection / information governance.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mansour Faez
- Job title
- Head of DPO & Data Protection Officer
- Email address
- [email protected]
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