Data Protection Officer

Location: Hybrid – the role is based in High Holborn, London with some homeworking

Salary: £57,453 to £64,818 per annum – depending on experience

Type of contract: Permanent.

Hours: Full-time 37.5 hours a week

Start date: As soon as possible.

About the Intensive Care National Audit & Research Centre (ICNARC)

The Intensive Care National Audit & Research Centre (ICNARC) is an independent, nationally and internationally respected, scientific, not‑for‑profit organisation (c65 staff in total), that uses accurate data to help improve the quality of critical care through audit, research and education, conducted with, and in the interests of, patients and those who care for them.

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity to make a significant contribution to the success of ICNARC. Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer and working closely with the Audit, Research and Statistics teams, this standalone role is responsible for ensuring that ICNARC data processing activities are compliant with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other relevant regulations.

What you are responsible for

• Operational leadership of activities related to Data Protection. Including advising on emerging data protection risks, and monitoring organisational compliance with data protection legislation, frameworks and existing data sharing agreements.
• Creating and regularly reviewing data‑related policies and standards to ensure effective implementation of Information Governance practices across ICNARC.
• Identifying, reviewing and evaluating existing data management procedures and implementing new procedures within ICNARC to embed adherence to GDPR standards.
• Providing advice and instructions, to ICNARC team members, on how to conduct Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) and embedding best practice across ICNARC teams.
• Providing day to day privacy advice and acting as a single point of contact for privacy issues.
• Managing any data privacy breaches, working to identify root causes, mitigate risks and prevent reoccurrence.
• Ensuring that ICNARC address all queries from data subjects within legal timeframes.
• Building and managing relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including data regulators and auditors.
• Delivering GDPR and any other relevant data protection training to ICNARC staff to increase awareness of data protection measures.
• Reporting to the Information Governance Sub Committee on ICNARC’s data protection and information governance activities at ICNARC.
• Liaising with other organisations that process data on ICNARC’s behalf.
• Managing ICNARC’s DPO inbox, responding to, and managing, data subject rights requests.

What you'll need to succeed

To be successful in this role, you will be a confident and knowledgeable Data Protection Officer who has in depth knowledge of the GDPR and UK data protection laws and have demonstrated experience in a similar role. You will have knowledge of data processing operations and be familiar with computer security systems. You will be ethical, with the ability to remain impartial and report all non‑compliance and have strong technical skills and ability to find solutions and assess risk.

Due to the standalone nature of the role, you will be appreciative of the opportunity to work autonomously, and lead on data protection and information governance for ICNARC. But able to work within a team when required and build strong, lasting relationships internally and externally. A successful DPO will be able to build off the significant organisational knowledge of ICNARC and will be working with staff who are open‑minded and proactively discuss data protection issues for the benefit of ICNARC.

It is desirable that you have experience of the health sector, the nature of the data processing activities and have knowledge of the National Data Guardian’s (NDG) data security standards. Ideally you would have knowledge of Section 251 applications and the National Data Opt‑Out alongside experience of handling patient confidential data within a health or research environment.

What you’ll get in return

In addition to a competitive salary you will also have access to a benefits package including:

• 25 days holiday per year, increasing to 30 with length of service (plus the option to buy or sell up to 5 days per year);
• life assurance;
• flexible working (expectation of at least 2 days per week in the office);
• interest‑free season ticket loan;
• enhanced pension scheme with up to 8% employer contribution;
• employee assistance programme;
• access to a range of benefits and discounts focused on Health & Wellbeing, Family, Technology and Exercise & Fitness;
• support with further academic/professional development.

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

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