Schools’ Data Protection Officer

Working for Isle of Anglesey County Council

Anglesey is a great place to live and work. At Isle of Anglesey County Council we are committed to making life better for the people who live and work on the island. In order to achieve our priorities our employees are as ambitious as we are, take pride in their work, are innovative, professional, work in partnership and deliver to the highest standards.

Our aim is to create an Anglesey that is healthy and prosperous, where families can thrive.

To lead and manage the delivery and implementation of data protection compliant schools through developing strategic and operational compliance programmes required by European and UK legislation.

Schools must appoint or designate a suitably experienced and qualified Data Protection Officer. The purpose of the role is to enable schools to comply with their statutory duties. The data protection challenges facing schools are unprecedented, with a new, rigorous statutory regime and enforcement framework.

The role leads and manages the provision to schools with:

• Advice & guidance (by phone, e-mail) on data protection legislation;
  Advice, guidance and assistance concerning responding to data subject rights to the headteachers of the 44 Schools across Ynys Mon;
• To lead and manage the data protection complaints process for the schools across Ynys Mon;
• To act as a point of contact for sector regulators such as the Information Commissioner and the Surveillance Camera Commissioner;
• Assurance of compliance with data protection legislation;
• Support in the event of a data breach, or other breach of the legislation.

In addition, the role with act as the Deputy Data Protection Officer for the County Council during the absence of the Data Protection Officer when required.

Please see the job description formore information andfor the Welsh language skills requirements for this post.

You’re welcome to submit an application in the language of your choice. Applications submitted in Welsh or English will always be treated equally.

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