Details:
- Salary: £45,000 - 55,000 - Annum
- Job Type: Contract
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Annum
- Location: Chester
- Date: 4 days ago
Description:
Compliance & Privacy Officer
12-Month Fixed-Term Contract
Circa £50,000 + Benefits
Hybrid Working – 2 Days in Crewe / 3 Days Remote
The Opportunity
We’re looking for an experienced Compliance & Privacy Officer to join a leading transport and operational services business on a 12-month fixed-term contract. This is an excellent opportunity to play a key role within a highly visible function, helping to shape and strengthen compliance, governance and data protection practices across multiple business areas.
Working closely with Group Compliance and stakeholders across the wider organisation, you’ll act as a trusted advisor and subject matter expert across a broad range of compliance and data protection activities. The role offers significant variety, autonomy and the opportunity to influence best practice across a complex operational environment.
If you enjoy building strong working relationships, improving processes and driving high standards of compliance in a practical and commercially focused way, we’d love to hear from you.
About the Role
As Compliance & Privacy Officer, you’ll help ensure the business remains fully aligned with Group policies, standards and regulatory requirements across areas including:
Data Protection & GDPR
Anti-Bribery & Corruption
Fraud Prevention
Human Rights
Competition Compliance
Corporate Criminal Offence
Environmental & Health Compliance
You’ll also act as the lead Data Protection Champion across the business, providing oversight, guidance and support across all data protection and retention matters.
Key Responsibilities
Compliance & Governance
Manage and maintain compliance and data protection frameworks across the business
Ensure controls, policies and processes remain effective, standardised and fit for purpose
Coordinate compliance submissions and reporting to Group Compliance
Support compliance assurance activity across multiple business areas
Monitor compliance maturity and support continuous improvement initiatives
Maintain compliance registers including anti-bribery, conflicts of interest and contact registers
Escalate non-compliance issues appropriately and in a timely manner
Data Protection & Privacy
Act as the lead Data Protection Champion
Provide practical GDPR and data protection guidance to stakeholders across the organisation
Lead and coordinate Data Protection Champion forums
Manage data protection communications, investigations and incident support
Lead on the collation and review of DPIAs
Ensure ROPAs are maintained through engagement with data owners
Support assurance activities relating to data protection and retention processes
Stakeholder Engagement & Training
Work closely with Group Compliance and senior leadership teams
Develop training and awareness materials to improve compliance knowledge across the business
Deliver updates and reporting to senior leadership teams
Build strong relationships across multiple business functions and operational teams
Promote a positive culture of compliance, accountability and continuous improvement
About You
We’re looking for someone who combines strong technical knowledge with excellent stakeholder engagement skills.
You’ll ideally have:
At least 3 years’ experience within compliance, governance, risk or data protection
Strong working knowledge of GDPR and the Data Protection Act
Experience working within corporate compliance frameworks
Excellent communication and relationship-building skills
Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities
A proactive and solutions-focused approach
Confidence working across cross-functional and multi-site teams
Experience supporting continuous improvement and process enhancement initiatives
A GDPR qualification such as a Practitioner Certificate in Data Protection would be advantageous, but is not essential.
What’s on Offer
Salary circa £50,000
Hybrid working model – 2 days based in Crewe and 3 days working from home
Opportunity to work across a large and complex operational environment
Collaborative and supportive team culture
Varied and impactful role with strong stakeholder exposure
12-month fixed-term opportunity with immediate responsibility and visibility
If you’re looking for a role where you can combine compliance expertise with a practical, collaborative and business-focused approach, we’d love to hear from you.
Apply now to find out more