This role offers a competitive salary, hybrid working (London, 1-2 days per week in the office), 28 days holiday a year plus Bank Holidays and a fantastic pension scheme offering 6% in year one and 11% after this.

Salary £24,933 per annum

**ALL Candidates need to provide proof of a GCSE a '4' in maths and English to apply as part of the government guidelines, please note this in your cover letter. Please note you will not be accepted onto the scheme without this. Please also note that if you have a degree, or an equivalent higher level qualification; the Government will also not accept you onto the scheme (Please reach out if you have questions on this).

***Applications will only be considered if a cover letter is attached covering the following (please note your application will be rejected without this).

• Why you are interested in data protection, this apprenticeship and career path
• Please mention any relevant skills or qualities (can just be transferable) that you possess for the role
• Please note that you are able to provide proof of a GCSE grade 4 in English and Maths and confirm this in your letter

About the role

Along with colleagues in the Data Compliance Office, your role is to support the organisation in making decisions that are right for Which?, right for consumers, and consistent with data privacy obligations. Your day to day responsibilities will be wide ranging and include responding to individual rights requests and assessing privacy risks & incidents, as well as providing advice and guidance more generally.

You'll join a close-knit, friendly team who enjoy their work, support each other, and celebrate what we achieve together.

Key responsibilities include: 

• Responding to data subject rights requests like subject access requests
• Assessing incidents or breaches, working with colleagues to take the right actions quickly
• Helping the business protect personal data, including responding to basic data protection queries and ensuring our internal records are up to date
• Preparing reports on key privacy metrics, activities and trends

About you:

You will have an interest in data protection and information governance and a willingness to learn.

As you will be dealing with personal data you'll need the ability to handle situations sensitively, maintaining a professional approach at all times. You'll have good interpersonal skills, be able to work as part of a team, organise your time well, and be confident working with systems like Microsoft and Google. 

The interview process for this role involves:-

• An interview on TEAMS (approximately 60 minutes) consisting of values and experience-based competency questions and a role related task on a laptop. The details of the task will be provided in advance.

Benefits

 We also have these benefits for you to consider: 

• 35 hour working week
• Generous 28 days holiday a year plus Bank Holidays & Option to buy additional days
• Excellent pension scheme – when you pay in 3%, Which? pays in 6% (rising to 11% after one year of service.) 
• Discount site Pluxee which offers large %% off every day shopping and holidays 
• Annual Award (depending on employee and company performance)
• Healthcare insurance & Private medical insurance and opportunity to participate in Vitality rewards programme (at 6 months)
• A discretionary death in service benefit provision equivalent to six times your annual salary
• Free access to Which? member content and free access to Which? money & legal helplines 
• Free wills for all Which? employees, plus, partners of employees can make their will at cost price.
• Work from (almost) anywhere” for 4 weeks of the year policy

About Which?

We promote a great work-life balance (all our roles are now hybrid), offering flexible working options in addition to a full time working week (35 hours) e.g. part time or job shares where possible. If you wish to discuss any of these options, please contact the Resourcing team at recruitment@which.co.uk.

Which? is the UK's consumer champion, here to make life simpler, fairer and safer for everyone. You can find out more about what we do, our people and culture as well as hints and tips on how to complete your application on our Careers site.

At Which? we value diversity and we're committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone is able to be themselves and to reach their full potential. We are proud that we are in the ‘Top 25 Inclusive Employers' List and currently ranking 3rd. 

 We want to receive applications from everyone. We believe that a diverse workforce helps us to understand and create a positive impact for consumers.  

As a Disability Confident Leader, we ensure that everyone can apply and be part of our recruitment processes and so we'll make reasonable adjustments if you need them. For this or any other assistance you need with applying (i.e., would like to apply by phone or post), email recruitment@which.co.uk. Find out more about the Disability Confident Interview Scheme here.

Please note you must meet the essential criteria listed within the Role Profile, to have your application reviewed and we reserve the right to withdraw this advert at any given time due to the number of applications received.

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