Senior Data Protection Practitioner (1280)

Salary - £45,894 - £54,952
Location - Dundee or Glasgow
Hours - 35 hours per week
Closing Date - 22nd May 2025 at 23:55
Reference - 1280
Employment Type - Permanent

Overview
Are you passionate about safeguarding personal data and ensuring organisations uphold the highest standards of information governance? Join Social Security Scotland’s Data Protection and Information Governance team as a Senior Data Protection Practitioner and play a vital role in maintaining public trust and compliance within this high-profile, exciting environment.

As a key member of our Data Protection and Information Governance branch, you will lead on complex and sensitive issues related to data protection, freedom of information, and records management. You will support our teams in adhering to legislation and policy through investigations, assessments, and promoting best practice. Your expertise will help shape our approach to data protection by design, and you’ll represent our data protection interests across various forums, contributing to continuous improvement and organisational learning. Based in Dundee or Glasgow, you’ll have the opportunity to work in a collaborative environment committed to high standards and professional development in this critical area.

Social Security Scotland, an Executive Agency of the Scottish Government, is undertaking the largest and most complex IT and digital change programme since devolution. With a lifetime budget of over £300m, Social Security Scotland is delivering a social security system that will support the people of Scotland for decades to come.

We aim to develop within Social Security Scotland, a positive and inclusive culture, which supports our people to flourish, by embedding a working environment where we all treat each other with dignity and respect, and recognise each other’s contributions.

Main Duties
The role is within the Data Protection Team, which forms part of the Data Protection and Information Governance branch. The post-holder will have line management responsibility for at least one data protection practitioner. The post sits within a team which is responsible for ensuring compliance with our obligations including:

• Ensuring data protection impact assessments are carried out and reviewed as required.
• Providing advice on data protection issues on Social Security Scotland’s client services functions and products.
• Overseeing the maintenance of data sharing agreements in place with external partners such as DWP and HMRC.
• Providing advice on new data sharing requests received from external departments in conjunction with the Data Governance team.
• Carrying out learning and awareness activity to support data protection compliance across Social Security Scotland.
• Building and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders across the business to advise on data protection and information risk, escalating issues to the Data Protection Manager and Data Protection Officer as required.
• Providing advice to ensure contracts with suppliers meet data protection requirements.
• Producing guidance and creating communications on data protection issues across Social Security Scotland.

Further Information
Social Security Scotland are a Disability Confident Employer. We will consider and implement any reasonable adjustments you may require throughout the recruitment process and during the course of your employment, should you be successful in securing a post. If you feel you may require assistance with any part of our recruitment process, please contact us at Recruitment@socialsecurity.gov.scot.

More information about the role and how to apply is available at: Careers at Social Security Scotland