Legal Counsel – Data Privacy

We are working with a multinational energy and services organisation who are seeking an experienced Legal counsel – Privacy Lawyer.

You will help manage the privacy risks to the business on a day-to-day basis and deliver privacy services to the commercial and technology led parts of the business. You’ll also assist with a wide variety of legal work including supporting the customer facing businesses as well as the procurement of goods and services

Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver high quality, high impact, high value privacy support across the business with the right balance of risk awareness and pragmatism
• Support the businesses in managing operational and regulatory risks, including the development and delivery of key policies, training and guidance to the business to better manage privacy risk
• Support the DPO in fulfilling their legal responsibilities
• Advise, review and input into contracts from a privacy perspective
• Provide privacy advice to stakeholders on key business decisions, policy and customer journeys
• Develop strong stakeholder relationships and networks within the function and the other business units to support the delivery of objectives and the management of risk

 

About you:

• A strong working knowledge of GDPR and a good understanding of other major privacy frameworks
• Experience of drafting data protection clauses and inputting into contracts from a privacy perspective
• Expressing complex concepts in plain and simple language
• Pragmatic and clear advice focussed on delivering solutions
• Interpretation of and advice on regulatory and compliance requirements, balancing risk and commercial objectives
• High capability to prioritise work effectively

 

My Client will not be accepting candidates with 3 months notice, 2 months at the very most. This is an urgent requirement.

Feel free to reach out to find out more.