Risk and Best Practice Manager (Data Protection)

• ▸Choice of Bath, Oxford or London office
• ▸Flexible 30-37.5 hour working week
• ▸Escalation point for higher-risk compliance matters
• ▸Coaching and development scope over junior team members

A progressive Top 100 law firm with 650+ colleagues, 36 specialist areas and 3 legal divisions across the South West, Thames Valley and London is hiring a Risk and Best Practice Manager with expert data protection knowledge. Reporting to the Senior Risk and Best Practice Lawyer, the role is the escalation point for complex and higher-risk compliance issues.

• ·Support the Director of Risk and Best Practice in delivering the firm's risk management and compliance service, focused on data protection and data security
• ·Manage data-related issues and requests including subject access requests, client file requests and data breaches
• ·Carry out impact assessments and legitimate interest assessments for new business initiatives
• ·Maintain the Register of Processing Activities and data protection policies and procedures
• ·Create engaging, departmentally tailored training to raise awareness of firm policy
• ·Partner with divisional and business leads to advise on data, risk and compliance aspects of new initiatives
• ·Produce and monitor data trends to identify improvement opportunities in data security
• ·Monitor and interpret changes in legal and regulatory requirements
• ·Lead escalation of higher-risk matters to the Risk Committee, drafting detailed briefing notes
• ·Coach and develop junior team members

• ·Experience in risk and compliance within a law firm
• ·Expert knowledge of laws, regulations and codes of conduct applicable to law firms, including legal privilege
• ·Expert knowledge of data protection and information security law
• ·Excellent communication and report-writing skills
• ·Analytical, numerate with excellent attention to detail
• ·Ability to prioritise and delegate to meet deadlines
• ·Qualified Solicitor with current Practising Certificate desirable
• ·Legal or compliance qualification and Data Protection qualification desirable
• ·Managerial / coaching experience desirable

• ·26.5-31.5 days' holiday per year with buy/sell options
• ·Healthcare cash plan / private medical insurance
• ·Life assurance and group income protection
• ·Pension scheme
• ·Discretionary profit and performance-related bonus
• ·Hybrid working
• ·Enhanced family leave
• ·Cycle to work scheme, season ticket loan and recruitment referral bonus
• ·Employee Assistance Programme
• ·Salary reviewed regularly