EMEA Privacy Officer (Parental leave cover)

London - UK

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 15 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

The Privacy Officer is a member of the global Privacy function. The successful candidate will assist in implementing Flight Centre Travel Groups privacy program and policies across the different FCTG businesses. The Privacy function works in collaboration with different areas of the business to ensure compliance with applicable local legislation implement Flight Centres privacy framework provide advice to the business in data privacy matters respond to incidents and help drive change as required.

About Flight Centre Travel Group

Flight Centre Travel Group is one of the worlds largest travel companies with over 12000 employees globally - who we call Flighties. With over thirty brands under our family tree and headquarters in more than twenty countries our roles are diverse and our opportunities are endless. When we say were a great place to work we have the proof to back it up. Over the past 12 years weve been voted a Great Place to Work including one of the Best Workplaces for Wellbeing and Best Workplaces for Women. Together we live and breathe our number one philosophy our people and turn up each day driven by our purpose to open up the world for those who want to see. Put simply were a bunch of travel lovers looking for more travel lovers to join our family.

Role Responsibilities:

Undertake all activities to develop implement and maintain FCTGs continuous data privacy program privacy policies procedures and documentation for the processing of personal data.
Undertake all actions as required to implement and maintain FCTGs privacy framework and various privacy programmes of work.
Assist in the enterprises response to privacy-related incidents and other potentially damaging events.
Conduct or oversee privacy awareness campaigns training and orientation for employees.
Process and complete Data Subject Access Requests (DSARs) within statutory deadlines ensuring accurate and compliant responses.
Work with different business areas and provide them privacy advice.
Conduct audits and assessments to ensure that FCTGs privacy requirements are being met.
Support bid-writing teams in RFP responses in relation to data protection matters.
Help drive culture change where required

Requirements:

Three years of commercial experience in privacy data protection privacy law security risk management auditing and/or compliance.
Sound business judgment with the ability to think in a logical manner to give practical advice by balancing business needs with privacy risks.
Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work well with a diverse client base to articulate the importance of customer privacy.
Ability to maintain proper documentation relevant records and archives in an orderly transparent fashion.
Willingness to travel as required.
Being available for incident and emergency handling outside standard office hours where necessary.
Can work as part of a wider team both independently see what needs to be done and has the initiative to take ownership.
Bachelors degree in business administration law finance accounting engineering science and technology studies IT or a related discipline or equivalent experience. - Desirable
Experience with privacy management platforms (OneTrust) and business tools (Smartsheet Adobe PDF Notion Visio) - Desirable
Sound knowledge of EMEA privacy regimes. - Desirable
Familiarity with ISO 27001 NIST or PCI DSS.- Desirable
Familiarity with governance risk and compliance (GRC) methodologies- Desirable

Whats in it for you

Exclusive Travel Discounts: As part of Flight Centre Travel Group you gain access to exclusive industry rates and discounts through our in-house travel team.
Career Development: With Flight Centre Travel Groups global presence spanning 30 brands in over 20 countries youll have clear career pathways and the resources you need to achieve your professional goals including training and support.
Vibrant Culture & industry-renowned social events: Experience our fun industry-renowned culture with exciting social events such as monthly awards nights global conferences end-of-financial-year balls and more.
Active Hour: Prioritise your well-being with an hour dedicated each week to focus on your fitness or personal wellness.
Comprehensive Health Cash Plan: Get reimbursed for a variety of medical services including dental optical and chiropractic care with our bronze-level health cash plan.
Health & Wellbeing Challenges: Stay engaged with monthly health and wellbeing challenges designed to keep you motivated and healthy.
Financial Wellbeing Support: Access expert financial services including mortgage advice regulated financial guidance and money coaching to help you manage your finances.
And Much More: Enjoy a range of additional benefits including company-matched charitable donations an excellent pension scheme share options an electric vehicle scheme and a variety of salary sacrifice benefits.

Our number one philosophy is Our people. Flight Centre Travel Groups promise is to provide an environment with equality of respect dignity and opportunity for all our employees. We value an inclusive and supportive workplace which reflects the diversity of our society.

We welcome accommodation requests to help make our hiring and onboarding experience as accessible as possible. Please advise us about accommodation needs at any point by contacting our Recruitment Team at .

Required Experience:

Unclear Seniority

About Flight Centre Travel Group

Role Responsibilities:

Undertake all activities to develop implement and maintain FCTGs continuous data privacy program privacy policies procedures and documentation for the processing of personal data.
Undertake all actions as required to implement and maintain FCTGs privacy framework and various privacy programmes of work.
Assist in the enterprises response to privacy-related incidents and other potentially damaging events.
Conduct or oversee privacy awareness campaigns training and orientation for employees.
Process and complete Data Subject Access Requests (DSARs) within statutory deadlines ensuring accurate and compliant responses.
Work with different business areas and provide them privacy advice.
Conduct audits and assessments to ensure that FCTGs privacy requirements are being met.
Support bid-writing teams in RFP responses in relation to data protection matters.
Help drive culture change where required

Requirements:

Three years of commercial experience in privacy data protection privacy law security risk management auditing and/or compliance.
Sound business judgment with the ability to think in a logical manner to give practical advice by balancing business needs with privacy risks.
Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work well with a diverse client base to articulate the importance of customer privacy.
Ability to maintain proper documentation relevant records and archives in an orderly transparent fashion.
Willingness to travel as required.
Being available for incident and emergency handling outside standard office hours where necessary.
Can work as part of a wider team both independently see what needs to be done and has the initiative to take ownership.
Bachelors degree in business administration law finance accounting engineering science and technology studies IT or a related discipline or equivalent experience. - Desirable
Experience with privacy management platforms (OneTrust) and business tools (Smartsheet Adobe PDF Notion Visio) - Desirable
Sound knowledge of EMEA privacy regimes. - Desirable
Familiarity with ISO 27001 NIST or PCI DSS.- Desirable
Familiarity with governance risk and compliance (GRC) methodologies- Desirable

Whats in it for you

Exclusive Travel Discounts: As part of Flight Centre Travel Group you gain access to exclusive industry rates and discounts through our in-house travel team.
Career Development: With Flight Centre Travel Groups global presence spanning 30 brands in over 20 countries youll have clear career pathways and the resources you need to achieve your professional goals including training and support.
Vibrant Culture & industry-renowned social events: Experience our fun industry-renowned culture with exciting social events such as monthly awards nights global conferences end-of-financial-year balls and more.
Active Hour: Prioritise your well-being with an hour dedicated each week to focus on your fitness or personal wellness.
Comprehensive Health Cash Plan: Get reimbursed for a variety of medical services including dental optical and chiropractic care with our bronze-level health cash plan.
Health & Wellbeing Challenges: Stay engaged with monthly health and wellbeing challenges designed to keep you motivated and healthy.
Financial Wellbeing Support: Access expert financial services including mortgage advice regulated financial guidance and money coaching to help you manage your finances.
And Much More: Enjoy a range of additional benefits including company-matched charitable donations an excellent pension scheme share options an electric vehicle scheme and a variety of salary sacrifice benefits.