Data Protection Specialist for Vattenfall BA Wind

Job Description

Company Description

Vattenfall is a leading European energy company driving the transition to a sustainable energy system. We have been electrifying industries, powering homes and transforming life through innovation for more than 100 years and now have a mission of working for fossil freedom. We employ around 21 000 people mostly in our core markets in Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, and the UK.

Job Description

Are you interested in a job where you can positively influence the success of a growing organisation dedicated to renewable energy? Are you motivated by building networks and driving improvement forward? If so, this is the position for you.

The role of the Risk, Project and Legal Governance department is to support strategy execution through robust frameworks for decision making, management of risks and uncertainties, compliance and legal governance. A key role within the team is that of Data Protection Specialist.

As the Data Protection Specialist, you are responsible for defining and establishing data protection standards in BA Wind and driving compliance-related activities.

Key responsibilities include:

• Inform and advise Business Area Wind and its employees about obligations to comply with the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) and other data protection laws.
• Oversee training of BA Wind employees.
• Develop and implement privacy control framework for BA Wind.
• Monitor implementation of policies, procedures and guidelines.
• Monitor and report compliance with data protection legislation.
• Perform investigations into data protection breaches and undertake reporting and remedial action as needed.
• Manage data subject requests.
• Establish BA standards for data protection agreements.
• Ensure legally required documentation is in place and updated.
• Ensure high risk processing activities are identified, analysed, managed and documented by risk owners.
• Provide advice on mitigating risks around data protection processing activities.
• Provide advice following data processing audits and data breaches.
• Develop the culture and ethos of data compliance across BA Wind
• Act as the contact point on high-risk issues related to the processing of personal data and providing information as requested to BA Wind /Vattenfall on compliance in this area.

Be in your element with BA Wind

The Vattenfall Business Area Wind develops and operates renewable energy projects (offshore wind, onshore wind, solar and battery) in our core markets. Business Area Wind is also responsible for identifying profitable growth options and new business models for other renewable energy sources, developing solutions for energy system integration and finding new ways of working with communities. The combination of rapid growth and a highly competitive market environment requires best in class project management and a culture of continuous learning. Working as part of a leading European utility also means you could be helping a growing number of major businesses and brands achieve their own sustainability goals through partnerships.

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree (or similar) in law, compliance, corporate governance or other relevant field
• At least 5 years work experience in a large international corporation in the corporate governance or compliance area
• A deep understanding of GDPR and data protection in the UK and EU with at least 3 years proven experience in the field
• You thrive on solving complex challenges in complex stakeholder environment.
• Visible and self-managing and able to work effectively as part of a virtual team
• A strong communicator with excellent command of English both verbally and written; German is a plus.
• Ability to deal with urgent topics and focus on what is important
• Ability to build a positive culture around data protection.
• Strong interpersonal and collaborative skills
• Strong analytical skills and ability to work in a structured way.

Location
The possible locations for this position are Amsterdam, Hamburg, Hexham, London or Stockholm. Regular business trips are required.

Additional Information

We welcome your application in English, including CV and cover letter, the last day to apply is 13th October 2024. We kindly request that you do not send applications by any means other than via our website. Selection and interviews will take place after the last application date.

We look forward to your application!

For more information about the recruitment process you are welcome to contact recruiter Catalina Roa Rodriguez, catalina.roarodriguez@vattenfall.com .

Trade union representatives in Sweden

Rolf Ohlsson (Akademikerna), Anders Bohlin (Unionen), Christer Gustafsson (Ledarna), Rebecka Hedsell (SEKO). To contact the representatives, please call Vattenfall's switchboard, +46 0 739 50 00.

At Vattenfall we are convinced that diversity contributes to building a more profitable and attractive company and we strive to be a good role model regarding diversity. Vattenfall works actively for all employees to have the same opportunities and rights regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, transgender identity or expression, religion or other belief, disability or sexual orientation. Click here for further information

Since Vattenfall is part of the Swedish critical infrastructure, many of our positions are security classed. If this position is security classed, the final candidates may be subject to a security vetting process, according to the Swedish legislation.

The security of Vattenfall and its employees is essential. For that reason, a pre-employment screening may be part of your recruitment process. The screening is based on the role you will fulfill within Vattenfall. The screening will be performed by a third party, Validata.