Data Protection Ambassador
Co-op Academies Trust
Manchester
- £21,141 - £23,175.60 per year
- Expired
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 16 May 2025
Job overview
Contract Type: Permanent
Contract Term: AYR - All year round
Hours per Week: 22.20
Pay Grade: Support Staff | NJC25 - NJC29
Location: Trust wide
Please note that this role is for 22.2 hours spread across 3 days.
Purpose of role:
To support the Trust in fulfilling its responsibilities to comply with the Data Protection Act and the UK GDPR and with Trust policy and expectation.
Key accountabilities (and specific duties / responsibilities):
Supported by the Trust’s Head of Data Protection, to:
- advise the academies and central colleagues on how to comply with trust policy and relevant legislation
- to contribute towards maintaining the Trust’s record of processing activities, and to support the academies with theirs.
- ensure all central staff have undertaken appropriate data protection training in a timely way
- complete due diligence and undertake data protection impact assessments for centrally driven processes as required.
- assist other colleagues in assessing the risks of sharing data with third party suppliers, or allowing third parties to process data on our behalf; supporting with due diligence checks, maintaining records of processing activity and the completion of data protection impact assessments when required.
- record and comply with information requests within statutory timescales.
- provide support to schools with redacting images (moving and still) and other documents as required.
- log data breaches in a timely way and support the investigation and management of breaches, including liaising with colleagues and third parties to ensure that appropriate actions/learnings are identified and followed up, and records are maintained.
- support the Head of Data Protection with the completion of data protection health checks at each of our academies.
- support the Trust’s Data Protection Ambassador network by attending meetings and contributing to the sharing of good practice around the Trust.
- provide support to the Head of Data Protection in delivering training, communicating key messages to colleagues and supporting and promoting a safe culture across the Trust, ensuring that data protection has a high profile.
- support the Head of Data Protection on key projects which seek to embed data protection compliance across the Trust.
- provide admin support to the Head of Data Protection as necessary.
- contribute to the continuous improvement of systems and processes.
The person
Professional Knowledge, Understanding and Experience:
- Understanding of Data Protection in a school setting;
- Understanding of how data is used in schools and what good management of data practice looks like
- Knowledge and understanding of Data Protection legislation, along with the ability to assess its implications in a school context and articulate risk
Skills and Personal Qualities
- Great organisational skills, confidence in managing a diverse workload and responding quickly to deliver on deadlines;
- Able to work independently, on own initiative and without supervision;
- Able to build strong working relationships with, and influence the work of others (including senior leaders), where there is no direct supervisory / line management relationship;
- Pragmatic, able to take a balanced and measured approach and see a situation from different perspectives;
- Good communication skills;
- Committed to undertaking continuous professional development;
- Understanding of and commitment to demonstrating the co-operative values and Ways of Being Co-op;
- Enhanced DBS check required.
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Attached documents
About Co-op Academies Trust
- Co-op Academies Trust
- Department 10704, 1 Angel Square
- Manchester
- M60 0AG
- United Kingdom
Captivating minds through co-operation
Through a great education we are changing the lives of young people. Built on the same principles as all cooperatives across the world, we work with academies to empower teachers and young people to work together for a better education and a better community.
We have been recognised by the Sutton Trust Charity and the Education Policy Institute as one of the top performing multi-academy trusts for disadvantaged students. What makes our Trust unique is that we are sponsored by the Co-op Group.
That close relationship means that we benefit from all of the business expertise that has seen the Co-op grow to one of the most respected, ethically driven and successful businesses in the country. Popular with students, parents and teachers, we began in 2010 with just two academies. One in Manchester and one in Stoke-on-Trent. Two years later, in 2012, we began to work with a cluster of academies in Leeds and by 2014 we had five academies in Leeds; made up of one secondary and four primary academies. Pragmatic in our approach to growth we worked closely and co-operatively to improve all of our academies. We now have 28 academies across Greater Manchester, Stoke-on-Trent, The Wirral and West Yorkshire.
Our Values
Co-op Academies Trust is committed to the values shared by cooperatives everywhere:
Self-help – we support learners, parents, carers and staff to help themselves
Self-responsibility – we encourage learners, parents, carers and staff to take responsibility for, and answer to their actions
Democracy – we give our learners, parents, carers and staff a say in the way we run our schools
Equality – we believe that the voice of each individual should be heard
Equity – we run our schools in a way that is fair and unbiased
Solidarity – we share interests and common purposes with our learners, parents, carers and staff, and with other schools in the communities we serve
We strive to demonstrate the following ethical values in everything we do:
Openness – we believe in being open with colleagues in our schools and beyond, children and their families, sharing information and ideas to raise standards and life chances
Honesty – we act in a professional and respectful manner in our dealings with everyone
Social responsibility – we maximise our impact on the people in our communities while minimising our footprint on the world
Caring for others – we treat everyone as we wish to be treated ourselves, understanding that children only have one childhood
We use our simple ‘Ways of Being Co-op’ to demonstrate our values:
• Do what matters most
• Be yourself, always
• Show you care
• Succeed together
You can find out more about our Trust by visiting www.coopacademies.co.uk
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