Data Protection and Assurance Officer

Data Protection and Assurance Officer

Salary: £56,601

Location: Manchester - Agile Full Time, 12 months FTC (Maternity Cover) 35 hours per a week

Closing Date: 30 August 2025

Support our communities. See the difference you can make in our city. At One Manchester we are passionate about providing good quality homes, great services and real opportunities for customers and communities. We are more than just a landlord. We invest in new and existing homes, provide money advice and wellbeing, employment and training support and build strong partnerships to support inclusive growth.

We have an exciting position available for Data Protection and Assurance Officer to join us! You’ll be responsible for managing our procedures, disciplines, processes, awareness, technologies and in respect of privacy and data protection, ensuring that such activities are effective, fit for purpose and compliant with the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). Working with the Risk and Assurance Manager to test the risk, efficiency, effectiveness and compliance of our policies, procedures, systems and protocols, in order to provide independent/objective assurance to the SLT, ELT and the Board. Please note the post holder will be the named Data Protection Officer for One Manchester, fulfilling the responsibilities as defined by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).

What we’re looking for:

• Strong knowledge and experience of Data Governance and Data Protection compliance and legislation
• Committed to ensuring the group’s Data Protection stance and obligations are maintained, influencing others with clarity and independence
• Robustly challenge the status quo; determined, independent and resilient when questioned
• Strong communication and advocacy skills, valued as trustworthy by colleagues, management and third parties
• Ensure absolute integrity in advising the Group on its requirements under GDPR legislation
• Ability to work with Managers and Board members at a senior level
• Excellent organisation and planning skills with a strong level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Possess a high standard of data and information literacy with the ability to research, analyse and present complex information effectively to a range of audiences.
• A competent user of IT who has good working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages

Why take up the challenge with One Manchester? This really is a great place to work. We’ve bags of potential and have huge opportunities waiting to be unlocked. Supportive and flexible, we’re rightly proud of our work and excited about the future. So, challenge yourself to be creative and ambitious and see the difference you can make in our great city. If this sounds like you then apply today, we’d love to hear from you!

We own and manage over 12,000 homes in central, south and east Manchester. We have one purpose: to provide good quality homes, great services, and real opportunities for our customers and communities. Our role as a trusted Registered Provider of Social Housing goes well beyond putting people in safe and secure homes. That’s not to say it’s not one our key priorities, it’s simply one of the many things we do to help our customers live happy and fulfilled lives. We put people at the heart of everything we do. We’re constantly evolving as a business to ensure we’re supporting our customers and communities. We focus on improving our communities by offering a range of services, including employment opportunities, building new developments, and ensuring our customers have safe homes to live in.

In accordance with the aims of our Equality and Diversity strategy and organisational commitment to address the employment of underrepresented groups, One Manchester is operating 'the Rooney Rule'. This means that we aim to interview at least one ethnically diverse candidate for all roles. We will also interview at least one female candidate for all our roles within our trades and facilities teams where we experience an under representation. One Manchester strives for equality, diversity and inclusion in all that we do. We positively encourage applications for employment from eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

We are transitioning to a culture where agile working will be a feature of many of our roles. We also try to support and promote a culture of flexible working where possible and practical. If you are interested in a role but require flexibility or part time hours please give us a call and we can let you know if this can be considered for a particular role.