BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE TOMORROW
BAM UK and Ireland is recruiting a Data Protection Analyst to join our team and help safeguard sensitive information while ensuring compliance with data privacy laws and regulations.
As a Data Privacy Analyst, you will play a critical role in identifying potential privacy risks, implementing data protection strategies, and supporting the organisation’s efforts to maintain the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of personal and sensitive data. You will support the delivery of privacy requirements across tender teams, project teams, and divisional units. Working collaboratively with teams across the business, you’ll help drive a culture of privacy, transparency, and compliance. You will report to the Compliance Officer of BAM UK&I.
This role offers flexibility to work from any UK&I regional office and from home, with occasional travel as needed.
YOUR MISSION
- Work with teams to embed new legislation – including AI-related governance and other data regulations – into business processes.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure privacy by design
- Conduct data privacy impact assessments for projects and tenders, ensuring compliance from the outset.
- Perform third-party data privacy risk assessments, including managing Data Protection Agreements and Transfer Impact Assessments.
- Assist in the investigation of data privacy incidents, complaints, and subject access requests.
- Provide guidance to teams on privacy-related questions and support continuous learning in the area of data protection.
- Assist in developing and delivering privacy training programs to raise awareness across the organization.
- Maintain and update the organisation’s data inventory to reflect changes in business structures and systems.
- Support data retention activities and related compliance projects within BAM UK&I.
Profile Mindset & Culture
You will:
- Champion BAM’s values: sustainable, inclusive, collaborative, reliable, and ownership.
- Promote a privacy-first culture and help embed privacy awareness across the business.
- Act as a role model for ethical, accountable and consistent behaviour.
- Demonstrate initiative, curiosity and a continuous improvement mindset.
- ____________Executing the results
- Stay organised, detail-focused and deliver high-quality outcomes to agreed deadlines.
- Take personal accountability for your work and be tenacious in problem-solving.
- Show resilience and confidence when advising colleagues on complex privacy topics.
- Apply sound judgement while remaining pragmatic and business-aware.
____________Relationships and Influence
- Communicate clearly and confidently with stakeholders at all levels.
- Build trusted relationships and collaborate effectively across business units.
- Inspire others through your knowledge, energy and commitment to doing the right thing.
- Bring empathy and professionalism when dealing with sensitive or challenging issues.Who are we looking for?
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience working on privacy requirements and privacy management systems.
- Certification such as CIPP/E, CIPM, or similar is a plus.
- Strong knowledge of data protection principles and privacy frameworks (e.g. GDPR).
- Experience conducting privacy impact assessments.
- Knowledge of incident response processes.
- A positive self-starter with a proactive and ambitious mindset.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Ability to interpret legislation and apply it practically within a business context.
- Strong organisational and analytical skills.
- A passion for promoting data protection as a key business enabler.
OUR RECRUITMENT PROCESS, WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW?
BAM is committed to ensuring a fully inclusive recruitment and onboarding process, so if at any time you feel we need to do something to make it more accessible to you, do not hesitate to speak with one of our team, and we will do our best to support you.
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