Data Protection Officer

at  Eurofins Ireland Clinical Diagnostics

Company Description
Eurofins Biomnis is the leading independent provider of medical laboratory testing services in Ireland. We are a medically led and ISO 15189 accredited organisation dedicated to delivering accurate and reliable medical laboratory results to help health care professionals diagnose, treat and prevent disease.
We are part of the Eurofins Scientific Group, a global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical, forensics, clinical diagnostic, cosmetic product testing and in agroscience. The Group operates more than 900 laboratories in over 50 countries and employs 55,000 staff conducting 450 million tests every year.
As an employer, we’re keen to look after our people with as much dedication as they look after our clients and their colleagues. We are a diverse company with 31 nationalities, encouraging inclusiveness and instilling a sense of belonging to all our colleagues. In the spirit of supporting and improving the health and well-being of our employees, building resilience, confidence and compassion through education and activities, our “Wellbeing Committee” was founded. “The Wellbeing Committee” plans activities, promotes participation, represents employees from all organizational levels, and creates and maintains open lines of communication between wellness committees and employees.
We are now recruiting for a:

DATA PROTECTION OFFICER

We are currently seeking to recruit an organised and detailed professional to join our Team at the Eurofins Clinical Diagnostics in Sandyford, Dublin 18. This is a high-level role collaborating with the Eurofins Clinical Diagnostics Business lines in Ireland and the UK, by leading on all Data Protection and Compliance matters, and implementing an Information Governance Framework. If you are an experienced, dedicated Data Protection professional, looking for a new opportunity to incorporate your knowledge and skills with a new challenge, join us and help to continue support our colleagues, and our clients to ensure their experience of our service is industry leading. You will be building and maintaining strong relationships with all internal stakeholders plus external stakeholders – clients, regulatory bodies, ensuring compliance with national and other relevant data protection laws and practices across all business lines.
We’re a growing and ambitious company, so there is huge potential here to develop with us and enjoy fantastic rewards in your career.
We offer competitive salaries, flexible working hours, excellent training and support, exceptional career prospects. You will receive a very attractive salary and overall benefits package which includes: Pension Scheme, Health Insurance, Life Assurance, Income Protection, Higher Education Policy, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), Eurofins Employee Referral Programme, Bike to Work and you will be part of the company’s Annual Bonus Scheme.
Hours per week: 37.5

EDUCATION

Hold or are actively working towards at least one industry recognised data protection qualification e.g.

• Certified Information Privacy Owner
• Certified Information Privacy Practitioner (CIPP/E).
• Practitioner Certificate in Data Protection

EXPERIENCE

• Expert knowledge of Data Protection Act 2018
• Experience in implementing a Data Protection programme
• Previous experience of handling high volumes of special category data in a clinical system capacity.

SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Work collaboratively with all Stakeholders
• Attention to detailed focused with an ability to make informed decisions
• A good communicator who can advocate and implement best security practice
• A strong track record of upholding good customer relationships

PLEASE NOTE THIS IS NOT A HYBRID ROLE INITIALLY, THIS ROLE WILL BE BASED ON SITE IN SANDYFORD, DUBLIN 18. CAN BE DISCUSSED AFTER TRAINING COMPLETED.

Job Description
The Data Protection Officer will take the lead on all Data Protection matters for the Eurofins Clinical Diagnostics companies in Ireland and the UK. The holder of this role will be responsible for monitoring and ensuring compliance with national and other relevant data protection laws and practices across all business lines. To enable the carrying out of this critical role, the successful candidate will be involved in all issues which relate to the protection and processing of personal data within the business.

SPECIFIC TASKS:

• To ensure business lines in scope are compliant with GDPR/DPA and other relevant legislation where applicable.
• To promote a data protection culture within the business lines in scope.
• To act as the primary contact within or outside the organisation about all issues relating to the processing of personal data under relevant legislation.
• To collaborate with the wider Eurofins Group on data protection matters and act as the Privacy Lead.
• To implement an Information Governance Framework which both ensures and demonstrates compliance with Data Protection legislation and policies.
• To develop, maintain and improve the data protection policies and processes.
• To provide training on data protection to the relevant stakeholders.
• To monitor compliance with the GDPR as well as undertaking systematic data protection audits in accordance with GDPR and Data Protection legislation.
• To manage, coordinate and respond to all data protection and privacy-related queries and requests from third parties (including members of the public and regulatory authorities).
• To manage the data protection risk register, data retention schedules, and all other data protection reference documents aligned to the technical and organisational requirements.
• To provide oversight, control and risk management for any data breaches when they occur.
• To support the business lines in identifying required DPIA has and be responsible for final sign off.
• To establish and maintain a legal basis register and programme including developing clear data flow maps where required and identify data owners.
• To manage and mediate any complaints received from data subjects.
• Other related tasks as assigned by the Authority from time to time.
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