Data Protection Apprentice (Salary £16,258)
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
Swindon, SN2 1FF
Closes in 18 days (Monday 27 January)
Posted on 3 January 2025
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Summary
Launch your career in data protection with our Level 4 Apprenticeship! Dive into a dynamic field, gain real world experience, and earn while you develop expert skills. This is your opportunity to work with industry leaders, protect vital information, and build a career in a rapidly growing sector. Don’t wait—start your journey today!
- Annual wage
- £16,258 a year
- Training course
- Data protection and information governance practitioner (level 4)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday from 9:00am to 5:00pm
37 hours a week
- Possible start date
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Monday 10 February
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- Positions available
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1
Work
As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.
What you’ll do at work
- Respond to data subject rights, freedom of information and environmental information requests within the regulatory time scale
- Report, investigate, analyse and document all data incidents, and breaches reported to the information management team
- Support the Information Management team with implementation and maintenance of compliance with the Records Management policy and schedule
- Provide support to the information manager and data protection officer as requested
- Be a specialist point of contact for advice and guidance regarding information management for all business areas
Company Benefits:
- Generous annual leave
- Flexible working
- Benefit pension scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Seasonal ticket loans
- Employment assistance programme
- Child care scheme (onsite nursery)
Where you’ll work
Polaris House
North Star Avenue
Swindon
SN2 1FF
Training
An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.
College or training organisation
DAMAR LIMITED
Your training course
Data protection and information governance practitioner (level 4)
Equal to higher national certificate (HNC)
Course contents
- Use IT systems to manage, share and store information in accordance with data protection requirements and organisation policies.
- Communicate complex subjects in simple terms through different media (such as face to face meetings, emails, reports and presentations) to enable key stakeholders to understand what is required.
- Prepare documentation and materials for review and ratification.
- Working at times under time pressure, prioritising their workloads in order to raise and resolve areas of concern such as individual rights, breach management, FOI requests and information sharing.
- Being able to accept and deal with changing priorities related to both their own work and to the organisation, showing the flexibility to maintain high standards in a changing environment.
- Undertake data collection, data analysis, data presentation and date storage such as data incidents.
- Interpret regulation and legislation, share best practice and advise stakeholders on its application.
- Identify organisation needs and how these are applied to enquiries.
- Interpret and apply sector guidance appropriately.
- Undertake investigations and interviews in order to assess a data breach.
- Gather, analyse, use and share data to inform risk assessment and make judgements on actions to take.
- Make decisions on data protection and information governance issues raised and ensure that any areas of concern are escalated to the stakeholders.
- Provide day to day support, specialist advice, guidance and training across the organisation and external stakeholders for all matters regarding information governance and data protection.
- Identify potential data solutions and evidence the way in which they could improve data management.
- Use IT systems to manage, share and store information in accordance with data protection requirements and organisation policies.
- Communicate complex subjects in simple terms through different media (such as face to face meetings, emails, reports and presentations) to enable key stakeholders to understand what is required.
- Prepare documentation and materials for review and ratification.
- Working at times under time pressure, prioritising their workloads in order to raise and resolve areas of concern such as individual rights, breach management, FOI requests and information sharing.
- Being able to accept and deal with changing priorities related to both their own work and to the organisation, showing the flexibility to maintain high standards in a changing environment.
- Undertake data collection, data analysis, data presentation and date storage such as data incidents.
- Interpret regulation and legislation, share best practice and advise stakeholders on its application.
- Identify organisation needs and how these are applied to enquiries.
- Interpret and apply sector guidance appropriately.
- Undertake investigations and interviews in order to assess a data breach.
- Gather, analyse, use and share data to inform risk assessment and make judgements on actions to take.
- Make decisions on data protection and information governance issues raised and ensure that any areas of concern are escalated to the stakeholders.
- Provide day to day support, specialist advice, guidance and training across the organisation and external stakeholders for all matters regarding information governance and data protection.
- Identify potential data solutions and evidence the way in which they could improve data management.
Your training plan
Level 4 Data Protection and Information Practitioner Apprentice Standard.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4/C and above)
- Maths (grade 4/C and above)
A Level in:
- 3 x A-Levels (grade A* - D)
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
Other requirements
Damar is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our apprentices and expects our employer partners to share this commitment and to take appropriate steps to ensure that learning takes place in a safe, healthy and supportive environment.
About this company
Join UKSBS, where efficiency meets expertise! UKSBS deliver scalable Finance, HR & Payroll, Procurement, and Business IT services that drive progress for the UK’s economy and society. Trusted by over 25,000 civil and public servants, UKSBS commitment to high quality, reliable service powers the success of UKSBS clients and the nation.
After this apprenticeship
- Information Manager and Data Protection Officer pathway
- Head of RISC pathway
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
DAMAR LIMITED
Sabina Adam
Sabina.Adam@damartraining.com
07566 289 979
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000294366.
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Closes in 18 days (Monday 27 January)
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