Privacy Officer

Organisation/Company

Hotelschool The Hague

Research Field

Cultural studies
Juridical sciences

Researcher Profile

Recognised Researcher (R2)

Country

Netherlands

Application Deadline

7 Mar 2024 – 22:59 (UTC)

Type of Contract

Temporary

Job Status

Not Applicable

Hours Per Week

40.0

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by an EU programme

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description

General:

You will join a multidisciplinary team of professionals in a challenging but friendly environment. The school community is international, which means both the educational programme and all business communication are done in English. Hotelschool The Hague has developed an excellent reputation over 90 years; the result of the structured & innovative educational programme and the experience and quality of our staff, instructors, and lecturers.

Department:

Within Hotelschool The Hague (HTH), the Privacy, Safety and Information Security team provides support in the areas of Privacy, Security and integral safety. Organisational, the team is part of the Facility and Real Estate department, where facility security/BHV is organized.

The Privacy Officer, like the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Information Security Officer (ISO) and manager of Integral Security, is part of this team and reports to the manager of Facility and Real Estate. The functional reporting line is to a member of the Board of Directors (BoD).

Job description:

The privacy officer is the ‘spider in the web’ in ensuring privacy within HTH and fulfils an important role from the second line in further developing and strengthening privacy-aware actions within education, research and support services. The privacy officer contributes to achieving the objectives of HTH’s privacy policy. Where the Data Protection Officer (FG – Functionaris Gegevensbescherming) ensures that HTH handles personal data processed by the school lawfully and carefully, the Privacy Officer develops privacy policy and further translates it into supporting guidelines, processes, communication, and information provision. The Privacy Officer advises on the implementation of the tasks required for GDPR (AVG) and the resulting measures. The Privacy Officer does this in close cooperation with the FG and the CISO, responsible for information security.

Core responsibilities:

• Develops privacy policy and is key contact person for it and further translates it into supporting guidelines, internal processes, communication, and information provision.
• Describes processes and procedures such as Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA), protocol (mandatory notification) data breaches, Privacy by Design, Rights of Data Subjects and the creation of Processor Agreements.
• Manages the Processing Register based on personal data processing operations within its own organisational unit inventoried by the managers and monitors the quality of the register, monitors, and periodically reports privacy risks to the BoD and advises management on privacy issues, solicited and unsolicited.

Tasks supervision and control:

• Is the central point of contact within HTH for privacy-related issues.
• Handles questions, reports, complaints, or incidents regarding the use of personal data. Is point of contact for members of the Management Team, research and support services and directs/coordinates the tools and communication to be deployed and monitors the effective fulfilment of the role and the quality of the advice.
• Advises on privacy issues.
• Advises on and assists in conducting DPIAs.
• Analyses privacy incidents in cooperation with the FG and CISO, coordinates, advises, and informs data subjects on data breaches and maintains the data breach register.
• Handles requests from data subjects in the context of exercising data subjects’ rights (right to inspection, correction, deletion, data transfer and restriction).
• Advises on and assesses the drafting of (model) processor agreements, privacy declarations and other privacy-related documents.
• Takes care of the PDCA cycle from the Privacy management system.
• Analyses the PDCA cycle and functionally reports to BoD and the FG about the progress and effectiveness.
• Takes care of (substantive) organisation, steering and monitoring of policy processes (in cooperation with stakeholders) and monitors the progress of such processes; in this context, monitors progress, identifies problems/bottlenecks, takes care of solutions, and acts as a contact person.
• Advises on and makes improvement proposals arising from the PDCA cycle.
• Together with the FG, takes care of the development and implementation of awareness programmes.
• Identifies developments and trends in the field of privacy.
• Forms a team with the CISO, ISO and manager integral security and works together from one shared structure/tool and approach.
• Participates in various specific consultation structures and communities for the purpose of knowledge exchange and mutual coordination with privacy officers (e.g., SURF, SCIPR, HBO-FGs/POs).
• Directs Roadmap (implementation of the (Surf) Privacy assessment framework) with the objective of achieving privacy maturity level 3.
• Maintains the privacy framework.
• Distributes work within the project and oversees implementation.
• Monitors progress of the Privacy assessment framework Plan of Approach, coordinates with stakeholders and ensures communication.
• Prepares (progress) reports for the BoD.

Requirements
Specific Requirements

You have/are:

• A Bachelor/University degree level working and thinking level.
• An Additional specialized training in the field of privacy, such as Privacy Officer training and/or CIPP/e and CIPP/m certifications.
• A Minimum of 3 years of experience in a similar role/job.
• Understanding of the different roles and responsibilities within the organisation in relation to one’s own role.
• Understanding of the mutual influence of culture and privacy on the organisation and the financial context in which the privacy policy is placed.
• Understanding of issues and problems in other areas of work in relation to privacy.
• Skills in leading and developing policy, drafting, and explaining policy plans and creating support.
• Skills in coordinating privacy-related issues with various other policy areas from a helicopter view.
• Skills in formulating and conveying advice.
• Sensitive to different interests within an organisation.
• Strong communication and writing skills.
• Skills in testing measures resulting from the PDCA cycle and translating findings into adjustment or improvement proposals.
• Skills in ‘structuring the organisation of privacy’.
• Excellent oral and written command of the Dutch and English languages.

Additional Information
Benefits

Hotelschool The Hague offers a salary based on scale 11 the labour agreement of Universities of Applied Science (CAO HBO) with a range between € 4234.29 and € 5936.77 per month, depending on your professional experience and qualifications. 

In addition, Hotelschool The Hague offers:

• A 13th month;
• An excellent package of fringe benefits;
• Employees with a 40-hour working week are entitled to 428 hours (53 days) of leave annually with retention of salary;
• Excellent opportunities for further personal development;
• Compensation towards your health insurance expenses;
• Option to make use of group discounts for multiple insurances;
• Travel allowances for commuting to and from work;
• A pension plan through ABP;
• Most importantly you would work for an organisation that strives to have a positive impact on society, helping to develop future leaders in the hospitality industry.

Selection process

Hotelschool The Hague works with a 40-hour workweek. The starting date for this position is as soon as possible depending on the notice period of the applicant.

An English language proficiency test may be part of the selection procedure. Upon receiving an offer, a certificate of conduct (VOG) is required.

How to apply

We look forward to receiving your English CV and motivation letter. Kindly submit your CV and motivation letter before the 8th of March 2024 to the attention of Mr. I. Kamphof, Corporate Recruiter.

Additional comments

Hotelschool The Hague works with a 40-hour workweek. The starting date for this position is as soon as possible depending on the notice period of the applicant.

Additional information can be provided by:

Martin Bal 
Privacy, Safety, Information & Security team
[email protected]

An English language proficiency test may be part of the selection procedure. Upon receiving an offer, a certificate of conduct (VOG) is required.

How to apply

We look forward to receiving your English CV and motivation letter. Kindly submit your CV and motivation letter before the 8th of March 2024 to the attention of Mr. I. Kamphof, Corporate Recruiter.

Website for additional job details

https://www.academictransfer.com/337882/

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

Hotelschool The Hague

Country

Netherlands

City

Den Haag

Postal Code

2587 AH

Street

Brusselselaan 2

Geofield

Where to apply

Website

https://www.academictransfer.com/en/337882/privacy-officer/apply/#apply

Contact

City

Den Haag

Website

http://www.hotelschool.nl/

Street

Brusselselaan 2

Postal Code

2587AH

STATUS: EXPIRED