Operational Compliance Specialist

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

💵 £28.9k - £36.1k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🚔 Compliance

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HighlightTA

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2024

🎯 Recruiter

👥 HR Tech

💼 Consulting

Recruitment • HR Tech • Consulting

At HighlightTA, we simplify hiring by embedding talent partners into your team, leading recruitment projects, or managing your entire talent function. Our flexible, on-demand solutions let you scale up or down as needed, without long-term commitments or high agency fees. With decades of experience, our data-driven approach ensures fast access to top-tier talent, saving you time and reducing costs. Whether it's integrating talent partners, overseeing recruitment functions, or delivering one-off projects through our ProjectTA service, we tailor our solutions to meet your specific business needs. Ready to build exceptional teams? Let's connect.

📋 Description

• Maintain the subprocessor register and manage reviewing, onboarding, and client notification of subprocessor changes • Administer data retention schedules by data category and jurisdiction • Coordinate deletion and archiving activities and maintain supporting documentation • Support access control compliance and periodic access reviews • Manage DSAR intake, coordinate fulfilment, and track regulatory deadlines • Support privacy monitoring, testing, and audits • Maintain compliance documentation, processing activity registries, and risk assessments • Act as first point of contact for client privacy and EMEA regulatory queries • Prepare subprocessor update notices and other privacy-related client communications • Maintain client-specific compliance records for data processing agreements and privacy obligations • Track EMEA reporting requirements and filing deadlines • Maintain the EMEA compliance calendar and assist with regulatory correspondence • Support credentialing and onboarding/offboarding compliance for EMEA clients and vendors • Audit criminal-record screening files for eligibility and procedural compliance • Prepare first-line responses to client and regulator inquiries about screening checks • Maintain privacy and EMEA compliance process documentation • Liaise with Operations on privacy-adjacent process design and workflow improvements • Triage and manage Jira tickets relating to privacy and EMEA compliance matters

🎯 Requirements

• Post-secondary education in a related field or an equivalent combination of education and professional experience • Practical working knowledge of GDPR and data subject rights processes • Experience engaging with regulatory or quasi-governmental bodies such as the ICO, a privacy commissioner, or equivalent authority • Highly organized with exceptional attention to detail • Ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, and regulatory requirements across different jurisdictions • Excellent written and verbal communication skills • Ability to maintain discretion and confidentiality at all times • Comfortable working across compliance, operations, and client-facing functions • Professional privacy certification through the IAPP, such as CIPT or CIPP/E, is considered a strong asset • Comfortable using AI tools such as Claude to support drafting communications, summarising regulatory guidance, and improving workflow efficiency • Working knowledge of UK disclosure regimes: DBS, Disclosure Scotland, and AccessNI, including check levels and eligibility rules • Understanding of registered body, umbrella body, and responsible organisation obligations • Knowledge of UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018 requirements for criminal-record data • Authorization to work in the UK is required by the application form • Successful candidate must complete a background check

🏖️ Benefits

• 20 days of annual leave to start, plus up to 3 additional Performance Days • Company-paid benefits • Remote-friendly and supportive flexible remote arrangements • Work-from-home allowance • Professional development budget • + 2,000 options • A few more goodies