Compliance and Privacy Officer

Compliance & Privacy Officer

12-Month Fixed-Term Contract
Circa £50,000 + Benefits
Hybrid Working – 2 Days in Crewe / 3 Days Remote

The Opportunity

We’re looking for an experienced Compliance & Privacy Officer to join a leading transport and operational services business on a 12-month fixed-term contract. This is an excellent opportunity to play a key role within a highly visible function, helping to shape and strengthen compliance, governance and data protection practices across multiple business areas.

Working closely with Group Compliance and stakeholders across the wider organisation, you’ll act as a trusted advisor and subject matter expert across a broad range of compliance and data protection activities. The role offers significant variety, autonomy and the opportunity to influence best practice across a complex operational environment.

If you enjoy building strong working relationships, improving processes and driving high standards of compliance in a practical and commercially focused way, we’d love to hear from you.

About the Role

As Compliance & Privacy Officer, you’ll help ensure the business remains fully aligned with Group policies, standards and regulatory requirements across areas including:

Data Protection & GDPR

Anti-Bribery & Corruption

Fraud Prevention

Human Rights

Competition Compliance

Corporate Criminal Offence

Environmental & Health Compliance

You’ll also act as the lead Data Protection Champion across the business, providing oversight, guidance and support across all data protection and retention matters.

Key Responsibilities

Compliance & Governance

Manage and maintain compliance and data protection frameworks across the business

Ensure controls, policies and processes remain effective, standardised and fit for purpose

Coordinate compliance submissions and reporting to Group Compliance

Support compliance assurance activity across multiple business areas

Monitor compliance maturity and support continuous improvement initiatives

Maintain compliance registers including anti-bribery, conflicts of interest and contact registers

Escalate non-compliance issues appropriately and in a timely manner

Data Protection & Privacy

Act as the lead Data Protection Champion

Provide practical GDPR and data protection guidance to stakeholders across the organisation

Lead and coordinate Data Protection Champion forums

Manage data protection communications, investigations and incident support

Lead on the collation and review of DPIAs

Ensure ROPAs are maintained through engagement with data owners

Support assurance activities relating to data protection and retention processes

Stakeholder Engagement & Training

Work closely with Group Compliance and senior leadership teams

Develop training and awareness materials to improve compliance knowledge across the business

Deliver updates and reporting to senior leadership teams

Build strong relationships across multiple business functions and operational teams

Promote a positive culture of compliance, accountability and continuous improvement

About You

We’re looking for someone who combines strong technical knowledge with excellent stakeholder engagement skills.

You’ll ideally have:

At least 3 years’ experience within compliance, governance, risk or data protection

Strong working knowledge of GDPR and the Data Protection Act

Experience working within corporate compliance frameworks

Excellent communication and relationship-building skills

Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities

A proactive and solutions-focused approach

Confidence working across cross-functional and multi-site teams

Experience supporting continuous improvement and process enhancement initiatives

A GDPR qualification such as a Practitioner Certificate in Data Protection would be advantageous, but is not essential.

What’s on Offer

Salary circa £50,000

Hybrid working model – 2 days based in Crewe and 3 days working from home

Opportunity to work across a large and complex operational environment

Collaborative and supportive team culture

Varied and impactful role with strong stakeholder exposure

12-month fixed-term opportunity with immediate responsibility and visibility

If you’re looking for a role where you can combine compliance expertise with a practical, collaborative and business-focused approach, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply now to find out more
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed