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Senior Data Protection Manager

Disclosure & Barring Service

Apply before 10am on Monday 30th March 2026

Details

Salary

£44,284 - £46,383

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Job grade

Senior Executive Officer

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

Technology & Innovation

Type of role

Architecture and Data
 Digital
 Information Technology
 Security

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time, Part-time

Number of jobs available

2

 Location

This role is available on a remote, hybrid, or office basis.
 
 Initially, all DBS employees' contracts are office-based at one of our two sites (Liverpool and Darlington). Employees can apply for remote or hybrid work from day one. If approved, the arrangement will start after six months for transfers from Home Office or after completing probation for new joiners. Requests will be considered based on business needs and role requirements. Informal hybrid working arrangements are also available from day one, subject to business needs and role requirements and will be discussed further following any job offer.
 

About the job

Job summary

The Data Protection manager is the Subject Matter Expert (SME) leading on complex data protection related matters from the business and data subjects ensuring the business operates in line with relevant data protection legislation.

To support the Data Protection Officer providing independent data protection advice and recommendations.

To provide DPA 2018/UK GDPR advice, risk and compliance for DBS IT systems to the SIRO, Executive Director T&I, and Data Protection Officer to enable the effectively delivery of DBS key business priorities and services. 

The role reports to the Data Protection Officer and Head of Security.

Job description

Key Tasks/Areas of accountability
 

Person specification

Essential skills

• A demonstrable understanding of the Data Protection Act 2018 (UK GPDR).
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills. Ability to build relationships, lead and participate in challenging conversations at all levels of the organisation.
• Proven ability to efficiently manage, prioritise and deliver work to meet prescribed deadlines and outcomes.
• Experience of working independently and in partnership with internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience of working on, or with, Information Security functions, teams or projects.
• Experience of working in a regulated industry such as public sector, healthcare, financial services.
• Familiarity with cyber security standards and frameworks such as ISO 27001, NIST, Government Standards GOVs007.
• Excellence in working with Microsoft 365 collaboration tools.

Desirable skills

• Recognised privacy qualifications such as IAPP CIPP/E/T/M, BSC/ISEB or preparedness to gain qualification.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Delivering at Pace
• Making Effective Decisions
• Managing a Quality Service

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Data protection legislation

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £44,284, Disclosure & Barring Service contributes £12,829 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

The DBS offers a number of excellent benefits for its employees. These can include:

• Generous annual leave entitlement
• Excellent maternity, paternity and adoption schemes (after a qualifying period)
• Commitment to the health and wellbeing of our employees
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Flexible working opportunities
• Eyecare voucher scheme
• Occupational Health Service including referrals for counselling and physiotherapy
• 24/7 Counselling and Wellbeing Service
• A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

 The DBS vision and purpose is to make people safer by being a visible, trusted and influential organisation, providing an outstanding quality of service to all our customers and partners, where our people understand the important safeguarding contributions they make and feel proud to work here. To do this, the DBS is committed to being an employer that is able to attract, develop, retain and engage diverse talent that is representative of the communities we serve, and to be an organisation providing outstanding service to all our existing and new customers, who are diverse and have a range of different needs. We want all our staff to be able to bring their ‘whole self’ to work.

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

Applying for the role

To apply for this post, please provide a CV together with a suitability statement of no more than 1000 words, outlining how your skills, experience and qualifications meet the requirements of the role, including all essential criteria and the key responsibilities in the job description.

Selection process

As part of the recruitment process the Disclosure & Barring Service will conduct a sift exercise and interview process based on Civil Service Success Profiles. 

Artificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action.  Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

For all candidates who are successful at the initial sifting stage, you will be expected to attend a panel-based interview. This will be conduced using Microsoft Teams.

The aim of the panel interview will be to assess your ability to demonstrate the following behaviours:

There will also be a technical question asked during the interview based on data protection legislation.

Recruitment timetable

The following timetable outlines indicative dates. Please note, these dates may be subject to change without prior notice.

Closing date: 30/03/2026 at 10am

Candidate sift: Week commencing 30/03/2026

Interviews: Week commencing 13/04/2026

Whilst we will endeavour to provide some flexibility with regards to dates wherever possible, it is unlikely that we will be able to offer an alternative date once an appointment has been scheduled.

 Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
 
 We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact

Name : Alan Yates

Email : alan.yates@weareams.com

Recruitment team

Email :psrpermapplications@weareams.com