Senior Data Protection Specialist

2 weeks ago


Johannesburg North, South Africa H2R Africa Full time

Our client, a large International Mining Company, has a vacancy for a Senior Data Protection Specialist on a contract.

Stakeholder Management is of the utmost importance.

**PLEASE NOTE ONLY APPLY IF YOU HAVE THE NECESSARY KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE.**

A technical undergraduate qualification (Bachelor's degree or equivalent)
- Excellent written and spoken English essential for preparing board level papers
- Poise and communication skill to present at Data Privacy Steering Committee
- Working understanding risk and compliance management techniquesOptional, but an advantage
- Good understanding of relevant data privacy regulation (POPIA)
- Mining or other heavy industry process understanding
- Formal certification in Data Privacy or Risk Management discipline

**Safety Knowledge**:

- Provides a consistent outstanding role model in relation to safety practices with a deep understanding of the importance of safety.
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**IM Strategy Formulation**
- Collate data and create reports and insights to support IM strategy formulation
- Manage adherence to IM strategy policies and best practice specifications by implementing targeted controls and structured compliance review processes
- Develop, communicate, implement and review integrated action plans/ roadmaps, procedures and processes to better support and optimise/ improve the operationalisation and alignment of the IM Strategy within the area of accountability in the face of changing business dynamics

**Project and Programme Initiation**
- Provide relevant information to inform the accurate scoping of a project or programme
- Identify and plan for the impacts of project outcomes on business as usual capacity and operational requirements
- Delegate tasks to others and monitor progress
- Leverage lessons learnt from prior project implementations to develop recommendations for project planning and scoping
- Define the critical path, dependencies and detailed outcomes of each project, whilst anticipating potential obstacles based on various integration points in and outside the function
- Develop and incorporate contingency plans into overall project plans to overcome potential obstacles and address high-risk dependencies to ensure effective project planning

**Program and Project Management**
- Coordinate and monitor defined project activities
- Allocation of tasks to resources and resources (internal or vendor) to activity areas
- Collate and analyse project data (milestone progress, financial and risk) and report on project milestones to relevant stakeholders (internal and external)
- Develop mitigating actions from a wide range of best practice solutions to rectify problems or identified risks which could impact project delivery
- Convene relevant governing forums for the project to share updates on project status, details around any arising risks and to facilitate decision making around project delivery activities
- Monitor costs, timescales and resources used, and takes action where these deviate from agreed tolerances
- Adhere to and coordinate change control and other project governance processes
- Ensure various project outcomes within an area do not overlap or conflict with one another
- Utilise vendors in a sensible and pragmatic manner across projects so as to maximise business value, cost and timescale efficiency
- Keep abreast of, manage and report on key performance indicators and milestones across multiple project components/ module

**People and Culture Management**
- Delegate work to others (internal or external resources) and monitor progress of execution through the establishment of feedback/ status processes or ad-hoc check-ins
- Define development plans for their direct reports (where applicable) with clear quantifiable goals
- Provide timely, candid and constructive performance feedback to others
- Establish positive working relationships with team members and colleagues by understanding their objectives and providing support or guidance when appropriate
- Encourage participation from others
- Recognize individual and team effort when targets are met or exceeded
- Deliver difficult messages (e.g. performance issues, behavioural concerns, etc.) in a constructive manner as to empower and motivate the resource

**Risk Management**
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