Senior Data Privacy Advisor

Job Description Job Requisition ID: 33849 Job Closing Date: 2 December 2025 London, GBR, W1A 1AA JOB DETAILS JOB BAND: D CONTRACT TYPE: Two roles: twenty-two month fixed term contract, Full-time; and nine month fixed term contract, Full-time. DEPARTMENT: Data Protection Office, BBC Chief Operating Group LOCATION: London base – working 2-3 days in the office and hybrid for the remainder. PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £50,000 - £60,000pa depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights. We're happy to discuss flexible working. If you'd like to, please indicate your preference in the application – though there's no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage. PURPOSE OF THE ROLE The Data Protection Office acts as a technical resource to the BBC, providing advice and operational assistance with the practical implementation of complying with relevant data protection legislation, regulation and guidance. As a Senior Data Privacy Advisor reporting to the Data Protection Officer, you will work as part of the Data Protection Office to ensure that the BBC processes and handles personal data lawfully, fairly and in a transparent manner, while facilitating the development and maintenance of products and services to transform business capabilities and enable the next generation of Broadcast and Digital services. WHY JOIN THE TEAM The BBC aims to stimulate and delight audiences across the UK with distinctive, creative content. To support this aim, the BBC is entering a new period of significant and exciting change, developing new capabilities in order to define a BBC that is fit for the next generation by creating technology solutions and organising data to shape a personal BBC for each of our users. As a Senior Data Privacy Advisor you will play a key role in ensuring data protection compliance and supporting the practical delivery of privacy and assessment of risk into product or service design. YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT: As a Senior Data Privacy Advisor you will: Work with the DPO and Operational Privacy Manager to implement systems and controls to ensure compliance with relevant data protection legislation and regulation Be proficient in the BBC's privacy by design process, providing technical and practical knowledge, insight and guidance to peers and colleagues pan-BBC, helping to drive a positive privacy awareness culture throughout the BBC Support stakeholders to navigate compliant use of personal data for new products, services and changes to business processes Conduct Data Protection Impact Assessments and other privacy risk assessments, with a focus on high risk/complex processing activities Advise and lead on the drafting of privacy notices Support the Operational Privacy Manager to maintain the BBC’s Records of Processing Activities and enhance the Data Protection Office’s Privacy Resource database Collaborate with other teams across the BBC on projects and initiatives. This includes working with other teams and divisions in the broader organisation to define, document and distribute privacy by design best practice and standards YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE ESSENTIAL CRITERIA: Experience of working in a data protection compliance role that involves the practical delivery of privacy and assessment of risk into product or service design Good practical knowledge and application of key data protection legislation (including PECR), and an awareness of upcoming regulatory changes that will impact BBC online products and processes, and internal business services. This will be supported by your demonstrable experience of drafting privacy notices/policies Experience assessing and drafting complex risk assessments Experience of working pro-actively collaboratively and business partnering across a diverse range of mid-senior level stakeholders Excellent written and verbal communication skills DESIRED BUT NOT REQUIRED: Qualified lawyer, law degree or relevant industry qualification (CIPM or equivalent certification showing familiarity with principles of Privacy Programme Management or Practitioner certificate in Data Privacy/Protection or equivalent) Broadcast, production, start-up or media experience A mix of public sector and commercial experience If you can bring some of these skills and experiences, along with transferable strengths, we’d love to hear from you and encourage you to apply. Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Contracts of Employment policy. This allows us to discuss any support you may need and assess any risks. Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer. BPS25 Disclaimer This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved. Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory. For any general queries, please contact: bbchr@bbc.co.uk Redeployment The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.