Compliance Data Protection Officer Job at Finance Trust Bank
Location: Jobs in Uganda 2023 – 2024
Work Hours: Full-time, 08 hours per day
Salary: UGX
No. of Vacancies: 01
Deadline: July 05, 2024
Hiring Organization: Finance Trust Bank
Role of the Job:
The Compliance Data Protection Officer is responsible for monitoring compliance and data practices internally to ensure that the business and its functions comply with the applicable requirements under the Data Protection and Privacy Act. This role involves implementing data protection and privacy policies and procedures and regularly assessing the data privacy and protection practices of the bank in compliance with the Act.
Key Result Areas:
- Work with key internal stakeholders to review projects and related data to ensure compliance with local data privacy laws.
- Conduct regular assessments and audits to ensure full compliance with the Act.
- Review vendor contracts (including Model Clauses) and consents needed to implement projects in partnership with the bank’s procurement and legal functions, ensuring compliance with local regulators.
- Monitor changes to local privacy laws and make recommendations.
- Conduct awareness training on data protection and privacy for bank employees.
- Collaborate with the Information Security function to maintain records of all data assets, data loss incidents, and any data security breaches.
- Liaise with internal stakeholders to provide responses to data subjects inquiring about the use and security of their personal data.
- Ensure that requests from data subjects to see copies of their personal data, have their data erased, or changed are honored as per policy guidelines.
- Ensure all reporting obligations of the bank are fulfilled.
Minimum Educational and Technical Competence Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree from a recognized university.
- Qualification in an ICT-related field is an added advantage.
- Possession of CDPO and/or CDPSE is an added advantage.
- At least 3 years of relevant experience in the bank.
- Highly analytical and able to prioritize needs, requirements, and other issues.
- Proper understanding of banking regulations, including but not limited to the FIA and DPPA.
- Good communication, teamwork, flexibility, and conflict management skills.
- Good working knowledge of SLAs and policies.
- Ability to work under pressure with minimum supervision.
- Good working knowledge of information security principles, standards, frameworks, and guidelines.
- Confidentiality and high integrity.
The position offers an attractive salary and benefits package.
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Application Procedure:
Suitably qualified candidates should address their application to Head, Human Resource, Finance Trust Bank, TWED PLAZA, Plot 22B, Lumumba Avenue, Kampala, Uganda. Applications should be emailed to jobs@financetrust.co.ug along with photocopies of academic testimonials and a CV. The CV should include telephone contacts and email addresses of three referees, one of whom should be the most recent employer.
Closing Date: July 5, 2024. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted directly on Tel. Numbers 0312 222600 or 0414 341275 ONLY.
