Data Privacy Specialist

Job description

Overview

Our customer, a global law firm is looking for a Privacy Specialist for a six-month secondment to support a leading client with a broad range of data protection and privacy compliance activities. The role will involve operational privacy support, vendor assessments, risk management, and contribution to ongoing privacy projects.

Start Date: ASAP

Duration: 6 months

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the DPIA backlog, including reviewing outstanding DPIAs, coordinating follow-ups, engaging with business stakeholders via calls, and finalising documentation for DPO sign-off.
• Support vendor onboarding by making initial determinations of controller/processor status based on vendor intake forms submitted through the procurement system.
• Conduct and approve vendor privacy risk assessments, including triggering assessments, gathering required information, and liaising with business teams.
• Record identified risks in the organisation’s central risk register (RiskSmart/Kraken).
• Provide timely responses to ad hoc privacy queries raised by business stakeholders through the Privacy team’s communication channels.
• Contribute to project-based work, which may include initiatives such as improving existing data breach handling processes.

Candidate Profile

• Strong understanding of data protection principles and operational privacy compliance.
• Experience with DPIAs, vendor assessments, and risk management processes.
• Ability to engage effectively with business stakeholders.
• Proactive, organised, and comfortable managing competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

About Elevate

Elevate provides consulting, technology and services to law departments and law firms across the globe. Headquartered in Los Angeles, our 1,600+ strong team of legal professionals, lawyers, consultants, project managers, and engineers operate across the United States, Europe, UK, and Asia, Hong Kong and Australia.

ElevateFlex, is the flexible resourcing capability within Elevate, we define and support a new flexible career within the legal industry. We match exceptional legal professionals to the evolving needs of our Customers through the curation of a world-class, global Community of Talent, and advanced, technology-enabled search. We were recently proud to be assessed in Band 1 of Chamber’s Global Flexible Legal Resourcing category.

Our Vision is a world where legal and business teams achieve incredible outcomes, together.

Equitability and Inclusion are critical to ElevateFlex’s success. As The Law Company, changing the legal business landscape, we know a diverse, inclusive work culture is at the heart of attracting, retaining, and celebrating the industry’s most talented people. We empower our employees to bring their whole selves to work because we know that diversity of experience and perspective drive innovation and is simply good business.

As a strong proponent of diversity, equitability, and inclusion, ElevateFlex is committed to hiring diverse candidates from all backgrounds. We invite you to apply to become part of the ElevateFlex Team – help us change the legal business landscape and make a dent in the legal universe.

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

City of London

Type of Contract

Part-time jobs

Published at

22-12-2025

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English