Privacy Advisor

Job Profile Summary Our purpose is reimagining energy for people and our planet. We want to help the world reach net zero and improve people's lives. As part of our strategy, bp will leverage digital innovations and put customers at the heart of what we do whilst managing our data privacy and other technology-related risks.

A full-time data privacy advisor is needed within bp's Central Data Privacy team (CDPT), which sits within the legal department, to assist bp in delivering its strategy by maintaing a best practice privacy compliance program.

CDPT maintains bp's global privacy compliance framework. In doing so, CDPT advises on a range of data privacy matters, maintains a centralized library of policies, procedures, and guidance materials, leads central training and awareness programs, and supports a network of local privacy managers/coordinators across the organisation.

We are excited to add a new teammate to help us achieve our goals.
Job Advert , KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Maintain bp's global privacy program, including applicable policies, procedures, and guidance materials.
• Create and maintain a robust training and awareness program.
• Partner with key stakeholders to ensure data privacy issues are considered at the outset of new projects, products and initiatives.
• Provide day-to-day advice on the application of bp's privacy requirements.
• Support a network of local data privacy managers/coordinators across the organisation.
• Implementing and maintaining a portfolio of data privacy related tools and technology.

ESSENTIAL EDUCATION:

• A degree in a relevant discipline or a demonstrated ability to understand relevant data privacy related matters.

ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE AND JOB REQUIREMENTS:

• Experience with privacy related matters, including the UK GDPR and UK Data Protection Act 2018.
• Experience maintaining a privacy compliance program.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. This role requires engagement with businesses and support functions across bp.

DESIRABLE CRITERIA

• Relevant certifications such as IAPP CIPP/E or DPO.
• Experience advising multi-national organisations.
• Experience working in a large corporate environment.
• Prior experience implementing and maintaining data privacy related tools and sufficient associated technical capabilities.

Entity Legal
Job Family Group Legal Group
Relocation available No
Travel required Negligible travel
Country United Kingdom
About BP LEGAL

Join us and become a trusted advisor delivering legal support to the group focused on material risk, value and growth, protecting ourselves and enabling the realisation of our purpose, strategy, ambition and aims.

Together we will achieve this by:

• providing professional legal advice and counsel to the entities we support
• leading and co-ordinating the identification and management of legal risks
• developing a highly skilled, progressive and diverse legal team
• supporting the entities in the delivery of their accountabilities
• living the bp code and being role models of our values and behaviours
Legal disclaimer We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, neurodiversity/neurocognitive functioning, veteran status or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodations.