Would you like to kick start your career in a supportive, collaborative and innovative company?
Do you enjoy working as part of an enthusiastic, passionate, and collaborative team?
Join our Legal team
This is an exciting opportunity to join the in-house legal team at Softcat! We are a friendly and supportive team: our General Counsel and the majority of the team are based in Softcat's Manchester office and our DPO is based in our head office in Marlow alongside our CISO.
Success. The Softcat Way.
At Softcat we want to support you at every stage of your career. Whether that means stepping up into a more senior role, taking on more responsibilities in your current role or broadening your skills and experiences in a different department, we encourage all our employees to develop and grow with us.
Is Data Protection something you thrive in?
You'll be experienced in working within a small team or confident enough to work on this basis. You will be supervised by our DPO with additional support and training from the wider team, including our General Counsel, but will need to be able to work with a degree of independence.
As Data Protection Paralegal, you'll provide assistance to the Data Protection Officer on:
* Implementing and managing the data protection programme;
* Monitoring Softcat's activities and ensuring compliance with data protection regulations;
* Contributing to the development and updating of data protection policies, procedures, and records of processing;
* Raising awareness amongst staff about data protection issues and best practice;
* Reviewing data protection clauses in contracts with customers and suppliers;
* Reviewing privacy notices and working with the business to ensure new processing activities are captured.
We'd love you to have
* Higher education degree in law, data protection, information security, or a related field;
* A keen interest in data protection and to be able to demonstrate that at interview;
* Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail;
* Confidence to work independently and ability to work under pressure;
We also acknowledge that the confidence gap and imposter syndrome are a real thing and can get in the way of us meeting fantastic talent, so please don't hesitate to apply – we would love to hear from you!
Work in a way that works for you
We recognise that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working patterns:
* Hybrid working – 3 days in the office and 2 days working from home
* Working flexible hours - flexing the times you start and finish during the day
* Flexibility around school pick up and drop offs
Working with us
Wherever you work, we want you to experience the freedom and autonomy to realise your potential. You will feel supported by a team that celebrates individuality, encourages different perspectives, and embraces every background.
Join us
To become part of the success story, please apply now.
If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we can provide support or adjustments that you may need throughout our recruitment process or any mitigating circumstance you wish for us to consider. Any information you share on your application will be treated in confidence. You can find out more about life at Softcat and our commitments to diversity and inclusion at jobs.softcat.com/jobs/our-culture/
Here at Softcat, we don't prohibit the use of AI (artificial intelligence) in our application process, as we understand how far it can go to creating a truly equitable candidate experience. That being said, as a culture-driven organisation, we believe that the genuine essence of each person is what truly matters, so we highly encourage you to be as authentically you as possible when submitting your application to showcase your true and whole self.