Job Overview
Business Segment: Group Functions
Location: IM, undefined, Douglas, Circular Road 1
Job Type: Full-time
Job Ref ID: A-0001
Date Posted: 8/28/2025
Job Description
NOTE: This role is a 4 month contract and will not consider relocation or sponsorships
Manage the day-to-day operations in the legal entity related to Data Privacy across the business, supporting the Legal Enity Data Privacy Officer in the implementation of the Business and Country specific Data Privacy Strategies, conduct assessments and analysis towards legislative and data privacy changes, gaps and requirements, compile reports in the applicable legal entities to advice on risk mitigation plans, thus to protect both the clients and Standard Bank from related data privacy risks.
Qualifications
Type of Qualification: Information Technology, Legal
Experience Required
Data Ethics & Privacy, Data & Analytics
3-4 years, Apply Audit knowledge and experience to drive continuous improvement pertaining to data privacy across the legal entity, provide oversight during assessments and audits, and articulate and mitigate audit findings regarding gaps and legislative shortcomings that place SBG at risk.
5-7 years,Extensive and expert knowledge and management of Data Privacy preferable within Financial institutions, taking ownership pertaining to the legal and Information technology oversight regarding regulatory jurisdiction and cross-border aspects into account in order to safeguard the institution, legal entities and and clients safe at all times. Drive automation and continuous improvements of banking systems and platforms
Have knowledge of GDPR
Data Protection / Privacy Policy
Review contracts / documents
Reviews on documents / policies/ contracts to ensure that it is aligned to GDPR, Data Protection, and Privacy policies.
Additional Information
Outputs:
Maintain, implement and enhance governance processes by remaining abreast of any updates made to regulatory and compliance policies related to the Bank to ensure that legal entity remain in good standing with the overall policies of the Standard Bank Group.
Inform and advise stakeholders within the legal entity by disseminating best practice data privacy advice to guide individuals in the legal entity around the Group's policies and data protection legislation to ensure the legal entity remains compliant with its obligations.
Investigate, analyse and interpret system information in order to provide reporting tools support, input into training on data privacy to ensure that staff members are familiar with data privacy policies, tools, requirements and processes, to enhance the performance and deliverables to clients.
Analyse and interpret the Data Privacy strategy, in order to clearly formulate business requirements related the Data Privacy policies, processes, procedures, dashboards and reporting tools, in order to optimise business analysis tools, thus to allow business to make accountable strategic decisions.
Manage and oversee the day-to-day legal entity business operations, in their enablement of data subject rights as outlined in the domestic data protection legislation.
Behavioural Competencies:
Adopting Practical Approaches
Articulating Information
Challenging Ideas
Checking Things
Developing Strategies
Documenting Facts
Embracing Change
Establishing Rapport
Examining Information
Exploring Possibilities
Following Procedures
Generating Ideas
Managing Tasks
Resolving Conflict
Taking Action
Team Working
Upholding Standards
Technical Competencies:
Analysing Insurable Risk
Automation Acumen
Automation Delivery
Automation Enablement
Automation
Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning
Business Process Design
Business Process Improvement
Client Relationship Management
Collaboration
Compliance
Continuous Improvement
Creative Problem Solving
Data Analytics & Visualization
Data Architecture
Data Compliance
Evaluating Risk Management Effectiveness
Information Management
Information Security Management
Knowledge Management
Legal Compliance
Legal Knowledge
Legal Research
Operations Risk Management
Product and Services Knowledge
Risk Awareness
Risk Identification
Risk Management
Solution Design & Enablement
Strategic Alignment & Execution
SBO
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