Privacy and Assurance Officer

Age UK is recruiting a Privacy and Assurance Officer to help deliver robust data privacy, assurance and risk management practices across the charity.

We are seeking a capable compliance minded individual with good data privacy knowledge and a working understanding of the risk landscape to support key functions within our Assurance, Risk and Information Protection Team. The successful candidate will support the delivery of a refreshed and consolidated assurance and risk management framework, ensuring the charity can operate within its defined risk appetite and comply with relevant regulatory requirements. This will be a key role supporting our ambitious transformation plans, providing support to the wider organisation on assurance and risk management activities and striving toward continuous improvement as the team embeds the charity’s risk management and privacy framework.

The postholder will primarily support the Senior Data Privacy Manager to process Subject Access Requests, Data Erasure and Suppression requests and other key privacy tasks to support the essential privacy function. They will also play a critical role contributing to organisational resilience by supporting risk management and business continuity activities.

We operate a hybrid working model. We offer flexibility on working from home but require the applicant to be in our central London office a minimum of one day per week. Travel costs to the London office are the responsibility of the postholder and are not covered by the charity.

Age UK internal grade 7L

Last date for applications Monday 5th October 2026.

Must haves:

The letters after each competency should indicate what stage in the selection process this area will be assessed. The letters are: Application = A, Interview = I, Test = T, Presentation = P

Experience

• Experience and understanding of data privacy. A, I
• Experience supporting risk analysis and management processes and / or business continuity planning and organisational resilience. A, I

Skills and Knowledge

• Excellent communication skills including a high level of written English with the ability to communicate at all levels and to tailor communications to different audience. A, I
• Sound judgement with good problem-solving abilities and a keen eye for detail. A, I
• Highly organised; able to meet deadlines and manage / prioritise workflow in a dotted-line structure. A, I

Personal Attributes

• Confident and able to make decisions with a problem-solving attitude. A, I
• Flexible and able to work with variable workloads, under pressure in a fast-moving environment. A
• Discreet and comfortable with holding confidential information. I

Great to haves:

The letters after each competency should indicate what stage in the selection process this area will be assessed. The letters are: Application = A, Interview = I, Test = T, Presentation = P

Experience

• Stakeholder management experience. I
• Experience of supporting Risk Registers within an organisation. A
• Experience of managing corporate insurance. A
• Experience within the Charity Sector. I

Skills and Knowledge

• Demonstrates an aptitude for identifying opportunities to use technology and AI to enhance team effectiveness. I

Please download the attached job description for more information on the role responsibilities.

What we offer in return:

• Competitive salary, 26 days annual leave + bank holidays + annual leave purchase scheme
• Wellbeing days – 2 paid days per year (pro rata for our part-time colleagues)
• Excellent pension scheme, life assurance, Health cashback plan and EAP
• Car Benefit Scheme (Subject to affordability), Cycle to Work Scheme and Season Ticket Loan
• Techscheme - buy any tech from Apple or Currys, up to £1000, and spread the cost over 12 months, interest free
• Blue Light Card Scheme
• You Did It Awards – recognition awards from £100-250
• Many additional benefits

Additional information

Use of AI

We recognise that candidates may use AI tools when preparing their application. This is acceptable, but submissions must be personalised, accurate, relevant and reflect your own experience, skills and interest in joining Age UK. Failure to do so may result in your application being rejected.

Equal opportunities & Disability Confident Scheme

Age UK is an equal opportunities and Disability Confident employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates. We reserve the right to limit the overall number of interviews offered and therefore it may not always be practicable or appropriate to interview all disabled people that meet the minimum criteria for the job.

All equalities monitoring information is anonymised and not shared with the hiring panel.

Disabled job seekers can access reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process by contacting the Recruitment Team. Disability disclosures will be kept confidential, shared only where necessary, and will not be considered as part of the hiring decision.

We review applications as they are received and may close the advert early, so early applications are encouraged.

We do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

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