Data Officer job at Redeem
About the Organization
Redeem International partners with local law enforcement authorities to protect widows and orphans from violent abuse and exploitation. Join our mission of redemption.
Job Description
Data Officers, also known as Data Managers or Data Protection Officers (DPOs), play a crucial role in managing an organization’s data assets and ensuring compliance with data protection regulations. Their responsibilities encompass a wide range of activities related to data governance, data quality, data privacy, and data security.
Duties and Responsibilities
Data Governance
Policy Development: Creating and implementing data governance policies and procedures to ensure data integrity, quality, and security.
Standards Enforcement: Establishing and enforcing data standards and best practices across the organization.
Data Management Framework: Developing a comprehensive data management framework to oversee data collection, storage, processing, and usage.
Data Quality Management
Data Quality Assurance: Implementing processes to ensure the accuracy, completeness, consistency, and reliability of data.
Data Validation: Conducting regular data validation and verification to detect and correct data errors or anomalies.
Quality Metrics: Defining and monitoring data quality metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs).
Data Protection and Privacy
Regulatory Compliance: Ensuring compliance with data protection regulations, such as GDPR, CCPA, and other relevant laws.
Privacy Policies: Developing and maintaining privacy policies and practices to protect personal and sensitive information.
Data Subject Rights: Managing requests related to data subject rights, such as access, rectification, and deletion of personal data.
Data Security
Security Measures: Implementing data security measures to protect against data breaches, unauthorized access, and data loss.
Risk Management: Conducting risk assessments to identify vulnerabilities and implementing mitigation strategies.
Incident Response: Developing and overseeing data breach response plans, ensuring timely and effective response to data security incidents.
Data Lifecycle Management
Data Inventory: Maintaining an inventory of data assets, including data sources, data flows, and data storage locations.
Data Retention: Establishing and managing data retention policies to determine how long data should be kept and when it should be disposed of.
Archiving and Deletion: Overseeing the archiving and secure deletion of data in accordance with retention policies.
Data Strategy and Analytics
Data Strategy: Developing and implementing a data strategy that aligns with the organization’s goals and objectives.
Analytics Support: Supporting data analytics initiatives by ensuring the availability of high-quality data and facilitating data access for analysts.
Qualification, Experiences and Competencies
• Strong teamwork, interpersonal skills and ability to work on a multidisciplinary team.
• Excellent independent professional judgment and ethical decision-making.
• Innovative and Creative problem solving in the face of complex nuanced issues.
• Persistence and tenacity in the face of difficult problems or challenges.
• Commitment to meet deadlines and achieve results in fast-paced environment.
• Love-motivated service orientation toward clients, colleagues, partners and adversaries.
How to Apply
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