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Interim Chief Privacy Officer | RVO

Hybrid in The Hague·Added today (last checked 28 Oct)

Berenschot

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Our summary

Work mode
Hybrid, The Hague
Contract
Temporary
Languages
Dutch
Experience
2+ years

Skills

This job advert was originally written in Dutch.

Requirements

What we're looking for

  • Completed HBO (higher professional education) or WO (university) degree in the field of data protection, privacy, or a similar direction.

  • At least 2.5 years of demonstrable experience as a Chief Privacy Officer (CPO) or deputy CPO within the Central Government.

  • Demonstrable experience with the application of privacy legislation, including the GDPR, within large organizations with more than 1,000 employees.

  • Demonstrable experience with the functional management of privacy officers or privacy advisors.

  • Demonstrable experience with the development or further development of privacy governance and privacy policy.

  • Demonstrable experience with advising senior management on privacy issues.

Nice to have

  • Relevant privacy certification, such as CIPP/E or CIPM.

  • Experience with performing or assessing DPIAs.

  • Experience with setting up, documenting, designing, and fulfilling a CPO function.

  • Experience with privacy-related audits and investigations.

  • Experience with Privacy by Design within organizational processes or digital products.

  • Knowledge of and/or experience with the EU AI Act and the relationship between AI governance and privacy.

The role

For the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), we are looking for an experienced Interim Chief Privacy Officer (CPO). Within the CIP department, you will play a key role in further developing and professionalizing the privacy function within a large and complex government organization.

Due to the departure of the current deputy CPO, temporary reinforcement is needed to ensure the continuity of the privacy organization. In the long term, the position will be filled structurally. In this assignment, you are responsible for the further design and expansion of the CPO function, strengthening privacy governance, and advising management on complex privacy issues.

You will guide and functionally manage privacy officers, connect various stakeholders within the organization, and actively contribute to the further professionalization of privacy, compliance, and data protection.

What you'll do

  • Further developing, designing, and positioning the Chief Privacy Officer function.

  • Functionally managing privacy officers and privacy contact points within the organization.

  • Advising senior management on complex privacy issues.

  • Drafting, implementing, and monitoring the privacy plan.

  • Further developing privacy governance, privacy policy, and associated processes.

  • Performing, guiding, and assessing Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs).

  • Participating in strategic and tactical meetings regarding privacy and data protection.

  • Guiding privacy audits, investigations, and the follow-up of improvement measures.

Competencies

  • Persuasive and connecting.

  • Administratively and organizationally sensitive.

  • Analytical and decisive.

  • Integrity and independence in judgment.

Information

Assignment duration: 7 months with option to extend

Location: The Hague, with work in Utrecht and Zwolle and partly hybrid

Capacity: 24 to 36 hours per week (preference for 32 hours per week)

Contract type: ZZP (Freelance)

Start: As soon as possible

Interested?

We would like to receive your CV before Wednesday, November 04, before 09:00 AM including contact details and availability. We will provide you with a substantive response regarding your interest in the interim assignment in the short term.

Contact

For more information about this assignment, please contact Leonie van Hove, Managing Consultant Interim Management, 06 45 39 02 31, l.vanhove@berenschot.nl

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