Data Protection Officer

Organisation: Sport England
Salary: £46,250 - £55,000 p.a. + generous benefits package
Location: Flexible - homeworking or hybrid office-based (Loughborough or Bisham)
Contract type: Permanent (Full time)
Closing date: 14 September 2025
Interview date: 24 September 2025
Job Description: Sport England is seeking an experienced Data Protection Officer with strong knowledge and experience of the Data Protection Act, UK General Data Protection Regulation and related legislation. This is a full-time position.

We are looking for a person who is compliance-driven, can demonstrate excellent communication and presentation skills and have an ability to influence, encourage and support positive change within an organisation.

Day-to-day you will provide advice, including to the Leadership Team highlighting risks, and proposing mitigations where appropriate and maintenance of records required to demonstrate data protection compliance.

You will also have the ability to use independent judgement and discretion when making the majority of decisions all while maintaining the highest degree of confidentiality and professionalism.

If you are an advocate for continuous improvement of organisational data protection policies, systems, and procedures we’d love to hear from you.
How to apply: To find out more and to apply, please visit the Sport England website: https://jobs.sportengland.org/vacancies/4/data-protection-officer.html