Interim Chief Privacy Officer | RVO

Description

We are looking for an experienced Interim Chief Privacy Officer (CPO) for the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO). 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 will be responsible for further establishing and expanding 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.

Tasks and responsibilities

• Further develop, establish, and position the Chief Privacy Officer function.

• Functionally manage privacy officers and privacy points of contact within the organization.

• Advise senior management on complex privacy issues.

• Prepare, execute, and monitor the privacy plan.

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

• Execute, guide, and assess Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIA's).

• Participate in strategic and tactical consultations in the field of privacy and data protection.

• Guide privacy audits, investigations, and follow-up on improvement measures.

What do we ask?

Requirements

• Completed Bachelor's or Master's degree in data protection, privacy, or a comparable field.

• Minimum of 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 developing or further developing privacy governance and privacy policy.

• Demonstrable experience with advising senior management on privacy issues.

Preference

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

• Experience with executing or assessing DPIA's.

• Experience with establishing, documenting, organizing, 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.

Competencies

• Persuasive and connecting.

• Administratively and organizationally sensitive.

• Analytical and decisive.

• Integrity and independence in judgment.

Information 

Assignment duration: 7 months with an extension option

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

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

Contract type: ZZP (Freelancer)

Start: As soon as possible

Interested?

We would like to receive your CV by Wednesday, November 4th, before 09:00 AM with contact details and availability. We will provide you with a substantive response regarding your interest in the interim assignment shortly.

Contact

For more information about this assignment, please contact Leonie van Hove, Managing Consultant Interim Management, 06 45 39 02 31, Find more English Speaking Jobs in Netherlands on Arbeitnow