Junior Consultant - Data Privacy
Location: Dubai, UAE
Experience: 2–4 Years
Job Overview
We are looking for a Data Privacy Consultant to support data protection, privacy compliance, risk assessments, and privacy governance activities across client organizations.
Key Responsibilities
- Support implementation of data privacy frameworks, policies, and procedures.
- Conduct Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) and privacy risk assessments.
- Maintain Records of Processing Activities (RoPA) and personal data inventories.
- Support compliance with UAE PDPL, DIFC Data Protection Law, GDPR, and other applicable regulations.
- Support Privacy by Design initiatives across business and technology projects.
- Review third-party/vendor privacy requirements and Data Processing Agreements.
- Support data subject rights requests, consent management, and privacy incident activities.
- Assist with privacy audits, compliance assessments, and remediation activities.
- Prepare privacy documentation, reports, and presentations for stakeholders.
- Work with Legal, Compliance, IT, Security, and business teams on privacy requirements.
Requirements
- 2–4 years of experience in Data Privacy, Data Protection, GRC, Compliance, or Information Security.
- Practical experience with UAE data privacy requirements and preferably GDPR.
- Good understanding of DPIA, RoPA, privacy risk assessments, data classification, and third-party privacy reviews.
- Strong documentation, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
- Bachelor’s degree in Law, Information Security, Computer Science, or a related field.
Preferred Certifications
- CIPP/E
- CIPM / CIPT
- ISO 27701
- CDPSE