Junior/Senior Consultant – Privacy Compliance, Advisory - ASAP - English Speaking

Working place: Company office, client offices, homeworking, satellite offices

Contract type: Permanent contract / Fixed term contract / Internship

Location: Luxembourg Hamm / Client offices.

Ready to start your career?

Grant Thornton Luxembourg is currently seeking a Junior/Senior Consultant – Privacy Compliance, Advisory to start ASAP.

A first working experience with Grant Thornton is an effective opportunity to develop your potential in a human-sized company with a young and dynamic team. It is an operational experience and a springboard for your future career!

A Working with Grant Thornton is an effective opportunity to develop your potential in a human-sized company with a young and dynamic team. It is an operational experience and a springboard for your future career!

For us, you are a strength, and your experience is a real added-value and places you as a key element in the realisation of our GDPR department ambitions.

Are you friendly, dynamic, proactive, collaborative with a solidarity team spirit? Then, you are the Talent our team is looking for!

Main responsibilities

• Supporting Senior Privacy Consultants handle client accounts for matters that deal with Personal Data Protection (Privacy) that include, but are not limited to:
• Instilling and applying a Privacy Governance framework under the Senior Consultant’s guidance, with a willingness to understand how to support various clients from different sectors comply with the law.
• Over time, advising and problem solving with clients on how to apply best practice to personal data processing activities within an evolving regulatory landscape;
• Be able to research best practice relative to client needs, and propose solutions based on the scale or sensitivity of personal data processing activities undertaken;
• Support the Privacy team address any client data subject request where advice is required;
• Be up to date on regulatory trends in Luxembourg and neighbouring jurisdictions in the Privacy realm, and contribute to the Grant Thornton Privacy regulatory watch service;
• Collaborate and learn from Information Security professionals on how to provide a holistic solution to client needs;
• Leverage upon technology (tools, and software) to enhance client deliverables in an effective and efficient manner. This can also involve aligning technology solutions to suit the Privacy Team’s needs.
• Gain first-hand experience in all core areas of data protection, including Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIA), data breaches, data subject requests, maintaining a Register of Processing Activities, drafting and negotiating Data Processing Agreements (DPA), EC Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC); drafting and review of Privacy Notices, employment contracts, training material; research and drafting of newsletters

Main requirements

• From 1 to 2 years’ experience in Consultancy, ideally in Luxembourg; 
• Degree in Law (Jurist), or in Business School. A legal background is preferred;
• Previous internship or professional experience in personal data protection is a real plus;
• Privacy certifications (e.g. CIPP/E; CIPM; CIPT) is not mandatory but will be considered an advantage.
• A strong willingness to work in the personal data protection field;
• Strong analytical, verbal reasoning and written skills;
• Fluency in English and French or German is mandatory;
• Excellent communication skills;
• Good problem solving, and organizational skills;
• Willing to work with people from different fields and with a positive, ‘can do’ attitude;
• Calm and collected nature when faced with complex challenges.

3, 2, 1… Get ready to go beyond and apply!

Next steps

• HR interview with our Talent team;
• Technical interview with Manager(s) or Partner(s) of the team.

Grant Thornton Information

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