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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