Role purpose:

Privacy Specialist is responsible for providing day to day effective implementation of Privacy Policy Controls in the company and its subsidiaries.

Key accountabilities:

Ensure completion of Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) across all products, services, and operations development processes across the business before launch.
Assessments & re-assessments of existing high, medium & low risk products and processes from time to time
Implementation of Security and Privacy by Design and Assurance (SPDA)
Keep track, ensure, and maintain the status of implementation of all privacy controls required under the Privacy Management Policy.
Ensure all ad-hoc data for analytics and testing requests from the business are channelled to Privacy team for assessments (PIA) and approval.
Ensure Implementation of Personal Data Processing Register (PDPR)
Ensure timely response to operational privacy related queries and communications received across the business both internal and external.
Carrying out any other duties as may be assigned by the Company.

Strong Educational Background in a field of Telecommunications, Information/Cyber Security/ Information technology /Computer Science/Data Protection.
At least 1 year experience in Privacy and Data Protection
Outstanding ability to apply knowledge of Information Technology
High level of computer literacy exceptionally conversant with Word and Excel
Excellent interpersonal skills and customer and business-oriented approach
Strong communication skills, fluency in English and Kiswahili and ability to interact with other team members.
Knowledge of common technology management / compliance frameworks such as ISO/IEC 27001, SOC 2, SOX, ITIL, COBIT, King IV and NIST.
Experience in working on complex technical projects will an added advantage.
A reputation for self-motivation, integrity, cultural sensitivity, and strong interpersonal skills
Ability to communicate complex technical information to non-technical business units.