Data Protection Officer at the Médecins Sans Frontières (Athens

Médecins Sans Frontières seeks for:
- Data Protection Officer

Skills:
- Genuine interest in and commitment to the humanitarian principles of MSF; adhere to our managerial values: Respect, Transparency, Integrity, Accountability, Trust and Empowerment
- Relevant academic degree or equivalent significant experience within the area (Law, IT, audit, risk analysis, compliance).
- Experience within an organization that treats special categories of data such as medical data.
- A comprehensive understanding of the practical application of relevant legislation (including the GDPR) and official guidance relating to processing of personal data.
- Experience in legal and technical training and in awareness raising
- A good understanding of information technologies and data security
- Ability to audit data management systems.
- Ability to exercise professional judgement in the processing of requests for various types of information from various sources, manage the collection of the relevant information and produce a professional response within the requirements of the relevant legislation.
- Demonstrated communication skills to speak to a wide-ranging audience, from the Board of Directors to data subjects, from managers to IT staff and lawyers including strong written communication skills.
- Demonstrated negotiation skills to interface successfully with DPAs
- Confidence in providing advice to staff at all levels across the Organisation and to take and defend a minority position where necessary.
- Ability to develop and deliver guidance, advice and training to staff about their responsibilities regarding data protection.
- Sufficient IT knowledge and understanding in terms of data storage, retrieval and information security. The DPO will be required to discuss requirements and solutions confidently with IT staff and to be able to think critical about such questions.
- Fluency in spoken and written Greek and English.
- Ability to work in a multi-cultural environment as part of a team in a stressful environment; possessing maturity, patience and understanding;
- Tact, diplomacy, and tenacity as well as the ability to build and maintain a strong network within the MSF Movement.
- Probity, objectivity, autonomy, impartiality, integrity and the ability to make and defend decisions in a fully independent manner.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to explain complex matters in simple terms.
- A comprehensive understanding of MSF Greece and of the MSF Movement: its systems, structure, stakeholders and culture (desirable).
- The possession of a certification by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) is considered as an asset (ie, Certified Information Privacy Association (CIPP) and Certified Information Privacy Professional/ Information Technology (CIPP/IT), (desirable).

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