Data Protection Manager (0.6 FTE)

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Trinity is Ireland’s leading university and is ranked 81st in the world (QS World University Rankings 2024). Founded in 1592, the University is steeped in history with a reputation for excellence in education, research, and innovation, which has been inspiring generations of thinkers for over 400 years.  

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Post Summary

The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) at Trinity College Dublin (TCD) seeks to appoint a Data Protection Manager to join the team to lead and manage all ethical and data protection activities covering data collection, data access and data use. TILDA, a well-established population study in Ireland, has built a strong reputation for producing high-quality, policy-relevant research on ageing and maintains an active research project portfolio. Ageing is identified as one of the strategic research themes in TCD and TILDA continues to build on Trinity’s Research Excellence Strategy. The postholder will be the primary contact for the TILDA team, collaborators and stakeholders for all matters related to ethical approvals and data protection, ensuring compliance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Data Protection Act, Health Research Regulations (HRRs) and related legislation.

Trinity College Dublin is recognised internationally as Ireland’s premier university and has a portfolio of research activity of which Ageing is a key research theme. The Data Protection Manager will support the TILDA Senior Management Team to safeguard TILDA’s datasets and ensure that data collection, data access, data sharing and data use activities are conducted in compliance with current and future legislation by all stakeholders.

TILDA is one of the most comprehensive longitudinal study databases on ageing worldwide. TILDA investigates the underlying biological, environmental, economic, social, and behavioural determinants of health and wellbeing and novel biomarkers and risk factors for health and disease, as well as informing planning, implementation, and evaluation of national policies, programmes, and services. Established in 2006 and based on a population-representative sample of >10,000 community-dwelling individuals aged 45 and over, TILDA has more than 1.6 billion datapoints.  The study is closely harmonized with other international longitudinal studies such as the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) and the US Health and Retirement Study (HRS).

The Data Protection Manager is responsible for ensuring that all aspects of TILDA data activities are in line with current and future ethical standards, GDPR, the Data Protection Act, and Health Research Regulations. The Data Protection Manager will work in a multidisciplinary environment in support of policy and academic research on a wide range of issues in ageing research. The post holder will be responsible for ensuring compliance by staff and all users of TILDA data with current and future legislations; provide data protection support and guidance to the TILDA team across all aspects of research projects including grant applications, Data Protection Impact Assessments, Risk Assessments, data sharing agreements, bio-sample material access and transfer, ethics applications, ethics amendments, and contract execution.  Please refer to TILDA website for further details:

www.tilda.ie

Post status: Specific Purpose Contract

This is a specific purpose contract. The specific purpose of this employment is to support TILDA.  This post is funded by an external agency.  This employment is not offered on an indefinite basis as this project is finite.  Termination of this contract will occur on completion of the work in which you are engaged in, or in the event of the funding stream being terminated or withdrawn by the funding agency.

Hours of Post: Part-Time (0.6 FTE)

Salary:

This appointment will be made on the Administrative 1 (Below Bar) Salary Scale Pro-Rated (€65,367- €84,560 pro-rata per annum) at a point in line with current Government pay policy.  

monthly/weekly payscales. (tcd.ie)

How to apply:

In order to assist the selection process, applicants should submit a Curriculum Vitae and a Cover Letter (1 x A4 page maximum) that specifically address the following points:

• Illustrate, through past examples, the ways in which their experience in their career to-date makes them a suitable candidate for this role.
• Illustrate, through past example, their ability to work on their own initiative and resolve problems

Please Note: applicants who do not address the application requirements above in their cover letter will not be considered at the short list stage.

Applications must be submitted by the closing date specified through eRecruitment. Any Applications which are still in progress at the closing time on the specified closing date will be cancelled automatically by the system. Late applications will not be accepted.

Please see the Job Description below for this position.

Informal enquiries

 about this post should be made to Lucy Doogan, Finance and HR Manager, at

[email protected]
Application queries

about this post, please email the Recruitment Partner, Becky Brock, at E:

[email protected]

and include the Competition ID number in the subject heading.

At Trinity, we are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion. Trinity welcomes applications from all individuals, including those applicants with disabilities, those who may have had non-traditional career paths, those who have taken time out for reasons including family or caring responsibilities. We also welcome international applicants including those whom have been displaced due to war.

Trinity College Dublin is Ireland’s premier University. We are an EU Sustainable Gender Equality Champion and we hold an Athena Swan Silver award, recognising our ongoing work to advance gender equality both within Trinity and in the Higher Education sector. Trinity is committed to supporting work-life balance and to creating a family-friendly working environment.