Privacy Officer

Are you familiar with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and does working to further develop privacy awareness within a nonprofit organisation energize you? Do you have strong analytical skills, know how to get people on board with change, and can you also fulfil a critical, evaluative role? If so, we’re looking for you.

Location

Groningen

Number of hours

32 hours per week

Salary

Scale 10, Minimum 4313, Maximum 5848

Interested?

You can submit your response by Friday, July 31, 2026

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Is this what you're going to do?

You start your day at the office in Groningen with a question from a colleague about a new process that involves the processing of personal data. Privacy hasn’t been taken into account from the start. No problem—you understand that awareness of these issues within the organisation is organisation very much a work in progress. You contribute your insights, explain where the risks lie, and help your colleague set up the process properly.

During an afternoon project meeting, it becomes clear that, under time pressure, a procedure was chosen that does not comply with privacy laws. You engage in a discussion, clarify where the boundaries lie, and make adjustments. In doing so, you connexion lose sight of the connexion . You know how to get people on board, ensuring that collaboration remains strong and that privacy is gradually and more effectively embedded in the organisation. Later in the day, you work with the Data Protection Officer on a notification, conduct a DPIA, and make preparations for an audit.

As Privacy Officer, you serve as the link between legislation and practice. You help colleagues make the right decisions and contribute to the organisation continued professional development. In this way, you play a key role in ensuring secure information management and in fulfilling Noorderzijlvest Water Authority’s social mission: to provide safe, clean, and sufficient water for the residents of our region.

 

What are you going to do?

  • You advise and coordinate: You are the central point of contact for privacy matters within the organisation. Colleagues come to you with questions, and you help them apply the GDPR in a practical and actionable way. You support teams with privacy issues, encourage ownership, and coordinate the implementation of the GDPR within the organisation.
  • You ensure compliance: You fulfils key oversight role and contribute to the careful and lawful processing of personal data. You conduct data protection impact assessments (DPIAs), draft or review data processing agreements, and ensure that the record of processing activities remains up to date. Together with the Data Protection Officer, you investigate data breaches, reports, and requests from data subjects. You also assist with audits and monitor compliance with laws and regulations.
  • You’ll raise privacy awareness: You’ll provide advice, organises , and help teams make privacy a natural part of their daily work. In doing so, you’ll encourage employees to tackle privacy issues with increasing independence. You’ll also continue to build on our privacy growth model: a practical approach that enables us, as organisation , to handle privacy issues organisation maturity.
  • You develop policies and help shape the future: You monitor developments in laws and regulations and translate complex issues into clear guidelines and practical solutions. You contribute ideas for effective policies and propose adjustments when developments call for them. In addition, you provide input for reports to management, executive management, and the board. In this way, you contribute to an increasingly professional privacy organisation help embed privacy sustainably in daily practice.
  • In addition, you will spend approximately 25% of your time in the role of AI Compliance Officer (CAICO). You will advise on the responsible use of AI, identify risks, and support the organisation complying with the requirements of the European AI Act.

Here's what we're asking of you

What We Offer You

  • A job in a dynamic, socially oriented field at an organisation short lines of communication.
  • Initially, this is a fixed-term contract (1 year). If you prove to be a good fit, we’d be happy to convert this to a permanent position;
  • A salary of up to €5,848 gross per month (scale 10) for full-time employment;
  • In addition to your salary, you will receive a 21% Individual Choice Budget (IKB), which you can use, for example, for additional time off or as a cash payment;
  • A personal budget of €6,000 (€12,000 for those under 35) for training, plus reimbursement for commuting expenses or a work-from-home allowance.
  • A good pension plan with the ABP Pension Fund;
  • Extensive opportunities for training and career development;
  • Reimbursement for commuting, business travel, and working from home;
  • Good opportunities to maintain a work-life balance;
  • Your work location is Groningen. It is easily accessible by car or public transportation.

Here's what we offer you

What do you bring to the table?

  • HBO+ level of work and thinking, and a completed CAICO program or a willingness to pursue it.
  • At least two years of experience in the field of privacy and the GDPR.
  • Knowledge of current developments in privacy law.
  • A legal background is a plus.

In addition, you recognize yourself in the following competencies:

  • Organizationally sensitive: You understand that change takes time and know when to advise, encourage, or steer the process. You can handle resistance and are attuned to the phase the organisation in. You understand the dynamics of an organisation transition and know how to realise improvements realise connexion the connexion .
  • Strong communication skills: You fulfils an advisory and an evaluative role. You can explain complex issues clearly and provide constructive feedback to colleagues. You are able to connexion at all levels and help them understand the importance of privacy.
  • Analytical: You have an inquisitive mind and can distinguish between main and secondary issues.

 

About the Noorderzijlvest Water Authority

Noorderzijlvest Water Authority waterproofing the future for waterproofing the future, clean and healthy water, and sufficient water in every season across a large part of Groningen, North and Central Drenthe, and a small part of Friesland. For our more than 400 employees, ensuring a healthy and future-proof living and working environment for the approximately 383,000 residents in our region is our top priority. This requires dedicated professionals who excel in their respective fields and are driven by passion.

 

Noorderzijlvest Water Authority located in a unique area where subsidence by natural gas extraction and earthquakes significantly affects water management. Climate change, subsidence earthquakes have a major impact on the (bin)water system in our region. Rising sea levels, more frequent and longer periods of heavy rain interspersed with prolonged droughts, as well as challenges related to sustainability and new (problematic) substances: these are problems that call for robust solutions. We want our (bin)water system to function as naturally as possible and to be climate-resilient, resilient, and healthy in the long term.

Where will you be working?          


With over 400 employees, we are a professional, decisive, and innovative water authority. As a privacy officer, you will work closely with the Data Protection Officer (DPO), the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), the Information Security Officer (ISO), the executive assistant, and the group controller. Together, you will be committed to ensuring the privacy and information security of Noorderzijlvest Water Authority.

 

Will you be our new privacy officer?

Are you enthusiastic and do you have the required qualifications? If so, please upload your cover letter and resume using the application button. We would like to receive your cover letter by June 21 at the latest. Interviews will take place on June 23.

Would you like to know more? Please contact Julia Finkielsztajn, Director of the Wastewater Chain and Digital Information, at 06-83630931.

  • For more information about the water authority , please visit our website at www.noorderzijlvest.nl.
  • If you come to work for us, we’ll ask you to submit a Certificate of Good behaviour VOG).

 

Your future department and organisation

About the Noorderzijlvest Water Authority

The Noorderzijlvest Water Board is located in a unique area where subsidence by natural gas extraction and earthquakes significantly impacts water management. The consequences of these developments, as well as climate change, are affecting the (bin)water system. Rising sea levels, more frequent and longer periods of heavy rain interspersed with prolonged droughts, as well as challenges related to sustainability and new (problematic) substances: these are problems that call for robust solutions. We want our (bin)water system to function as naturally as possible and to be climate-resilient, resilient, and healthy in the long term. This requires us to implement appropriate and affordable measures in a society that wants to have a say in these matters and exert influence over them.

To water authority the challenges facing our water authority , we are implementing organisation so that we are better able to work in a forward-looking and integrated manner. We believe this will lay a solid foundation for strategic thinking, for translating those plans into our day-to-day work, and for carrying out our work as efficiently as possible. And that is becoming increasingly important in a society that is changing and placing high demands on us.

Do you have any questions about the application process for this job opening?

Please contact Eilana Maring, counsellor and Selection counsellor , at 050 304 89 11 or werven@noorderzijlvest.nl.

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