Key Skills

Job Description

About The Role As a Privacy consultant at Highberg, you work on challenging and diverse privacy issues for a wide range of clients. You not only provide advice on the legal aspects of privacy but also ensure that organizations can implement privacy in a practical and workable way, without hindering their ambitions. Sometimes you sit at the table as a strategic advisor to the executive board, while at other times, you take on the role of interim Data Protection Officer or lead a GDPR implementation project. Whatever your role, you always maintain a focus on balancing privacy with the client’s organizational goals. Apply now Your role as Privacy Consultant Facilitating Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) in multidisciplinary teams to ensure that new services comply with legislation while maintaining user trust. Enhancing an organization’s privacy maturity by establishing privacy governance structures and leading awareness campaigns, addressing privacy risks across all levels of the organization. Guiding a digital transformation where data security and privacy are core elements, such as in a large cloud migration project, with your advice helping to ensure both compliance and customer satisfaction. Implementing privacy by design in an innovative AI pilot project, collaborating with IT experts to minimize the privacy impact without limiting technological progress. Who are you? Junior/medior: Someone who can translate the GDPR into practical application, distinguish between the “sense and nonsense” of the GDPR, and effectively communicate that. Junior/medior: Someone with a service-oriented mindset who can operate both independently and as part of a team. Senior (supplemented with): Someone who enjoys relationship management, maintaining a network, and carrying out commercial activities that drive exposure. What are we asking? Junior/medior: A completed university degree (WO) in law, ICT, or organizational studies. Junior/medior: You have excellent written and verbal communication skills in Dutch and a good command of English. Junior/medior: Up-to-date knowledge of the GDPR and related legislation, particularly in the areas of digitization and data. Junior/medior: Strong affinity with information security and interest in developments such as Artificial Intelligence, algorithms, privacy by design, and smart cities. Junior/medior: Privacy certification is a plus. Senior (supplemented with): At least 5 years of work experience in consultancy roles and/or in the field of privacy. What are we offering? A competitive salary and excellent benefits including performance pay, provisions for mobility, pension and leave. Sincere attention to personal development including coaching by colleagues, access to and wide range of education and training and a personal development plan with matching investments. A place within a challenging and growing organization where taking personal responsibility is valued, you have the autonomy and freedom to perform your work flexibly with short lines of communication with colleagues. A pleasant working environment with a pleasant and easily accessible office, focus on performance as a team and not on the individual and numerous social activities such as get-togethers, sports activities and team meetings. Apply now About Highberg Highberg is a European transformation consultancy. We support organizations in realizing their strategic ambitions by combining clear direction with execution. We believe sustainable change happens when deep expertise and human dynamics are in balance. That is why we work closely with our clients, not only as advisors, but as partners in realization. Our teams combine analytical depth with pragmatism and build solutions that not only work on paper, but above all in practice. Learn more about Highberg Want to know more? If you have any questions about this vacancy or would like to further discuss opportunities within Highberg, please contact our Recruitment Team through [email protected]. Over Highberg Highberg is ontstaan uit negen boutique adviesbureaus, elk met expertise in organisatorische, digitale en duurzaamheidstransformaties. We zijn er trots op een B Corp-gecertificeerd bedrijf te zijn, omdat we ernaar streven om zorg te dragen voor onze planeet, de maatschappij en onze medewerkers. Werken bij Highberg Bij Highberg bevorderen we een ondersteunende en samenwerkende cultuur. Deze cultuur is gebaseerd op onze drie kernwaarden: Be Committed, Be Better en Be You. In 'Be Committed' streven collega's onvermoeibaar naar een blijvende positieve impact op onze klanten, de maatschappij en het milieu. We kenmerken ons door onze ondernemersgeest en onze gezamenlijke inzet voor het algehele succes van het bedrijf. 'Be Better' draait om ons geloof in continu leren en verbeteren, en we bieden je mogelijkheden om te groeien en je te ontwikkelen, zowel persoonlijk als professioneel. We streven naar de hoogste kwaliteits- en professionaliteitsnormen in alles wat we doen. En tot slot, maar zeker niet minder belangrijk, gaat, 'Be You' over het aanmoedigen om jezelf volledig te zijn op je werk, plezier te hebben en diversiteit en inclusie te omarmen. Wij streven ernaar om een persoonlijke band op te bouwen met onze klanten en collega's, en zo langdurige, vertrouwensvolle relaties op te bouwen.

Core Responsibilities

Advise clients on legal and practical privacy matters, including GDPR compliance, privacy governance, and data protection impact assessments. Lead or support privacy initiatives such as GDPR implementation, cloud migration, and AI projects while balancing privacy requirements with organizational goals.

Requirements

A university degree in law, ICT, or organizational studies, up-to-date knowledge of the GDPR and related legislation, and strong Dutch communication skills with a good command of English are requested. Candidates should have an interest in information security and emerging technologies; senior candidates also need at least five years of consultancy or privacy experience.

Benefits

• Performance Pay
• Mobility Allowance
• Pension
• Paid Leave
• Coaching
• Education And Training
• Personal Development Plan
• Flexible Work
• Social Activities