Executive Director'S Office,Uganda.Data Protection & Privacy Manager (DPO)

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: 

1. In charge of the Bank’s regulatory compliance, monitoring and reporting to the Bank’s respective Regulators not limited to the Central Bank, Personal Data Protection Office (PDPO), National Information Technology Authority, etc.
2. Develop and implement the Data Protection and Privacy strategy for the Bank and ensure that it is effectively cascaded across the different departments of the bank to drive awareness and alignment of the compliance agenda.
3. Review and update the data protection and privacy policies and procedures. 
4. Review, interpret and train key stakeholders on the existing and emerging laws and regulations to ensure compliance with the law and regulatory bodies.
5. Maintain and update the data protection and privacy risk self-control assessment 
6. Carryout products / services / data privacy impact assessments
7. Conduct Vendor data Privacy Evaluations 
8. Advise Management about the data protection and privacy obligations of the Bank and monitor compliance with Data Protection Laws and Regulations.
9. Ensure that controllers and data subjects are informed about their data protection rights, obligations and responsibilities and raise awareness about them
10. Handle queries or complaints on request by the institution, the controller, other person(s), or on her own initiative.

 

DAILY RESPONSIBILITIES: 

1. Handle data protection and privacy queries or complaints 
2. Ensure that controllers and data subjects are informed about their data protection rights, obligations and responsibilities and raise awareness about them
3. Support & provide data protection and privacy awareness and training across the network units. 
4. Report data protection and privacy breaches

KCB Group is registered as a non-operating holding company which started operations as a licensed banking institution with effect from January 1, 2016. The holding company oversees KCB Kenya – incorporated with effect from January 1, 2016 – and all KCB’s regional units in Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia and South Sudan. It also owns KCB Insurance Agency, KCB Capital, KCB Foundation, National Bank of Kenya, and all associated companies. The holding company was set up to among other things to enhance the Group’s capacity to access unrestricted capital and also enable investment in new ventures outside banking regulations, achieve operational and strategic autonomy for the Group’s operating entities and enhance corporate governance across the Group and oversight in the management of subsidiaries. Related documentation:  Group Name Change,   Name Change Certificate,  KCB Advise on Non-Operating Holding Company,  KCB Group Structure,  Kenya Gazette Notice.