Data protection officer (DPO): model role description

Download our model role description and person specification and adapt it to meet your school's needs.

Last reviewed on 12 April 2023
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  1. Download our model role description and person specification

Download our model role description and person specification

To help you find your data protection officer (DPO), we've created a model role description and person specification. You should adapt the document to suit your school's context and data protection needs – we've highlighted in yellow the sections you'll most likely need to change.

The document contains a list of the requirements of the DPO, and the necessary experience and qualifications.

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