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Competences — data protection officer

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/1619d7f3-7d95-407c-a20e-47745bfcde73).

Essential

  • advise on government policy compliance (skill/competence)
  • apply information security policies (skill/competence)
  • cooperate with colleagues (skill/competence)
  • cyber security (knowledge)
  • data ethics (knowledge)
  • data protection (knowledge)
  • define organisational standards (skill/competence)
  • develop information security strategy (skill/competence)
  • develop organisational policies (skill/competence)
  • develop training programmes (skill/competence)
  • ensure compliance with legal requirements (skill/competence)
  • ensure information privacy (skill/competence)
  • GDPR (knowledge)
  • ICT security legislation (knowledge)
  • ICT security standards (knowledge)
  • identify legal requirements (skill/competence)
  • implement ICT security policies (skill/competence)
  • information confidentiality (knowledge)
  • information governance compliance (knowledge)
  • information security strategy (knowledge)
  • internal auditing (knowledge)
  • internal risk management policy (knowledge)
  • keep up-to-date with regulations (skill/competence)
  • legal research (knowledge)
  • legal terminology (knowledge)
  • manage data for legal matters (skill/competence)
  • monitor legislation developments (skill/competence)
  • protect personal data and privacy (skill/competence)
  • provide legal advice (skill/competence)
  • respect data protection principles (skill/competence)
  • respond to enquiries (skill/competence)
  • train employees (skill/competence)
  • use consulting techniques (skill/competence)

Optional

  • address identified risks (skill/competence)
  • analyse legal enforceability (skill/competence)
  • apply system organisational policies (skill/competence)
  • assist with litigation matters (skill/competence)
  • conduct impact evaluation of ICT processes on business (skill/competence)
  • document project progress (skill/competence)
  • estimate impact of risks (skill/competence)
  • legal case management (knowledge)
  • maintain internal communication systems (skill/competence)
  • manage digital identity (skill/competence)
  • manage keys for data protection (skill/competence)
  • perform data cleansing (skill/competence)
  • perform project management (skill/competence)
  • risk management (knowledge)
  • support managers (skill/competence)
  • write work-related reports (skill/competence)

Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 34 ads, as of 2026-07-11)

Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.

Hard skills

  • risk assessment — 47 %
  • regulatory compliance — 35 %
  • data protection — 35 %
  • incident response — 29 %
  • risk management — 26 %
  • data governance — 24 %
  • privacy law — 18 %

Responsibilities

  • policy implementation — 18 %