Senior Privacy Advisor

What Skills and Qualifications Do I Need?

• Completion of a degree in Public Policy, Business Administration, Computer Science, Information Management, Information Technology, or related field – or a combination of education, training and experience deemed equivalent.
• Demonstrated experience/training in providing technical advice in connection with emerging technologies, including an ability to understand technical requirements, assess evolving privacy risks and ensure legislative compliance while enabling responsible innovation.
• Knowledge of and ability to interpret and apply legislation and government regulations guiding privacy protection and access to information (e.g. Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA), the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL).
• Experience assessing privacy compliance for new programs, information systems, or services, ideally in a public sector environment.
• Experience preparing a range of written materials, documentation, reports, briefing notes, training materials; brief senior management and staff on a range of privacy issues/matters; provide information/documentation to the IPC.
• Strong interpersonal skills, with a sense of political acuity and the ability to present complex facts, information and explanations to different audiences including, matters brought before Ontario's Information and Privacy Commissioner and senior management.
• Collaboration and relationship management skills to demonstrate aptitude for building trusted relationships and a reputation for sound judgement and pragmatism with internal clients and partners. Ability to work effectively and in partnership with colleagues, diverse teams (including legal counsel and information technology, internal audit, and risk professionals) and partners to build consensus and influence decisions; foster a culture of information privacy awareness.
• Knowledge of data digitization, data mining, information flow and security concepts, to review and advise on the agreement of our technology/information management/security projects/plans to privacy practices and legislative compliance requirements.
• Any relevant designations from IAPP such as CIPT/C, CIPP/C, AIGP, are an asset.
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