Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) Specialist - Senior

Job ID: RQ11096 - Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) Specialist - Senior

Job Description:

Major Responsibilities:

• Required to lead the development of a privacy impact assessment that evaluates whether new technologies, information systems, or proposed programs or policies meet legal and policy privacy requirements, determine and mitigate risks, and address clients’ concerns.
  

• These requirements include ensuring that the program complies with provincial, municipal, federal and private sector access and privacy legislation, as well as relevant regulations, statutes, OPS policies, Directives, standards, guidelines and internationally accepted Fair Information Practices.
  

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Must Haves:

• Excellent knowledge of privacy and security concepts, trends, and issues. This will include an understanding of their impact on business processes, as well as skill with interpretation and communication of principles and compliance requirements
  

• Knowledge of, and experience in researching and applying relevant information privacy laws, regulations, jurisprudence (particularly as it relates to the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario) and risk countermeasures
  

• Experience in conducting Privacy Impact Assessments in public sector context
  

• Knowledge of policies, directives, standards, business rules, procedures and guidelines relating to records management including classification, retention and disposition of information
  

• Familiarity with OPS Privacy Impact Assessment Process and Tools released by the Ontario Ministry of Government Services;
  

• Good understanding of related disciplines, such as IT security, IT system design, policy development (privacy or security), business architecture, legal processes, Freedom of Information administration, business analysis, risk management, project management.
  

• Ability to lead, mange or support the development of a PIA either independently or as part of a team by directing and gathering input from specific individuals within the organization
  

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