Corporate Legal Counsel and Privacy Officer

5 months ago

Victoria, Canada BC Assessment Full time

BC Assessment is currently looking for a Corporate Legal Counsel and Privacy Officer to join our talented team of leaders for a permanent opportunity.

Organization Overview

BC Assessment is a Provincial Crown Corporation that develops and maintains real property assessments throughout British Columbia in addition to providing real property information. BC Assessment serves the citizens of British Columbia and has 13 offices throughout the province.

At BC Assessment, our people and culture are important to us. We work together to create a culture that appreciates differences in all forms. We trust and respect each other, and are invited to bring our whole selves to work. We are committed to making BC Assessment the best possible place to work, and through our efforts ultimately contribute to a better British Columbia. Our digitally agile, service-centric employees are productive, engaged, and work collaboratively in a modern flexible workplace. Our employees are at the heart of our organization and we are proud to be recognized as one of

BC’s Top Employers

for the eleventh year

At BC Assessment, we offer competitive

benefits

for our employees:
- Work-life balance - 35-hour work weeks, and flexible work schedules.- Public Service Pension Plan - one of the best in Canada, allowing you to plan for your future.- Health and Wellness - generous extended health and dental benefits through Pacific Blue Cross and an Employee Assistance Program to help support our employees overall well-being.- We offer a reduced-cost bus pass through the BC Transit ProPASS program and our Uptown office has a secure bike storage and secure change rooms with lockers.- Career development - we want you to grow and learn with us We provide ongoing learning, leadership development and career development scholarship program.

We are committed to ensuring that reasonable accommodations are made available to persons with disabilities during the recruitment, assessment and selection processes and will provide reasonable accommodations upon request. If you require assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please

contact us.

Job Overview

The Corporate Legal Counsel and Privacy Officer (Legal Counsel) provides a range of legal services and advice to staff throughout BC Assessment (BCA). Key responsibilities include legal, privacy and policy work relating to corporate, commercial, regulatory and governance matters.

Reporting to the BCA General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Legal Counsel researches, analyzes and provides legal advice, opinions, briefing materials and drafting in relation to contracts, privacy matters, regulatory compliance, procurement, leasing, intellectual property, licensing, data and technology matters. Legal Counsel will lead matters involving the Office of the Information & Privacy Commissioner (OIPC), Office of the Ombudsperson and Office of the Auditor General (OAG) and leads BCA’s Privacy Management and Accountability Program.

Legal Counsel will manage BCA specific policies and procedures in compliance with the _Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act _(_FIPPA_), the _Assessment Act _and the _Assessment Authority Act _and associated regulations and develop and promote current and proposed BCA programs and services to achieve compliance with the legislation and oversee the review of and providing direction on complex, sensitive access and privacy cases.

Key Accountabilities- Provides legal interpretation of statutes and regulations to BCA General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Executive Committee, Managers and Staff in a variety of forms (e.g. verbal or written advice, formal opinions, briefing notes, etc.)- Prepares sensitive or confidential briefing notes, opinions, letters, reports and analysis for BCA’s General Counsel & Corporate Secretary and Executive Committee.- Oversees and maintains BCA’s contract and policy registers and ledgers.- Providing day-to-day privacy compliance advice.- Recommends, develops and revises BCA policies to ensure compliance with the law and regulatory and governance best practices.- Supports compliance with BCA’s legal and regulatory requirements as a Public Body and Crown Corporation, including compliance with the _Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act _and Core Policy and Procedure.- Reviews and drafts contracts, licenses, leases and procurement documentation relating to a wide range of business and corporate arrangements.- Anticipates legal issues and risks to BCA, and develops practical solutions and communicates those solutions as a trusted advisor and business partner to applicable staff.- Leads the Privacy Management and Accountability Program (PMAP) as well as the FIPPA request and response program that ensures compliance with BCA’s FIPPA statutory obligations.-
- Identifies, develops, coordinates, ensures program initiatives comply and implements policies, guidelines and procedures to manage and support BCA compliance

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