Data Protection Officer

1 week ago


Toronto, Ontario, Canada PACC-CCAP - Privacy and Access Council of Canada Full time
Job Description

**Job Title:** Senior Privacy Advisor

**Job Summary:**

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Privacy Advisor to join our team at PACC-CCAP - Privacy and Access Council of Canada. As a Senior Privacy Advisor, you will play a key role in providing expert advice and guidance on privacy matters, ensuring compliance with relevant legislation and regulations.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Provide technical advice and guidance on information access and privacy, with a focus on interpreting and applying legislation and government regulations guiding privacy protection and access to information.
  • Conduct privacy impact assessments for new programs, information systems, or services, and provide recommendations for mitigation strategies.
  • Develop and implement policies, best practices, and risk mitigation strategies to ensure compliance with Metrolinx's privacy policies and legislative obligations.
  • Support the development and tracking of privacy goals and the privacy steering committee, and provide advisory and consultative support to risk owners to develop appropriate mitigation plans.
  • Investigate privacy incidents, identify privacy breaches, and support response plans through all phases of the incident response process.
  • Lead investigations and respond to privacy inquiries, complaints, and breach incidents, and act as the primary contact for Ontario's Information and Privacy Commissioner.
  • Review and propose action plans to address findings of privacy audits and monitoring, in collaboration with Internal Audit and departments.
  • Ensure assigned risks are added to the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) system and monitor to ensure compliance with risk mitigation plans and associated timelines.
  • Help plan privacy steering committee meetings and facilitate and maintain a network of essential privacy contacts throughout the organization.
Requirements:
  • Completion of a degree in Business Administration, Information Management, Information Technology, Public Policy, or related field – or a combination of education, training, and experience deemed equivalent.
  • Demonstrated experience providing technical advice and guidance relating to information access and privacy, with some public sector experience.
  • Knowledge of and ability to interpret and apply legislation and government regulations guiding privacy protection and access to information.
  • Experience conducting privacy impact assessments for new programs, information systems, or services.
  • Strong interpersonal skills, with a sense of political acuity and the ability to present complex facts, information, and explanations to different audiences.
  • Collaboration and relationship management skills to build trusted relationships and a reputation for sound judgment and pragmatism with internal clients and partners.
  • 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.


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