Lead, Access and Privacy

**Lead, Access and Privacy**:

- **Job ID**:

- 235499
- **Posting status**:

- Open
- **Organization**:

- Ministry of Long - Term Care
- **Division**:

- Corporate Services Division, Strategic Human Resources and Corporate Management Branch
- **City**:

- Toronto
- **Position(s) language**:

- English
- **Job term**:

- 1 Permanent
- **Job code**:

- 6A008 - ProgPlanEval06
- **Salary**:

- $82,217.00 - $121,155.00 Per year
- Effective, April 1, 2025, the new salary range for this position will be $84,478 to $124,487 per year in accordance with AMAPCEO collective agreement provisions.

**About the job**: In this role, you will:

- Lead the planning, coordination, and delivery of privacy and access programs, ensuring regulatory compliance.
- Guide staff and oversee final approvals as per protocols.
- Advise managers on handling FIPPA and PHIPA requests.
- Review and approve information content and responses.
- Develop various documents including formal responses, briefing notes, report backs, findings, reports, and website updates.
- Administer the mediation and appeals process for complex cases.
- Support senior management in responding to /representing the ministries before the Information and Privacy Commissioner (IPC).
- Implement ongoing training initiatives for staff and process improvements in the FIPPA, PHIPA and RIM.
- Coordinate activities related to privacy breach investigations.
- Brief in collaboration with management senior level executives in divisions, ministers offices, Deputy Minister's Office and or other key stakeholders.-
- **What you bring to the team**:

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Leadership and Relationship Management Skills**:

- You have strong leadership skills to collaborate, provide advice and technical direction to consultants.
- You know how to consult with executives and program managers and other key contacts (Cabinet Office, Central Agency specialists, Divisional Leads, and peers in other ministries).
- You work well overall with others and are able to understand the needs of ministry clients.

**
Specialized Knowledge and Legislation**:

- You have knowledge of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) and Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA) programs, governing legislation, procedures and policies.
- You have specialized knowledge to lead and support staff when representing two ministries in mediation, appeals, and investigation processes
- You have up-to-date knowledge of the trends and precedents regarding access and privacy issues- **
Problem-Solving and Analytical Skills**:

- You can evaluate new requests efficiently and determine the appropriate course of action for staff and provide appropriate advice to ministry clients
- You weigh the risks and benefits of a course of action when resolving issues
- You can anticipate and mitigate challenges- **
Communication and Computer Skills**:

- You communicate clearly and engage in presentations to promote clear and open communication with senior management
- You know how to prepare a broad range of written materials (e.g. briefing notes, presentations, compliance notes)
- You have well-developed computer software skills (e.g. administration databases, case management system technologies, MS Office).

**How we support diversity, inclusion and accessibility**: We are building an inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We encourage everyone interested in working with us to apply, including people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black and racialized individuals, as well as people from all ethnicities, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions.

Our hiring process is accessible, consistent with Ontario's _Human Rights Code_ and the _Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005._ We are working to prevent and remove barriers in our hiring processes and can offer accommodation to address specific needs related to Code-protected grounds such as disability, family status and religion. For more information about accommodation during the hiring process please contact us.

Learn more about the work the OPS is doing to create an inclusive, anti-racist, accessible and diverse workplace:

- diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives
- accessibility
- Anti-Racism Policy- **Additional information**:

- Tuesday, November 18, 2025 11:59 pm EST
- **Position details**:

- 1 English Permanent, 56 Wellesley St W, Toronto, Toronto Region- **Compensation group**:

- Association of Management, Administrative and Professional Crown Employees of Ontario
- **Work hours**:

- Schedule 6
- **Category**:

- Policy and Analysis
- **Posted on**:

- Monday, November 3, 2025
- **Note**:

- The information that you provide for the purpose of this competition and the results from this competition may be used to fill other positions. These positions may be of various tenures including short-term assignments. Your information and the results from this competition will be retained for the