Privacy Specialist

**Job Posting**

Reporting to the Chief Privacy Officer & Manager of Access, Privacy and Corporate Information Management, and as a key player on the Access & Privacy team, the Privacy Specialist will provide specialized and operational support to the Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) process. The Privacy Specialist will work with municipal employees across all business units in the development of PIA’s as directed by the Privacy Program Lead and the Manager, Access, Privacy & Corporate Information Management and Chief Privacy Officer. The Privacy Specialist will also provide advice, research and analysis on privacy issues facing the municipality. The Privacy Specialist will play a pivotal role in the maturity of the municipality’s current privacy program.

**DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Leads the collaborative and consultative development process associated with conducting PIA’s.
- Under the direction of the Privacy Program Lead, works with the PIA team which will consist of municipal staff from several business units and often external consultants.
- Authors, reviews and recommends PIA’s for approval to the Manager, Access, Privacy & Corporate Information Management and Chief Privacy Officer, and the applicable Business Unit Executive Director.
- Conduct PIA’s on strategic initiatives by assessing compliance with Part XX of the Municipal Government Act (MGA), the Personal Information International Disclosure Protection Act (PIIDPA), the municipality’s Privacy Policy, the broader general privacy principles of the Canadian Standards Association of Fair Information Practices and other applicable legislations.
- Ensures that PIA’s are fully completed, signed and in coordination with the Privacy Program Lead and the Manager, Access, Privacy & Corporate Information Management and Chief Privacy Officer to ensures that the implementation of risk mitigations is complete.
- Conducts privacy analysis and audits to provide evidence of compliance with privacy principles and to identify privacy risks.
- In conjunction with the Privacy Program Lead, develops privacy risk mitigation strategies and plans for initiatives outside of the formal PIA process.
- Under the direction of the Privacy Program Lead, conducts internal privacy audits to ensure compliance with legislation.
- Identifies and assesses privacy risks and provides advisory and consultative support to business units.
- Proactively monitors the legislative, regulatory and best practice development and emerging trends associated with privacy that may impact the municipality.
- Ensures that privacy is included by design in any corporate or business unit initiative by working with other critical stakeholders or project planning teams.
- Works with other members of the Access & Privacy Team to develop and refine existing privacy practices and processes.
- May perform other related duties as assigned.

**QUALIFICATIONS**:
**Education and Experience**:

- A Bachelor’s Degree in Information Management, Records Management, Public Administration, Business Administration, IT or related discipline.
- 4 years of experience in conducting research, analysis and/or utilizing risk assessment tools, methodologies, policies and procedures.
- Privacy professional designation such as CIPP/C or CIPP/IT or CIPP/M or willingness to work towards designation.

**Technical / Job Specific Knowledge and Abilities**:

- Excellent communication skills with various stakeholders: technical audiences, corporate audiences and those who are not privacy experts.
- Presentation and persuasion skills to provide/convey/advocate to senior staff.
- Advanced knowledge of privacy principles and current privacy trends.
- Excellent interpersonal and mediation skills, with an ability to achieve consensus as well as communicate to challenge the status quo.
- Work independently and as a member of a team and appreciate and respect the need for differing views and opinions.
- Consultation and negotiating skills used to gain support for privacy initiatives.
- Excellent time management skills.
- Demonstrated planning and organizational skills.
- Well developed research and analytical skills.

**Security Clearance Requirements**:Applicants may be required to complete an employment security screening check.

**COMPETENCIES**: Analytical Thinking; Communication; Customer Service; Managing Change; Organization & Planning; Organizational Awareness; Risk Management; Teamwork and Cooperation; Value and Ethics; Valuing Diversity

**WORK STATUS**: Permanent, Full-Time

**HOURS OF WORK**:Monday-Friday, 8:30am-4:30pm, 35 hours per week. Flex options to work outside of these hours and hybrid may be available.

**WORK LOCATION**: 81 Illsley Avenue, Dartmouth

**CLOSING DATE**: Applications will be received up to** 11:59 pm on Tuesday, August 26, 2025.**

**Please note**:We thank all applicants for their interest in this position. Only those applicants selected for interview/testing will be contacted.

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