Privacy Specialist 0074-0512

1 day ago


Toronto, Canada Foilcon Full time

**Experience Required**:

- Experience in conducting Privacy Impact Assessments.
- Familiar with risk management and ability to understand policies and provide guidance on related matters.
- In-depth knowledge and experience with privacy laws, legislations, regulations, and best practices. This includes but is not limited to: FIPPA, PHIPA, PIPEDA, CASL, GDPR, etc.
- Excellent knowledge of privacy and security concepts, trends, and issues. This includes an understanding of impacts on business processes.
- Skilled in interpreting and communicating privacy principles and compliance requirements.
- Knowledge and experience with privacy enhancing best practices.
- Experience in developing and deploying privacy training and awareness campaigns across organizations.
- Strong interpersonal capabilities to effectively liaise with stakeholders ranging from technical teams to senior executives within the organization. Adeptness in understanding, managing, and aligning stakeholder expectations.
- Demonstrated experience in developing and maintaining comprehensive documentation. Strong technical and business writing capabilities.
- Agile responsiveness to evolving project dynamics, ability to pivot strategies based on emerging challenges or changes in project requirements.
- Solid experience in fostering and managing relationships with external vendors and ensuring optimal service levels and performance benchmarks are met.
- Exceptional written and oral communication skills, proficient in translating intricate technical details into clear, comprehensible insights for stakeholders irrespective of their technical aptitude.

**Deliverables**:
The Senior Privacy Specialist is expected to play a pivotal role in the successful execution and maintenance of privacy within the organization.

Their responsibilities and expectations encompass the following:

- Conduct regular privacy impact assessments to identify potential privacy issues and risks to protect sensitive information.
- Define, evaluate, and assess privacy requirements for organizational projects.
- Support a privacy model tailored to the organization's specific needs and regulatory requirements.
- Support and maintain privacy policies, procedures, and guidelines that align with applicable laws, regulations, and industry best practices and standards.
- Support the organization complies with all relevant privacy regulations and standards. Eliminate the risks of non-compliance with legislation, corporate policies, and best practices. Report on findings and deliver recommended advice.
- Support privacy training and awareness programs to educate employees.
- Support and promote compliance with internal policies and processes related to data protection & records and information retention & disposition.
- Generate regular reports and documentation on the privacy program's status, risks, and compliance.
- Support the incorporation of privacy measures in the development of systems & processes.
- Support privacy projects and tasks within the agency as assigned.

**Desirable Qualifications**:

- Educational Background: A bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related disciplines.
- Relevant professional certifications such as Certified Information Privacy Professional/Canada (CIPP/C).

**Must Haves**:

- Previous experience writing PIA assessments is the most crucial aspect of this role.
- Experience with international regulations for data and privacy is preferred.
- Experience with Public Sectors is preferred


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