About The Position
CHEO is seeking a Legal Counsel and Privacy Officer to join their legal team in support of the functions and strategies being developed and implemented across BORN Ontario and its Prenatal Screening Ontario program. You will be accountable for supporting the overall legal and privacy framework at BORN, while providing guidance on a broad and diverse mix of legal disciplines encompassing regulatory (compliance), corporate and commercial law and other matters as required by the management of BORN. This role reports to the Executive Director of BORN Ontario and requires a high degree of visibility and presence across the organization and with program and research partners across the province, with demonstrated skills in negotiation and execution to match.
Requirements
- Law degree (JD or LLB) and member in good standing with the Law Society of Ontario (Essential)
- Minimum 7 years of progressive legal experience in a complex, highly regulated environment (Essential)
- Demonstrated expertise in Ontario health law and health information privacy (Essential)
- Highly-developed legal, risk management, and policy analysis skills. (Essential)
- Strong technical legal ability demonstrated through experience managing relevant legal and privacy matters across strategic and operational contexts in health system delivery, health information management, or in health care (Essential)
- Proven ability to lead and advise in multi‑stakeholder, system‑level environments (Essential)
- Track record of implementing leading practices that strengthen governance, accountability, and corporate risk management (Essential)
- Credible, influential advisor, negotiator, capable of operating at executive and Board levels (Essential)
- Ability to create, compose and edit institutional policies and other written materials together with strong communication skills. (Essential)
- Recognized as a trusted leader and collaborator—a self‑starter who thrives in team‑based environments (Essential)
- Confident, visible advocate for excellence, ethical practice, and good governance (Essential)
Nice To Haves
- Bilingualism (French/English) (Preferred)
- Relevant IAPP certification (Preferred)
Responsibilities
- Act as the legal counsel and information privacy advisor to the senior management of BORN on a multitude of issues and topics. This entails ensuring the needs of BORN are being met while being consistent with the principles and processes in place at CHEO.
- Actively contributes to the development and implementation of a proactive legal framework, enabling opportunities to be realized for value-added legal service and guidance. This may include but is not limited to: monitoring relevant national and provincial legislation and regulation, providing briefings and analysis on applicability to BORN and CHEO’s health information operation, providing detailed legal and privacy analysis and recommendations for new and emerging operations in digital health and information privacy that involve BORN Ontario and relevant programming at CHEO.
- Provide strategic and operational leadership regarding legal opportunities and challenges, strategic planning, and risk management.
- Provide support and advice to the BORN privacy program, establishing and monitoring the implementation of policies, protocols, and appropriate internal controls for information privacy and security matters.
- Liaise and interact with CHEO privacy professionals and with the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner as needed.
- Continue to advance key stakeholder relationships with colleagues, hospital executives, and staff, and external partners to ensure collaboration, as well as alignment with the changing provincial health care landscape.
- Negotiate, design, draft and/or review legal agreements, documents and contracts and either leads or assists with the negotiations with counterparties where clauses, stipulations or requirements are unacceptable.
- Support risk‑based decision‑making for innovative technologies where legal and governance frameworks are evolving or unsettled.
- Partners collaboratively with internal stakeholders to support complex digital health projects, offering mitigation strategies and alternates where appropriate to align with established risk tolerances.
- Work closely with team members to create a service and performance delivery culture.
Benefits
- competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package
- unique culture that fosters dedication, communication, respect and teamwork
- place where your opinions will be respected, contributions valued and your initiatives rewarded
- family-friendly environment that supports you and your own family, as well as the children, youth and families we serve
- chance to grow — personally and professionally — through our comprehensive orientation program and on-the-job learning
- support for continued education and learning
- potential for a relocation reimbursement benefit
- truly unique work environment
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
