Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) Specialist - Senior

ITProFound Inc • Toronto, ON

10d • Onsite

About The Position

This role involves leading the development of a privacy impact assessment to evaluate new technologies, information systems, or proposed programs/policies against legal and policy privacy requirements. The specialist will identify and mitigate risks, and address client concerns, ensuring compliance with provincial, municipal, federal, and private sector access and privacy legislation, as well as relevant regulations, statutes, OPS policies, Directives, standards, guidelines, and internationally accepted Fair Information Practices.

Requirements

• Excellent knowledge of privacy and security concepts, trends, and issues.
• Understanding of the impact of privacy and security concepts on business processes.
• Skill in interpretation and communication of privacy principles and compliance requirements.
• Knowledge of, and experience in researching and applying relevant information privacy laws, regulations, jurisprudence (particularly as it relates to the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario) and risk countermeasures.
• Experience in conducting Privacy Impact Assessments in a public sector context.
• Knowledge of policies, directives, standards, business rules, procedures and guidelines relating to records management including classification, retention and disposition of information.
• Familiarity with OPS Privacy Impact Assessment Process and Tools released by the Ontario Ministry of Government Services.
• Good understanding of related disciplines, such as IT security, IT system design, policy development (privacy or security), business architecture, legal processes, Freedom of Information administration, business analysis, risk management, project management.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of a privacy impact assessment that evaluates whether new technologies, information systems, or proposed programs or policies meet legal and policy privacy requirements.
• Determine and mitigate risks associated with new technologies, systems, or programs/policies.
• Address clients’ concerns regarding privacy.
• Ensure compliance with provincial, municipal, federal and private sector access and privacy legislation.
• Ensure compliance with relevant regulations, statutes, OPS policies, Directives, standards, guidelines and internationally accepted Fair Information Practices.
• Lead, manage, or support the development of a PIA independently or as part of a team by directing and gathering input from specific individuals within the organization.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed