Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) Specialist - Senior

• 10+ years of experience in the following:
• Privacy impact assessment methodologies, tools and techniques
• Application of threat and risk analysis principles, program analysis, business analysis
• Understanding of policy development to lead or participate in the development of options and strategies on information management and privacy protection
• Practical knowledge of information technology concepts and processes that impact the protection of personal information (i.e. information management, knowledge management, intellectual property/copyright, information technology and electronic service delivery channels)
• Practical knowledge of broad political, legal, fiscal, social and governance dimensions to ensure that privacy principles, directives, notices and directions are considered in the development of new programs/initiatives
• Managing privacy risks in the collection, use and disclosure of Personal Health Information (PHI)
• Leading end-to-end operational risk assessments, selecting risk methodologies, identifying privacy compliance gaps, priorities, dependencies and redundancies, and recommending process remediation or simplification
• Implementing information privacy best practices.

• Demonstrated experience and competency to resolve complex issues, identify options and make recommendations
• Demonstrated experience and competency to analyze policy proposals to assess / identify I&IT business implications and develop strategic policy planning options and impact analyses for clients
• Demonstrated experience and competency to acquire and apply relevant legislation, regulations and directives to ensure proposed initiatives conform to legislation
• Demonstrated experience and competency to identify and evaluate emerging privacy issues, changes, and trends in current and future that impact government policy directions
• Experience in program analysis/evaluation techniques to assess the impact of proposed, or new/changed policies/fiscal or governance arrangements for new programs
• Demonstrated experience and competency to prepare comprehensive reports, options analyses, briefing materials and presentations and propose responses on privacy issues
• Experience in consultation and negotiation to gain support for policy and program initiatives
• Demonstrated experience and competency to develop effective relationships with senior management and stakeholders
• Strong oral and written communications and principles and methods, to draft papers, reports, options analyses, correspondence, briefing notes, speeches, and materials.

• Demonstrated strong leadership and people management skills
• Exceptional analytical, trouble-shooting, problem solving and decision-making skills
• Demonstrated strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication, and presentation skills
• Proven troubleshooting and critical thinking experience
• Demonstrated ability to apply strong listening skills to facilitate issue resolution
• Effective consulting skills to engage with all stakeholders with proven track record for building strong working relationships
• Strong interpersonal, facilitation and negotiation skills with ability to build rapport with stakeholders and drive negotiations to a successful outcome
• Excellent customer service skills, including tact and diplomacy to ensure client needs are managed effectively
• A motivated, flexible, detail-oriented and creative team player with perseverance, excellent organization and multi-tasking abilities, and a proven track record for meeting strict deadlines

• 5+ years of experience working with federal/provincial/broader public-sector healthcare providers
• Previous Public Sector experience and familiarity with the privacy and de-identification guidelines set by IPC, Government of Ontario IT Standard (GO-ITS), Public Sector Corporate Policy on Protection of Personal Information, and Public Sector Corporate Policy on Record Keeping
• Knowledge of Public Sector Enterprise Architecture artifacts (or similar), processes and practices, and ability to produce technical documentation that comply with industry standard practices
• In-depth knowledge of industry standard such as Project Management Institute (PMI)
• Knowledge of Public Sector I&IT project management methodologies
• Knowledge and experience with Public Sector or Broader Public-Sector health related projects
• Knowledge and understanding of Ministry policy and IT project approval processes and requirements
• Experience adopting and adhering to Public Sector Unified I&IT Project Methodology, Public Sector Enterprise Architecture and Public Sector Gating process, and Public Sector Standard Systems Development Methodologies
• Experience with large complex IT Health-related projects
• Experience with GO-ITS Digital Health standards, and internal branch standards would be an asset.

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