PIA Specialist
- Toronto, ON, Canada
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Original job description
Our client is looking for PIA Specialist to Lead or support the planning and development of Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) to evaluate whether new technologies, information systems, programs, and policies meet legal and policy privacy requirements. Identify and mitigate privacy risks, address client concerns, and provide strategic advice to support informed business decisions. Assess compliance with applicable provincial, municipal, federal, and private-sector access and privacy legislation, regulations, program statutes, Ontario Public Service (OPS) policies, Management Board of Cabinet directives, standards, guidelines, and internationally accepted Fair Information Practices. The role may involve collaboration with other jurisdictions and the broader public sector.
Key Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the development of PIAs, gathering and coordinating input from business, technical, legal, and privacy stakeholders.
- Interpret and apply Ontario s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA), Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (MFIPPA), and Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA), including their regulations and related jurisprudence.
- Provide advice on privacy legislation, regulations, policies, standards, procedures, and risk mitigation measures to ministries, clusters, management, and staff.
- Manage PIA intake queues, workloads, and resource utilization to optimize service delivery.
- Provide leadership to staff by planning work, setting objectives, directing activities, and managing changing deadlines and demands.
- Act as the primary contact for IT clients, providing strategic advice on project provisioning, policy, and business decisions.
- Lead or participate in cross-cluster, ministry, and Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPC) research teams and working committees supporting Freedom of Information (FOI), privacy, and information technology commitments.
- Analyze ministry policy proposals and Cabinet submissions to assess information technology implications and develop privacy strategies.
- Create and interpret data flow and business process diagrams.
- Identify when external expertise is required and coordinate specialist input.
- Strong knowledge of privacy and security concepts and their impact on business processes.
- Ability to interpret and communicate privacy principles and compliance requirements.
- Experience researching and applying privacy legislation, regulations, and jurisprudence, particularly decisions of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario.
- Knowledge of privacy risk mitigation measures
- Familiarity with the Ontario Public Service (OPS) Privacy Impact Assessment Process and Tools.
- Understanding of IT security, system design, privacy and security policy, business architecture, legal processes, Freedom of Information administration, business analysis, risk management, and project management.
- Ability to assess the privacy implications of policies, decisions, and business initiatives.
- Knowledge of personal information protection across system interfaces, information security, information architecture, and data flows.
- Knowledge of Ontario government policies and procedures, including business case development, project approvals, and policy development.
- Professional certification in IT security, architecture, or a related discipline.
- Experience delivering privacy education and training.
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Responsibilities
Lead or support Privacy Impact Assessments by coordinating business, technical, legal, and privacy stakeholders, evaluating compliance, and identifying and mitigating privacy risks. Advise clients and leadership on privacy implications, manage assessment workloads, guide staff, and contribute to cross-government privacy and information technology initiatives.
Requirements
Requires strong knowledge of privacy and security concepts, Ontario privacy legislation and related decisions, privacy risk mitigation, and the OPS Privacy Impact Assessment process. Candidates should be able to assess privacy implications, interpret and communicate compliance requirements, and understand information security, system design, data flows, business analysis, risk management, and project management.
Skills
- Privacy Impact Assessments
- Privacy Legislation
- Privacy Risk Mitigation
- Privacy Compliance
- FIPPA
- MFIPPA
- PHIPA
- Privacy Research
- Information Security
- Data Flow Analysis
- Business Process Diagrams
- Business Analysis
- Risk Management
- Project Management
- Stakeholder Coordination
- Leadership
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Categories
- Government & Public Sector
- Legal
- Technology
- Management & Leadership
- Consulting
Keywords
- Privacy Impact Assessment
- Privacy Legislation
- FIPPA
- MFIPPA
- PHIPA
- Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario
- Ontario Public Service
- Fair Information Practices
- Privacy Risk Mitigation
- Information Security
- IT Security
- System Design
- Business Architecture
- Information Architecture
- Data Flows
- Data Flow Diagrams
- Business Process Diagrams
- Freedom of Information
- Privacy Policy
- Jurisprudence
- Risk Management
- Project Management
- Business Analysis
- Policy Development
- Cabinet Submissions
- Stakeholder Coordination
- Privacy Education
- Privacy Training