Director, Privacy Management

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You must clearly demonstrate in your answers to the screening questions HOW you meet the essential experience and any applicable asset and experience factors listed. You must include the length of time (month/year) that you performed each function and where you obtained the qualification. It is NOT sufficient to only state that the qualifications are met or to provide a listing of current or past responsibilities. The answers to the screening questions will be the main source of information used by the assessment board to determine whether you meet the essential and asset education and experience factors. Your answers to the screening questions should be supported by your résumé. CANDIDATES WILL NOT BE SOLICITED FOR INCOMPLETE OR MISSING INFORMATION. Failure to provide the above information in the format required may result in the rejection of your application.

Duties

Interested in joining a dynamic organisation to drive privacy to the next level? If so, this position may be for you!

As Director of Privacy Management, you will be responsible for providing leadership, strategic direction and support to Health Canada and Public Health Agency of Canada programs and services that collect, use or disclose personal information in regulatory, scientific/research and corporate settings; specific areas of responsibility include:
- Ensuring that corporate privacy policies and practices align with legislative requirements and best practices;
- Delivering a wide range of advisory and compliance services in the areas of privacy - including Privacy Impact Assessments, investigation and responses to incidents/breaches - research ethics and information sharing agreements;
- Fostering a culture of privacy by leading and supporting the integration of privacy considerations in institutional activities and decisions, and in the delivery of employee awareness and training; and
- Liaising with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Treasury Board Secretariat, and other federal departments, agencies, provincial ministries of health and institutional stakeholders.

Work environment

Health Canada is an Employer of choice! We’ve been recognized in three categories of Mediacorp’s Top 100 Employers Awards of 2018 :
- National Capital Region’s Top Employers
- Canada’s Top Employers for Young People
- Canada’s Best Diversity Employers

Intent of the process

This process will be used to staff an indeterminate position. A pool of qualified candidates will be created for similar positions with various tenures (determinate, indeterminate), at Health Canada, accross Canada. Should the selected candidate already be a public servant, the pool could also be used for acting appointments.

Positions to be filled: 1

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

In order to be considered, your application must clearly explain how you meet the following (essential qualifications)

Education

Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution with acceptable specialization in economics, sociology or statistics

Note: Candidates must always have a degree. The courses for the specialization must be acceptable and may have been taken at a recognized post-secondary institution, but not necessarily within a degree program in the required specialization. The specialization may also be obtained through an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience.

Degree equivalency

Experience

1) Significant* experience in administering privacy legislation, policies and guidelines.

2) Experience in providing strategic advice to senior management (Director General level and above) on complex** issues relating to personal information.

3) Experience in establishing and maintaining partnerships with various stakeholders to achieve program objectives.

4) Experience leading the development and implementation of corporate strategies, plans and monitoring/control systems for privacy risks.

5) Experience in managing financial resources.

* “Significant” refers to the depth and breadth of experience associated with the performance of a broad range of related activities which were primarily the candidate's responsibility. It will be assessed on the basis of the scope, complexity and the diversity of the work performed as well as the autonomy required of the candidate to perform the activities. This level of experience is normally achieved through the performance of relevant duties on a regular and continuous basis for a period of approximatively 3 years.

** "Complex" relates to the collection, use, disclosure or retention of personal information, and involves at least two (2) of the following relevant criteria:
- Sensitive or high profile
- Multiple stakeholders/clients
- Precedent setting
- Multi-year or multi-phase

If you possess any of the following, your application must also clearly explain how you meet it (other qualifications)

Asset qualifications

1) Significant* experience in administering federal privacy legislation, policies and guidelines.

2) Experience in leading the development of and in managing communications strategies related to privacy at the corporate level.

3) Experience in providing corporate oversight for Privacy Impact Assessments.

4) Experience in leading the development of corporate reports relating to ATIP (e.g. Annual Report to Parliament on ATI or Privay Acts, InfoSource).

5) Experience in leading the development and delivery of training related to privacy or the management of personal information at the corporate level.

* “Significant” refers to the depth and breadth of experience associated with the performance of a broad range of related activities which were primarily the candidate's responsibility. It will be assessed on the basis of the scope, complexity and the diversity of the work performed as well as the autonomy required of the candidate to perform the activities. This level of experience is normally achieved through the performance of relevant duties on a regular and continuous basis for a period of approximatively 3 years.

The following will be applied / assessed at a later date (essential for the job)

Bilingual - Imperative (CBC/CBC)

Information on language requirements

Knowledge

1) Knowledge of the federal Privacy Act and related Treasury Board Secretariat policies

2) Knowledge of the roles and responsibilities of the Treasury Board Secretariat relating to ATIP (Access to Information and Privacy), and of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada

Ability

1) Ability to communicate effectively orally
2) Ability to communicate effectively in writing
3) Ability to manage Human Resources

Key Leadership Competencies

1) Create Vision and Strategy
2) Mobilize People
3) Uphold Integrity and Respect (including Respectful of Diversity)
4) Collaborate with Partners and Stakeholders
5) Promote Innovation and Guide Change
6) Achieve Results

For more information regarding the Key Leadership Competency profile:
https://www.canada.ca/en/treasury-board-secretariat/services/professional-development/key-leadership-competency-profile/examples-effective-ineffective-behaviours.html

The following may be applied / assessed at a later date (may be needed for the job)

Selection may be limited to members of the following Employment Equity groups: Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, visible minorities, women

Information on employment equity

Conditions of employment

Secret security clearance

Other information

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled and diverse workforce that reflects the Canadians we serve. We promote employment equity and encourage you to indicate if you belong to one of the targeted groups when you apply.

Information on employment equity

The client organization will accept applications on-line only.

All job applications must therefore be submitted through the Public Service Resourcing System. Following are some of the benefits associated with applying on-line.

Applicants can create a profile and a resume that can be used when applying for other processes without having to recreate a new application each time.
Applicants can modify their application/resume at any time BEFORE the closing date indicated on the job advertisement.
Applicants can verify the status of their applications, at any time.
Applicants can be notified electronically of tests or interviews and results.
For some jobs, applicants will find important information, namely the job questionnaire and a complete statement of merit criteria that are only available when applying on-line.

To submit an application on-line, please select the button "Apply Online" below.

Persons with disabilities preventing them from applying on-line are asked to contact 1-800-645-5605.

Please ensure that your email address is on your application for correspondence. Communication for this process will be sent via email. It is the responsibility of the candidate to ensure accurate contact information is provided and updated as required. Candidates who apply to this selection process should include an email address that accepts email from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email.)

Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent; we will contact candidates when the screening process is completed.

Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice. Applicants are asked to indicate their preferred official language in their application.

Once the candidates have been assessed and the pool is created, it will not be possible for the candidates in this pool to add additional information regarding merit criteria for future consideration, except for linguistic results. Also, no additional candidates will be added to the pool for all of its duration.

Candidates who have been fully assessed and found to have met all essential qualifications except official language requirements may update their second-language evaluation (SLE) results for as long as the pool is valid.

N.B.: Candidates must meet each essential qualification to be appointed to the position. A candidate may be appointed to the position even though he/she does not meet any or all of the asset qualifications or organizational needs. However, meeting some of these criteria is desirable and may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed.

Preference

Preference will be given to veterans and to Canadian citizens, in that order.

Information on the preference to veterans

We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.