Manager, Privacy

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Duties

OSFI is looking for bright and talented people to join our growing ATIP team. If you are a service-oriented person who enjoys collaborating with team members, we hope to hear from you.

We offer the same pension and benefits plans as the core Federal Public Service. We also have our own dedicated team of Compensation Advisors on site in Ottawa. All OSFI employees obtain a minimum of 4 weeks of vacation leave per year and are eligible for an annual performance bonus. Both of OSFI’s Ottawa and Toronto offices are located downtown with easy access to public transit, shopping, restaurants, gyms, financial institutions and more.

As the Manager, Privacy, you would develop and manage OSFI’s policies and programs required to remain compliant with Government of Canada privacy and access to information legislation, regulation and directives, and to protect the privacy of OSFI’s stakeholders and employees. You would also provide advice and recommendations to OSFI executives on the management and mitigation of risks to privacy protection.

Intent of the process

This selection process may be used to establish a pool of qualified candidates, which could be used to staff similar or identical positions with various linguistic profiles and requirements (including imperative and non-imperative bilingual positions or unilingual positions), security profiles, various tenures and locations (either Toronto or Ottawa). We therefore encourage all interested candidates to apply regardless of their current bilingual capacity or preferred location of work.

Positions to be filled: Number to be determined

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 or diploma from a recognized post-secondary institution in a field relevant to the position.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE
- Experience preparing briefing materials and providing advice and guidance to senior officials on sensitive privacy and access to information matters
- Experience leading the development of Privacy Impact Assessments
- Experience conducting privacy breach investigations in accordance with established security and privacy principles
- Experience in the application of the Access to Information Act or the Privacy Act
- Experience providing training or coaching on ATIP matters
- Experience managing the work of a team

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

ASSET EXPERIENCE
- Experience managing human resources

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
- Willingness and ability to travel within Canada occasionally.
- Willingness and ability to work overtime occasionally.

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

Bilingual - Imperative (CCC/CCC)

Information on language requirements

KNOWLEDGE
- Knowledge of the roles and responsibilities of central agencies, other government institutions, as well as the offices of the Information and Privacy Commissioners in the administration of the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act
- Recent knowledge of concepts, principles and practices related to privacy protection in the Government of Canada
- Recent knowledge of concepts, principles and practices related to the provision of ATIP services in a federal department or agency

COMPETENCIES
- Impact and Influence
- Professional Judgement
- Service Orientation
- Working As A Team

ABILITIES
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to communicate effectively in writing.
- Ability to communicate effectively orally

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

ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS
- In order to meet the organization’s employment equity objectives in support of a diversified workforce, ‘right fit’ selection for this position may be made from among qualified candidates who self-declare as being Persons with a disability or Aboriginal peoples.

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

A written examination will be administered.

An interview will be administered.

Reference checks may be sought.

Candidates invited to an interview will be required to bring proof of their education credentials, in the form of a diploma or official transcript (original documents only). Candidates with foreign credentials must provide proof of Canadian equivalency. Consult the Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials for further information at http://www.cicic.ca/.

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

Achieving a representative workforce has been identified as an organizational need and may be applied in this appointment process. If this criterion is used, only those who have indicated that they are members of the specified designated group(s) will be considered.

A top down selection of candidates may be used in the determination of those to be given further consideration in the assessment process.

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.

For this selection process, our intention is to communicate with applicants by e-mail (including sending invitations for written tests and interviews). Applicants who apply to this selection process must include in their application a valid e-mail address and make sure this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users.

All job applications must be submitted through the Government of Canada public service jobs website. Do not email, fax, or mail hard copy documents as these will not be accepted. To submit an application online, please click on the "apply now" button.

If you do not have Internet access in your home or through friends, relatives or neighbours, here are some suggested locations: campus career centers, libraries, community centers, Internet cafés and Services Canada. You may also call 1-800-O-Canada (1-800-622-6232), or TTY 1-800-926-9105, for information on the nearest public Internet access locations.

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

Applicants with disabilities: If you require special accommodation at any stage in the selection process, including technical aid to ensure an equitable assessment of your qualifications, please inform us by sending an e-mail to the following address: .

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.