Privacy Officer

• This external job posting may close earlier than the advertised deadline. We recommend applying as soon as possible.

• Your up-to-date resume.
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• Leveraging your expertise in privacy law and best practices, you will analyze and assess compliance, and apply subject matter expertise to provide solutions and improvements that mitigate identified risks.
• Proactively leveraging your problem-solving abilities, you will identify trends, vulnerabilities, or recurring issues, determine the need for review and revision of privacy policies, notices, or business practices, and develop solutions to mitigate risk.
• Drawing on your ability to design and sustain programs, you will develop and maintain the privacy program for Canadian Blood Services and monitor performance.
• With your talent for creating impactful learning experiences, you will develop, implement, and update privacy training for all employees and volunteers in support of a privacy-aware corporate culture.
• By applying your subject matter knowledge, you will provide guidance on privacy to internal stakeholders and promote/influence adoption of privacy compliance by identifying requirements, safeguards, solutions, and best practices.
• Applying your research and analytical skills, you will conduct environmental scans and review privacy laws, standards, regulator guidance, and decisions to facilitate organizational adaptation and compliance.
• Using your strong analytical and consultative skills, you will respond to access requests for personal information in the custody and control of Canadian Blood Services, consulting with management and subject matter experts as required.
• Through your professionalism and relationship-building skills, you will represent Canadian Blood Services in liaising with provincial privacy regulators and other organizations in privacy compliance reviews or investigations.
• Harnessing your ability to assess risk and recommend safeguards, you will conduct environmental scans and associated risk analysis to identify organizational risk exposures and collaborate on implementation of appropriate mitigations.

• Completion of a degree in a relevant discipline such as law, privacy, technology, computer science, information management or business.
• Up to seven (7) years combined, progressive related experience in the areas of privacy and data protection.
• In-depth understanding of privacy, data protection and data management concepts, principles, operations, legislation and regulations.
• Experience or familiarity with conducting privacy impact assessments on a range of operational projects, including emerging technologies.
• Experience responding to access to information requests and experience investigating and responding to privacy incidents.
• Industry recognized privacy designation such as Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/C), Canadian Institute of Access and Privacy Professionals (CIAPP) or Certified

• Familiarity with technology and information systems is desirable to appropriately assess privacy risks in response to implementation of new technologies, programs and processes.

• 4 weeks' vacation.
• Annual performance award up to 8%.
• Comprehensive group health, dental and vision benefits for you and your family.
• Defined benefit pension plan.
• Employee discounts, wellness program, professional resources.

• This role will work in a hybrid environment with requirements to be onsite at Canadian Blood Services location at least 40% of the time/2 days of the week.
• If you are located outside of Ottawa, you may be required to travel to the Head Office in Ottawa 2-4 times a year to attend dept. meetings. This requirement is subject to change at Canadian Blood Services' sole discretion.

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