Address Location
Sydney C B D, New South Wales
Category
Office Support
Salary
$ AUD - $ AUD Daily
Posted
13-Mar-2024
Work type
Contract
Contact
Allison Bell
Reference
BH-158582
As one of the Australia’s largest providers of human resources solutions, Chandler Macleod has a proven track record of unleashing potential in people and companies. For over 40 years Chandler Macleod’s recruitment business has connected leading-edge projects and employers with outstanding business professionals.
Our client is a NSW Government Department that is looking for an experienced Privacy Specialist to join the team and be responsible for collaborating with stakeholders to raise privacy awareness, provide Privacy guidance to project teams, settle resources to support projects, undertake and/or facilitate Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) and work with senior stakeholders to ensure privacy by design is embedded in the project delivery and business as usual practices.
About the Role
Understand obligations under NSW privacy laws, applicable Commonwealth legislation and NSW government policy in order to support and implement policies and practices that ensure compliance with legislative requirements and whole of government policy.
Provide strategic advice to the Director, Legal with respect to key privacy risks and mitigation steps in the context of projects and business as usual processes, including advice as to whether a project team has taken sufficient steps to identify and mitigate any privacy risks
Conduct and/or coordinate privacy assessments, including by assisting projects to engage external consultants, and by reviewing their findings and recommendations
Develop and deliver training to staff, particularly for project teams to ensure compliance with privacy requirements in accordance with the law and established project governance framework
Promote privacy best practice within the department including by collaborating with internal stakeholders to embed privacy by design in project planning and systems development
Assist the Director, Legal with business as usual privacy matters as required
Assist the Director, Legal, as required, with their responsibilities under the Data Breach Policy, particularly in the event of a data breach or a suspected data breach.
Key Skills and Requirements
In-depth understanding of applicable legislation including the PPIP Act, HRIP Act and the ability to develop policies, plans and resources that ensure compliance.
In-depth understanding of privacy management practices with the ability to identify and manage interactions across information security, data governance and business operations.
Ability to assist projects and business units with conducting Privacy Threshold Assessments to determine whether a PIA or some other privacy support is needed.
Ability to conduct and facilitate Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA).
Strong communication skills and the ability to build relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, including senior executives, staff from other areas such as the enterprise portfolio management office, IT, information security and project management teams.
Experience in conducting Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) for new and existing systems.
Should you be interested in hearing more about the role please apply today or email Allison.bell@chandlermacleod.com for more information.
At Chandler Macleod, we are committed to fostering a diverse workforce where everyone is welcome. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, women, people living with a disability and the LGBTIQA+ community.
You can read more about our commitment to diversity and inclusion at https://www.chandlermacleod.com/diversity-and-inclusion
