Job Description

We're reimagining the way Australians live, work, and play. We own and manage some of the most recognisable and loved retail destinations across Australia.

We’re evolving our portfolio into destinations that offer a broad selection of retail, residential, and office spaces. Through our diverse portfolio, data-led decision-making, and nationwide development pipeline, we do things differently.

We are Vicinity.

Role purpose

The key purpose of the Privacy Specialist is to enable good business practices through effective design, implementation, and ongoing management of Vicinity’s privacy framework. This includes ensuring compliance with relevant privacy laws and regulations (such as the Privacy Act 1988 and any applicable international laws), embedding privacy by design principles into organisational practices, and fostering a culture of data protection and ethical handling of personal information.

Key Accountabilities

Regulatory

• Monitor legislative and regulatory changes and assess impact on business practices.
• Monitor and ensure compliance with applicable privacy laws and regulatory requirements.
• Serve as the secondary contact point for regulatory authorities on privacy matters.

Privacy Program

• Implement and maintain a Privacy Management Program and associated policies.
• Act as a key advisor on privacy matters for business units, projects, and technology initiatives.
• Conduct Privacy Impact Assessments and provide recommendations on risk mitigation.
• Respond to data subject access requests, complaints, and potential data breaches.

Reporting

• Report regularly to senior management on privacy risks, incidents, and strategic issues.

Key Role Relationships

• Senior Management
• Data Team
• Cyber & Information Security Team
• Centre Management Team
• Marketing

Experience & Capabilities

ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE (what you have done)

• 3+ years of privacy management experience.
• Demonstrated ability to conduct privacy impact assessments.
• Experience advising on privacy considerations in technology, digital, and customer focused projects.

CRITICAL KNOWLEDGE (what you need to know)

• Strong working knowledge of Australian privacy legislation.

CAPABILITIES (what you can do)

• Ability to develop strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders with excellent business partnering skills and the ability to work confidently with regulators.
• Strong ability to adapt working style to achieve department objectives, and the skills to think outside the box to develop solutions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, capable of being adapted to suit a range of audiences.
• Strong attention to detail.

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES (who you are)

You consistently demonstrate and role model the behaviours that bring the Vicinity values to life:

Respect

• We listen to and acknowledge each other's views.
• We have difficult conversations with care.

Integrity

• We back our words with the right actions.
• We do the right thing, no matter the situation.

Customer Focus

• We nurture a genuine connection with our customers.
• We consider customer needs when making decisions.

Collaboration

• We invite the right people to the table.
• We balance consensus with decisive actions.

Excellence

• We always strive to improve.
• We share our challenges and celebrate the wins.

Why Vicinity?

Our benefits program focuses on creating an awesome place to work in which our people are rewarded and recognised. This includes:

• Flexible working options

• Birthday leave & purchased additional leave

• $1,000 worth of VCX securities rewarded for eligible team members

• Generous Parental Leave

We live and work by our values of Respect, Integrity, Customer Focus, Collaboration and Excellence. They are the foundation to everything we do and provide us a north star with which we can shape meaningful places where communities connect.

At Vicinity we embrace and celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive work environment where we attract, retain and develop our people regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability and age. Applications are encouraged from all sectors of the community and we strongly encourage applications from the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community.

We are aware of current limitations with our website accessibility and are working towards improving this. Should you experience any issues accessing information in this job advertisement or the application form, and require this in an alternate format, please contact our Talent Acquisition Team. Similarly, if you would like to discuss workplace accessibility, any reasonable adjustments we can make to better support you during the recruitment process, or your potential future role please reach out to our Talent Acquisition team:

Email: talent.acquisition@vicinity.com.au

Phone: +61 3 7001 4000 (request to speak to our Talent Acquisition team)

Note: To be eligible to apply for this position, you must have existing, relevant Australian work rights. At the later stages of the recruitment process the shortlisted candidate/candidates will be required to undergo a Criminal History Background/Police Check as a mandatory part of the process. Additional qualification checks may also be required dependant on role and level.