Responsibilities:

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  Required to lead or support the development of a privacy
  impact assessment that evaluates whether new technologies, information systems,
  or proposed programs or policies meet legal and policy privacy requirements,
  determine and mitigate risks, and address clients’ concerns.
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  These requirements include ensuring that the program
  complies with provincial, municipal, federal and private sector access and
  privacy legislation, as well as relevant regulations, statutes, OPS policies,
  Directives, standards, guidelines and internationally accepted Fair Information
  Practices.

General Skills:

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  Excellent knowledge of privacy and security concepts,
  trends, and issues. This will include an understanding of their impact on
  business processes, as well as skill with interpretation and communication of
  principles and compliance requirements
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  Knowledge of, and experience in researching and applying
  relevant information privacy laws, regulations, jurisprudence (particularly as
  it relates to the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario) and risk
  countermeasures
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  Experience in conducting Privacy Impact Assessments in
  public sector context
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  Knowledge of, and experience with privacy enhancing best
  practices
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  Knowledge and ability to interpret and apply Ontario’s
  Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) and its municipal
  equivalent the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
  (MFIPPA), Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA) their respective
  regulations and related jurisprudence
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  Familiarity with federal Personal Information Protection and
  Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and US PATRIOT Act
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  Policy Knowledge
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  Familiarity with OPS Privacy Impact Assessment Process and
  Tools released by the Ontario Ministry of Government Services;
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  Good understanding of related disciplines, such as IT
  security, IT system design, policy development (privacy or security), business
  architecture, legal processes, Freedom of Information administration, business
  analysis, risk management, project management.
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  Operational Program and Business Design Skills
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  Ability to lead, mange or support the development of a PIA
  either independently or as part of a team by directing and gathering input from
  specific individuals within the organization
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  Knowledge and ability to create and understand data flow
  diagrams and business process diagrams
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  Ability to recognize the need for, and seek input from
  external experts as required
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  Excellent communication skills with technical and business
  audiences and non- access and privacy experts.
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  Technology and Systems Knowledge
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  Analytical skills to understand the current and future
  access and privacy implications of policies, decisions and business initiatives
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  Knowledge of Information Technology concepts and processes
  that impact the protection of personal information, including (but not limited
  to) Internet tools, system interfaces, information security, information
  architecture and data flows
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  Information and Record Keeping Knowledge
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  Experience in developing risk assessment tools,
  methodologies, policies and procedures to effectively manage personal
  information
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  Knowledge of policies, directives, standards, business
  rules, procedures and guidelines relating to records management including
  classification, retention and disposition of information
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  Knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians
  with Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards

Desirable Skills:

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  Professional certification from a related discipline such as
  IT security, architecture
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  Experience providing education and training related to
  privacy
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  Knowledge of, and experience with the policies and
  procedures of the Ontario government (e.g. business case development, project
  approvals and policy development)

Requirements

Experience and Skill Set Requirements:

Must Haves:

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  Experience
  and understanding of credential holder centric ecosystems (decentralized
  identity models like SSI), supporting platforms and digital wallets
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  Experienced
  in leading and conducting privacy assessments involving online and/or
  mobile digital solutions that handle personal and health related
  information,
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  Demonstrated
  experience and familiarity with strong security, encryption and privacy
  protection approaches to digital solutions, including mobile; web based
  and backend integrations via API or similar approaches
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  Experience
  with decentralized credential systems, supporting platforms/technologies
  and digital wallets that can secure a Holder's personal information and
  protect their privacy through selective disclosure and zero-knowledge
  proofs.

Skill Set Requirements:

Must-have experience in:

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  Conducting
  privacy impact assessments involving both PHIPA and FIPPA, citing examples
  in resume
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  Conducting
  PIAs involving mobile app solutions and the unique security and privacy
  challenges associated with such platforms
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  Experience
  and understanding of digital credential platforms and decentralized models
  for credentials (self-sovereign identity-SSI)
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  Develop
  privacy-enhancing tools and techniques
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  Develop
  KPIs and report metrics
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  Developing
  ways and means to align with broader government programs and practices
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  Developing
  designs and architectures to inform a ‘privacy/data governance function’
  that can be implemented for the DI Program and potentially all of ODS
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  Experience
  in developing and implementing Consent management frameworks, policy and
  supporting business practices.

In addition, must have the ability to:

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  Provide
  privacy and data governance advisory services
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  Assist
  with development of statutory and regulatory instruments to address
  digital identity and related privacy matters

• Experience with Verifiable Credentials ,
specifically SSI model approaches.

• Knowledge and ability to create and understand data
flow diagrams and business process diagrams;

• Ability to recognize the need for, and seek input from
external experts as required;

• Conduct PIAs as required

• Develop privacy-enhancing tools and techniques

• Develop KPIs and report metrics

• Develop ways and means to align with broader
government programs and practices

• Develop designs and architectures to inform a
‘privacy/data governance function’ for the DI Program and potentially all of
ODS

• Provide privacy and data governance advisory
services

• Assist with development of statutory and regulatory
instruments to address digital credentials and related privacy matters

Nice to have:

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  Public
  Sector experience
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  Current
  OPS security clearance is highly desirable.

In addition to responsibilities and skills noted previously,
the following requirements will be evaluated:

Privacy Assessment, Consent Management, Policy and
Legislative Requirements:

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  Experienced
  in privacy legislation including Freedom of Information and Protection of
  Privacy Act (FIPPA), Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA),
  the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA)
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  Experienced
  in conducting privacy assessments involving personal information and
  personal health information citing examples in resume.
• 
  Experienced
  in leading and conducting privacy assessments involving online and/or
  mobile digital solutions that handle personal and health related
  information,
• 
  Experience
  and understanding of credential holder centric ecosystems (decentralized
  identity models like SSI), supporting platforms and digital wallets
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  Lead
  and conducted assessments involving personal health information involving
  third party solutions (e.g private sector or non-profit application
  solutions) and/or service integration providers
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  Experienced
  working with legal council and/or policy development teams; reviewing and
  comparing policies and legislation to make informed recommendations to
  ensure adequate legal and/or statutory authorities, privacy protections
  and record keeping considerations are addressed in support of program and
  project specific objectives.
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  SME
  and experienced in developing approaches for consent management;
  developing conceptual and logical models, identifying system and business
  requirements

Technical understanding:

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  Experience
  with privacy risks and conducting PIAs associated with integration between
  legacy systems, web applications, mobile and cloud based solutions to
  obtain, retrieve and synchronize information.
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  Experience
  with privacy risks and conducting PIAs involving mobile app solutions and
  the unique security and privacy challenges associated with such platforms
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  Demonstrated
  experience and familiarity with strong security, encryption and privacy
  protection approaches to digital solutions, including mobile; web based
  and backend integrations via API or similar approaches.
• 
  Experience
  with decentralized credential systems, supporting platforms/technologies
  and digital wallets that can secure a Holder's personal information and
  protect their privacy through selective disclosure and zero-knowledge
  proofs.
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  Familiar
  with Digital Wallet technologies (native within OS or third party)
  including the security and privacy considerations, limitations and best
  practices for local data protection on mobile devices
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  Familiar
  with cloud based digital wallet technologies including the security and
  privacy considerations, limitations and best practices for data protection
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  Experience,
  knowledge and understanding of privacy protection standards and best
  practices, business, information and security architecture principles and
  emerging technology related to the protection of privacy and personal
  information

Leadership and Communications:

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  Demonstrated
  strong communication and engagement skills with ability to lead teams in
  discovery sessions to elicit details of technical solutions, business
  processes and/or policies; strong writing skills to document findings,
  recommendation, etc
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  Demonstrated
  ability to interpret both technical (e.g architecture design documents,
  process flows, state transition diagrams, etc) and non technical
  documentation to conduct assessment of impacts and to develop mitigation
  strategies
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  Strong
  organizational and time management skills to manage multiple and
  concurrent requests in an agile and highly dynamic work environment
  setting.
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  Strong
  presentation abilities to communicate findings, recommendations, etc to
  senior management and executives to inform decision making; able to
  communicate complex problems/issues in a simple terms

Digital Credential Frameworks and Standards:

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  Experience
  in developing, applying and/or evaluating trust frameworks such as the
  PCTF, eIDAS, or similar.
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  Experience
  with digital credential standards such as NIST, W3C, etc.
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  Experience
  with and understanding of SSI models, how they relate/impact privacy,
  consent, data governance.