Specialist, Privacy

Pour obtenir une traduction en français de l’offre d’emploi suivante, veuillez envoyer un courriel à [email protected]. Les demandes seront traitées dans un délai de trois jours ouvrables et la période de dépôt des demandes sera prolongée de trois jours.

 

To obtain a French translation of the following job posting, please email [email protected]. Requests will be addressed within three business days, and the application window will be extended by three business days.

 

At Ontario Health, we are committed to developing a strong organizational culture that connects and inspires all team members across the province. Our vision is that together, we will be a leader in health and wellness for all. Our mission is to connect the health system to drive improved and equitable health outcomes, experiences and value. How we work together is reflected through our five values: integrity, inspiration, tenacity, humility and care. 

 

What Ontario Health offers:   

 

At Ontario Health, your growth and well-being aren’t just supported—they’re celebrated every step of the way. Here, you have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact while shaping a fulfilling and sustainable career. Based on your role, you may receive:

 

• Comprehensive health coverage from day one, with fully paid medical, dental, and vision benefits to support you and your family’s health
• Flexible health care or wellness spending accounts, plus an inclusive program to support your overall well-being
• A premium defined benefit pension plan, ensuring long-term financial security
• Competitive vacation entitlement that encourages time to rest and recharge
• Three personal days and two float days annually, providing added flexibility to support work-life balance, in addition to vacation days
• Ongoing learning and career development opportunities designed to help you grow, advance, and thrive in your profession
• A collaborative, values-driven workplace where integrity, care, humility, inspiration, and tenacity shape everything we do
• Opportunities to participate in Communities of Inclusion, fostering belonging, equity, and the sharing of diverse perspectives across our team

 

Want to make a difference in your career?  Consider this opportunity. 

Pour obtenir une traduction en français de l’offre d’emploi suivante, veuillez envoyer un courriel à [email protected]. Les demandes seront traitées dans un délai de trois jours ouvrables et la période de dépôt des demandes sera prolongée de trois jours.

To obtain a French translation of the following job posting, please email  [email protected]. Requests will be addressed within three business days, and the application window will be extended by three business days.

At Ontario Health, we are committed to developing a strong organizational culture that connects and inspires all team members across the province. Our vision is that together, we will be a leader in health and wellness for all. Our mission is to connect the health system to drive improved and equitable health outcomes, experiences and value. How we work together is reflected through our five values: integrity, inspiration, tenacity, humility and care.  

  

What Ontario Health offers:  

At Ontario Health, your growth and well-being aren’t just supported—they’re celebrated every step of the way. Here, you have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact while shaping a fulfilling and sustainable career. Based on your role, you may receive:

• Comprehensive health coverage from day one, with fully paid medical, dental, and vision benefits to keep you and your family healthy

• Flexible health care or wellness spending accounts, plus an inclusive program to support your well-being.

• Premium defined benefit pension plan, ensuring long-term financial security

• Competitive vacation entitlement that encourages time to recharge

• Three personal days and two float days annually, providing flexibility to support work‑life balance in addition to vacation days

• Ongoing learning and career development opportunities designed to help you grow, advance, and thrive in your profession.

• A collaborative, values-driven workplace where integrity, care, humility, inspiration, and tenacity shape everything we do.

• Opportunities to participate in Communities of Inclusion—fostering belonging, equity, and the sharing of diverse perspectives across our team.

Want to make a difference in your career?  Consider this opportunity.  

Ontario Health is looking for a detail-oriented and collaborative Privacy Specialist to help strengthen privacy practices across innovative, province-wide health initiatives. In this role, you will provide practical privacy advice, support privacy operations, and contribute to a program that protects personal health information while enabling meaningful improvements across Ontario’s health system.

Here is what you will be doing:

Key Responsibilities

Reporting to the Manager, Privacy, you will advise programs across Ontario Health on privacy requirements, risk mitigation, and privacy-by-design practices. You will work with internal and external partners on transformative health initiatives, helping teams navigate privacy obligations under Ontario legislation while promoting a strong culture of privacy.

In this role, you will:

• Research, update, and support privacy policies, procedures, and guidance to align with applicable Ontario privacy legislation.

• Monitor legislative and regulatory changes, assess impacts, and help translate requirements into practical program advice.

• Support privacy impact assessments for small to medium-complex initiatives by identifying privacy requirements, risks, and mitigation strategies.

• Support the investigation and resolution of privacy incidents, inquiries, access requests, consent management requests, complaints, appeals, and other privacy matters.

• Provide timely privacy advisory support to business teams, project teams, and partners, escalating complex matters where appropriate.

• Participate as a privacy subject matter expert on projects and initiatives, helping embed privacy considerations from planning through implementation.

• Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to foster awareness, accountability, and a culture of privacy.

• Support privacy program improvements, including process enhancements, training development, and activities that strengthen the efficiency and effectiveness of the Privacy Office.

• Perform other duties as required.

Here is what you will need to be successful: 

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in health care, health informatics, public or business administration or another relevant field is preferred or equivalent education/experience.

• 1 year of relevant privacy experience.

• Recognized privacy (CIPP/C) and/or security certification is preferred. Demonstrated experience conducting privacy impact assessments and providing operational privacy support, preferably within the health, public sector, and/or IT environments, is considered a strong asset.

Knowledge and Skills

• Demonstrated knowledge and experience of access and privacy requirements and practices, preferably related to the health and public sectors.

• Ontario’s Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004 (PHIPA).

• Ontario’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA).

• Thorough understanding of “privacy-by-design” and best practices.

• Experience with conducting and/or providing oversight for privacy impact assessments including developing privacy requirements, risk mitigation plans, corporate policies and developing and/or delivering training content.

• Knowledge of technology architecture and infrastructure, digital health solutions and services, enterprise and corporate IT including information and cyber security preferred.

• Working knowledge of digital health technologies and information security industry standards.

• Excel in a fast-paced and project focused environment.

• Exceptional analytic and creative problem-solving abilities.

• Strong written and verbal communication.

Location: Toronto, Ontario. Please note that this role follows an in-office work model, requiring employees to work from a designated, approved Ontario Health location.

Employment Type:

Permanent Full time

Contract Length:

N/A

Salary Band:

Band 4

External Application Deadline Date:

September 24, 2026