This pay rate is inclusive of mandatory 25% casual loading.
Contract commencing approx 21/10/2024 until 18/04/2025 with possible extension paying up to $909/day. Brisbane CBD Location with flexibility to WFH 2 days per week. Our client, Department of Education, is currently seeking a Senior Privacy Officer for an initial 6 month contract to partner with ICT enabled, and non-ICT enabled projects, and business units to govern privacy impact assessments for project and business unit initiatives.
The Privacy Team provides high level privacy advice to corporate and regional business units, as well as schools regarding the department's statutory privacy compliance obligations. The team also provides routine privacy advice regarding risk and mitigation strategies, particularly relating to corporate and enterprise products, and assesses policy, procedure, processes, initiatives, and projects as required in consultation with various other compliance activities within the department.
Key tasks / responsibilities: Contribute to the management, investigation, and reporting of privacy complaints and privacy breaches within the department in accordance with the department's statutory compliance obligations. Liaise as necessary with identified business units regarding the circumstances surrounding the complaint or breach and ultimately provide a report to the complainant/business unit regarding the outcome of such investigations and any remedial activities to be undertaken. Coordinate with departmental stakeholders, including Information Custodians, Regional Directors, Principals, and senior executives to ensure privacy management practices are undertaken in accordance with this guidance and relevant legislation, regulation, and industry better practice. Partner with ICT enabled, and non-ICT enabled projects, and business units to govern privacy impact assessments for project and business unit initiatives. Use sustainable and defensible processes for identifying potential risk events, quantifying and documenting the probability of occurrence, the impact on the business, and actions to be performed to mitigate the risk and reduce the potential impact on the business. Undertake other privacy-related activities as requested by the Director/Manager of the department's privacy function. Capabilities / Desirable attributes: Extensive working knowledge of state and federal privacy legislation, and demonstrated knowledge in the delivery of privacy management better practice. Experience identifying privacy risk and privacy risk assessment, development of risk mitigation strategies. Experience managing client complaints and expectations in a statutory compliance environment. Demonstrated capacity to work effectively under pressure, handle competing priorities, analyze complex issues, and provide high level advice while meeting externally imposed deadlines. Demonstrated highly developed written communication skills including the preparation of briefings, submissions, and reports on complex issues and develop communications materials for a range of channels to support good governance and decision making. Knowledge or ability to rapidly acquire knowledge of proposed changes to Queensland Privacy legislation. Mandatory requirements: Minimum 3 years' experience investigating and managing privacy complaints and privacy breaches under the Commonwealth or Queensland privacy framework. Demonstrated experience in providing high level privacy advice to senior management. Demonstrated experience in undertaking complex Privacy Impact Assessments (PIA) working with Information technology business areas. Extensive knowledge or ability to rapidly acquire knowledge of the Commonwealth and Queensland Privacy legislation and framework. To submit your application, in strict confidence, please submit your resume in Word Format using the appropriate link quoting reference No. 240844. Should you require further information please email
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