Bring your experience, ardour and enthusiasm for know-how and the general public good to the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPC), and contribute to vital public coverage discussions about knowledge privateness, safety and entry rights for Ontarians.

Your professional means to analysis, analyze and talk the impression of applied sciences on the general public will assist IPC tasks centered on various areas together with: the accountable deployment of presidency applied sciences, reminiscent of Ontario’s proposed AI framework; new and evolving makes use of of know-how in legislation enforcement; constructing youngsters’s digital literacy; worker privateness rights in a hybrid work world; and extra.

The IPC is an impartial officer of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, and with oversight accountability for Ontario’s entry and privateness legal guidelines, together with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, the Personal Health Information Protection Act and the Child, Youth and Family Services Act, 2017.

We need to fill one place on a one-year time period with the potential of an extension. The IPC welcomes candidates who could also be fascinated about becoming a member of the IPC for a secondment from one other public establishment.

Responsibilities:

Independently and as a part of a staff, you’ll:

• Conduct analysis and evaluation on vanguard info applied sciences in assist of the work of the IPC.
• Identify and analyze traits in synthetic intelligence applied sciences and governance, and contribute to growing the IPC’s synthetic intelligence coverage capability.
• Develop or assess synthetic intelligence know-how governance devices which can be reflective of protected, privacy-protective, accountable, and clear growth, acquisition, deployment, use, and decommissioning of such applied sciences; determine and analyze potential impacts of rising info applied sciences on info administration practices.
• Develop and ship coverage steering and academic supplies for IPC employees, exterior stakeholders and Ontarians on info safety governance, privateness enhancing applied sciences, synthetic intelligence applied sciences, and knowledge entry points.
• Review and consider the technological elements of proposed public sector info programs, packages, and initiatives.
• Provide recommendation, assist and technical evaluation in entry and privateness criticism investigations and appeals.
• Participate in strategic planning initiatives.
• Prepare briefings for the Commissioners and senior employees on the potential impacts of present and rising applied sciences on knowledge entry and privateness points.

How do I qualify?

Mandatory

Technical and Policy Knowledge

• Extensive data of present and rising info applied sciences, particularly synthetic intelligence applied sciences, and their potential impacts on knowledge entry and privateness.
• Strong data of provincial, nationwide, and worldwide technical and coverage discussions regarding synthetic intelligence.
• Solid understanding of knowledge safety programs, dangers and governance frameworks, privateness enhancing applied sciences, and knowledge analytics.
• Extensive data of entry, privateness and open and clear authorities points.
• Solid data of Ontario provincial and municipal authorities organizations, legal guidelines and insurance policies.
• Understanding of entry and privateness points referring to info administration programs utilized in authorities and different organizations.
• Understanding of strategic objective-setting and supply, and decision-making processes.
• Demonstrated means to ship coverage and program submissions to assist the IPC instructions and mandate.
• Knowledge of points administration strategies and rules to combine into the planning and supply of initiatives.

Interpersonal and Relationship Management Skills

• Consultation, partnership and relationship administration abilities to ascertain crucial enterprise relationships and promote and affect strategic instructions.
• Demonstrated political acuity when offering related info to organizational management.

Analytical, Research and Project Management Experience

• Ability to plan and conduct intensive analysis and put together written evaluations and suggestions.
• You can determine and resolve points and issues affecting the group in reaching its targets.
• You can determine dangers and obstacles to coverage and program selections.

Communications and Presentation Skills

• You have well-developed oral communication abilities to reply to points and supply suggestions.
• You have sturdy written communication abilities to arrange experiences and promote coverage/program initiatives to inner and exterior stakeholders.
• You have expertise utilizing customary pc software program functions (e.g. phrase processing, spreadsheets, presentation software program) to analysis and put together supplies.

Asset Qualifications:

• You have the power to speak (orally and in writing) in French.

Application Submission Information:

Additional place info may be considered: https://www.ipc.on.ca/about-us/join-our-team/

Send software to: job@ipc.on.ca citing “Job ID: 203936 – Senior Technology and Policy Advisor” within the topic line.

The deadline to use is Tuesday, September 26, 2023 at 11:59 pm EST. Late functions is not going to be accepted.