Director, Information, Privacy and Archives

Are you a strategic, results-orientated leader with a passion for driving business change priorities and delivering quality customer service? If so, consider these exciting opportunities with the Information, Privacy and Archives Division.

As Director, you will promote excellence in information management practices in Ontario government ministries and agencies and provide oversight of the Archives of Ontario, which provides innovative leadership in collecting, preserving and promoting the records of the Government of Ontario.

What can I expect to do in this role?

Reporting to the Chief Privacy Officer & Archivist of Ontario, you will:

• Provide strategic leadership, priority setting and direction for the conceptualization, development and implementation of strategies and initiatives to drive the priorities of the Information, Privacy and Archives Division.
• Ensure a focus on easier access to, and increased use of government information; more effective enterprise records information management (RIM) leadership through policy and implementation services which focus on enablement; the building of digital capacity for the modern environment; and the development and implementation of efficient, integrated, sustainable business and operating models.
• Build a collaborative and customer-centric culture.
• Provide leadership and promotion of a culture where coaching, mentoring, and commitment to continuous learning and dynamic leadership practices are valued and exercised.
• Work with partners across the Division, other ministries, and third parties to develop and drive focused quality, value-added and scalable self-service business models, programs and products.
• Provide direction and leadership in the development, implementation and delivery of legislation, policies, programs, strategies, best practices and operational policies, standards, procedures and guidelines to build the foundation for the whole life of government records.
• As a member of the Divisional senior management team, participate in Divisional/Ministry strategic planning and decision making activities to support OPS and ministry corporate priorities leading to the transformation, cultural change and new direction for the Division.

How do I qualify?

Executive Leadership

• You are a senior leader with demonstrated experience in strategic leadership to drive major change required for delivering key priorities for a modern business environment.
• You are a strategic and results-oriented leader with a background in business excellence, policy development and quality customer service.

Change Leadership

• You are an inspiring and inclusive senior leader who champions change through empowering others.
• You are committed to continuous learning across your organization, delivering on strategies by achieving excellence through employees.
• You demonstrate a high-level of professional judgement, political acuity and interpersonal skills, which inspires trust and confidence.
• You understand and apply best practices for employee engagement when managing people and organizational culture change.

Relationship Management

• You are a proven strategic collaborator who can build linkages and partnerships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders across ministries and agencies to promote excellence in information management practices in Ontario government ministries and agencies and meet government-wide and ministry mandates.
• You have proven expertise in building a collaborative and customer-centric culture.
• You have superior communication and executive briefing skills to effectively provide strategic advice to Ministers, Deputy Ministers and other senior officials.
• You have demonstrated a high degree of political acuity to anticipate and respond to politically sensitive situations.
• You are a sophisticated communicator able to represent government and lead external stakeholder engagements.

Technical Knowledge

• You have knowledge of access to information and privacy protection legislation and practices for provincial, municipal governments and provincial agencies.
• You have knowledge of records and information management practices to provide innovative leadership to direct enterprise-wide policies and programs aimed at effectively collecting, preserving and promoting the records of the Government of Ontario.
• You have experience driving focused quality, value-added and scalable self-service business models, programs and products.
• You have experience in performance measurement development, monitoring and evaluation.

All external applicants (including former employees of the Ontario Public Service) applying to a competition in a ministry or Commission public body must disclose (either in the cover letter or resume) previous employment with the Ontario Public Service. Disclosure must include positions held, dates of employment and any active restrictions as applicable from being rehired by the Ontario Public Service. Active restrictions can include time and/or ministry-specific restrictions currently in force, and may preclude a former employee from being offered a position with the Ontario Public Service for a specific time period (e.g. one year), or from being offered a position with a specific ministry (either for a pre-determined time period or indefinitely). The circumstances around an employee's exit will be considered prior to an offer of employment.

Remember: The deadline to apply is Thursday, May 26, 2016 11:59 pm EDT. Late applications will not be accepted.

We thank you for your interest. Only those selected for further screening or an interview will be contacted.