Chief Privacy Officer & Archivist of Ontario

The Archives of Ontario has been a historic leader in providing services to citizens since the 1900's. We are the second largest archives in Canada, and remain a recognized model as the reliable, trusted and authoritative guardian of Ontario's documentary history. Our passion for Ontario's rich heritage and the future of archives remains our mission for fostering accountability and transparency of government recordkeeping practices.

We bring the past alive for Ontarians by preserving and promoting the province's heritage and culture, and develop records keeping and educational programs that connect us with our ancestors, communities and our government. Our public service facility is dedicated to ensuring community access to a unique collection that identifies and responds to the evolving needs of Ontarian's present and future generations.

This is a high-profile, unique opportunity to promote and facilitate the effective and efficient record keeping for the government, on behalf of the people of Ontario. You will serve as the trusted leader in records and information management, and ensure seamless access to information for citizens, while protecting personal information within the Ontario Public Service and the broader public sector.

What can I expect to do in this role?

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

• Provide executive leadership and direction for the strategic planning, priority setting and overall direction of the Archives of Ontario.

• Lead negotiations and provide expert consulting services, direction and advice on the management of records within government, to ensure long term integrity of the historical record.

• Develop and foster a culture of leadership at all levels of the organization, focusing on excellence and innovation by promoting an expert, engaged and flexible workforce, which supports the organization's vision for modern working archives.

• Develop and implement strategies, customer service initiatives and educational programs that showcase Ontario's public and private archival records; enhance the customer experience and foster government accountability and transparency.

• Manage the interests and expectations of the public and key stakeholders, including the Information and Privacy Commissioner.

• Lead the strategic plan for the Archives of Ontario, balancing key priorities with legislative requirements.

• Support the Minister of Government and Consumer Services in his responsibility for the administration of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) and the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (MFIPPA), through policy development, training, guidance resources and promotion of communities of practice.

• Be the enterprise champion for the consistency of practice in delivering services related to protection of personal information and access to information.

• Provide leadership to the Ontario Public Service and the broader public sector on protection of personal information and ensuring access to information as mandated in both the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

This is an excellent opportunity to provide strategic direction in the development, implementation and management of strategies to foster government accountability and transparency by promoting and facilitating good recordkeeping by public bodies.

How do I qualify?

Executive Leadership:

• You are a senior executive with demonstrated experience in a large client service and program delivery environment, delivering sustainable results and championing an organizational culture of collaboration and accountability.
• You are an inspiring and inclusive senior executive with a background in operational excellence, business transformation, developing strategic directions and championing best models and practices.
• You understand and apply best practices for employee engagement when managing people and organizational culture change.
• You demonstrate a high-level of professional judgement, political acuity and interpersonal skills, which inspires trust and confidence.

Strategic and Operational Leadership:

• You are experienced in driving and managing change to modernize business operations.
• You can implement strategies that strengthen accountability in government recordkeeping and improve service delivery strategies.

Technical Knowledge:

• You understand process and best practice management.
• You have knowledge of access to information and privacy protection legislation and practices for provincial, municipal governments and provincial agencies.
• You have knowledge of record management practices.

Stakeholder Relations:

• You are a proven strategic collaborator who can build linkages and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders across ministries and agencies to meet government-wide and ministry mandates.
• You demonstrate superior public relations skills to support internal teams, represent the government and be a spokesperson for Archives Ontario, while promoting archival holdings, resources, educational programs and material.
• You are an influential communicator with an established credibility with ministry stakeholders and partners to work effectively with political staff and senior officials to provide advice on issues management and training that supports the ministry's regulatory obligations.
• You can represent the government and lead stakeholder and public engagements by identifying collaboration opportunities and building commitment to shared goals.

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, April 9, 2015 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.