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Be the Difference! Join our Information & Privacy Team! Location: Edmonton Position Type: Full-Time Reports To: Director of Strategic Analytics, Health Information Management and Privacy At Covenant Health, we believe in creating an environment where both our people and our patients are at the center of everything we do. Were seeking a dynamic individual to lead our efforts in enhancing information & privacy initiatives, ensuring compliance, fostering a future-forward workplace culture, and ensuring that we create safe, appropriate processes and practices within our healthcare and corporate teams. Are you a dedicated, forward-thinking Information and Privacy leader and professional? Do you thrive on navigating complex regulatory landscapes, proactive problem solving and championing privacy best practices and ensuring regulatory compliance? If so, were excited to welcome you to apply for a position as our new Manager, Information & Privacy!POSITION OVERVIEW As the Manager, Information & Privacy, you will ensure delivery of the full range of services within the Information and Privacy Department and lead the team to oversee the organizations compliance with legislation including the Health Information Act (HIA), the Access to information Act (ATIA) and Protection of Privacy Act (POPA) (formerly known as FOIP) and other relevant legislation. You have a significant role in providing strategic advice and guidance to leaders across the organization in an evolving complex care and technology environment. You will bring a strong knowledge and skillset around information and privacy legislation, data security, risk management, collaboration and cross-functional teaming and be influential within an integrated leadership team environment. Key Responsibilities: Formal & Informal Leadership: Lead and manage the teams day to day activities, assign workload to meet legislative requirements and organizational priorities and provide guidance and advice to members of the Information & Privacy team. Manage Complexities: Complete or oversee complex file work including but not limited to responding to privacy breaches, Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) support and providing operational advice. Privacy Education and Training: Ensure comprehensive overarching privacy education and training is available for all staff. Conduct ad-hoc in-person training/education when necessary or requested. Risk Management: Complete an annual organizational risk assessment; Report regularly on 3 the activities of the team, flagging issues of risk, high sensitivity, and making recommendations on matters requiring executive level decision and direction. Stakeholders Management: Acts as the primary organizational contact for OIPC, AHS, AH, Provincial Health Agencies (PHA), Professional Colleges or other external agencies with matters relating to information and privacy communication/ interactions; Provide advice and/or liaises with external organizations, Covenant Care, Covenant Living and the Covenant Foundation to address information and privacy matters. Process/Practice Improvement: Monitor emerging information access and privacy issues and identify opportunities for improvement across the organization. Identify, develop and implement special projects and initiatives to continuously improve the organizations capacity to protect the privacy of the personal and health information.What You Bring to the Table: Education: A post-secondary degree in Legal Studies, Information Management or Business/Public Administration (equivalencies may be considered). Experience: 8- 10 years of experience in an Information Privacy or Information Security position. 3-5 years experience leading teams and services. In-depth knowledge of the HIA, ATIA, POPA (formerly FOIP) and related legislation, including related regulations, and organizational policies and procedures. Skills: Awareness of, issues and trends. Ability to interpret and apply legislative principles and provisions. In depth experience with what constitutes appropriate and inappropriate access to and collection, use and disclosure of health information, privacy breach investigation processes, facilitating the completion of Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) and complex file management. Efficient and effective investigation, analysis, problem solving, organization and communication skills. Tools: Experience with Connect Care or experience working with large scale EMRs and EHRs spanning multiple facilities or organizations.Some Required Competencies Include: Leadership: Exceptional communication, interpersonal and team leadership skills with a proven ability to influence across all levels of an organization. Strategic Stakeholder Engagement: You excel at strategic relationship building and are able to leverage professional connections to deliver on the different areas of work that contribute to the vision of the organization. Collaboration & Communication: Understand the relational dynamics between your team and other cross functional teams within the organization. Work closely with HR, leadership, department heads and other stakeholder groups to ensure a unified approach to information & privacy practices, culture-building, and healthcare service optimization. Passion: A genuine commitment to improving the healthcare experience for both employees and patients as well as a knack for leading culture, data, championing privacy best practices and/or other relevant initiatives within a complex organization. Business Acumen and Resilience: You understand healthcare and business! You have the skills to keep your eyes on the goal while effectively juggling multiple balls on both hands! Youre able to pivot and reevaluate priorities in a dynamic and ever-changing work environment while ensuring consistency and alignment with the overarching goal. What We Offer: A collaborative and innovative work environment where you can make a real difference. An organization that shines the spotlight on and celebrates individual efforts and teamwork. Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package. Opportunities for professional development and growth within the organization. A culture that values work-life balance and well-being.Ready to Transform Healthcare with Us? If youre ready to take your Information & Privacy expertise to the next level and contribute to a high-impact healthcare organization, wed love to hear from you! Apply now and help us help us maintain a culture of best practice for accessing information and protecting the privacy of both patients and staff.