Privacy Advisor

Your Opportunity:

You were made to make a difference. You are a proactive, detail-orientated, extremely analytical, privacy professional who is passionate about making things better. Health Shared Services (HSS) needs someone like you to join our HSS Information & Privacy team as a Privacy Impact Assessment Advisor. A part of HSS’ Legal & Privacy Branch, the overarching Information & Privacy team is responsible for access to information, privacy business advisory, privacy breach investigations and privacy impact assessments. Health Shared Services (HSS) launched on Dec. 1, 2025, and provides vital services to clinical and non-clinical teams across Alberta’s healthcare system. We share a common purpose with the teams we serve to deliver timely, high-quality healthcare to patients and families across the province. Our Approach - We work alongside provincial healthcare agencies and corporations, providing expertise, systems and resources related to: Finance, contracting, procurement, supply management, and capital management. Data and analytics, information technology, clinical informatics, and health information management. Human resources, workplace health and safety, health professions, and medical affairs. Privacy, legal, ethics and compliance and internal audit. With HSS, you will find a supportive employer, a career that fits your lifestyle, and opportunities to learn and develop. Here, you can make a difference every day while growing your career in privacy and beyond.

Description:

This is a professional position reporting to the Director, Privacy Breach Investigations and Privacy Impact Assessments. The role requires collaboration with various business units to create and submit program specific privacy impact assessments. The position supports the vision, mission and business plan of HSS information and privacy and organizational stakeholders. Working with minimal supervision, the incumbent will apply privacy expertise to: Provide strategic privacy guidance to various key stakeholders in the organization. Demonstrate diverse knowledge of privacy impact assessments and privacy auditing requirements. Assess privacy risk for new or modified business initiatives to comply with Alberta’s Health Information Act (HIA), Access to Information Act (ATIA), Protection of Privacy Act (POPA) and HSS policies and procedures. Apply and identify privacy best practices for identifying personal information safeguards and risk mitigation. Work collaboratively with HSS departments, including Legal, Information Technology and Security, Health Information Management, Medical Affairs and Human Resources to support key stakeholders and initiatives to align with HSS mandates and strategies. This position may qualify for hybrid or remote working arrangements. The incumbent must be able to attend HSS sites in Calgary or Edmonton for in-person meetings.

Required Qualifications:
Additional Required Qualifications:

Experienced with writing privacy impact assessments. Experienced in legal research, investigative and auditing practices, information analysis and interpretation. Demonstrated skills for customer service, relationship building and networking, effective communication, problem solving and consultation, with a keen eye for detail and respect for confidentiality. Knowledge of data evaluation methodologies, report development, and processing and maintaining legal files. Ability to negotiate with and handle demanding clients, strong commitment to operating within a team environment, and project management experience is necessary.

Preferred Qualifications:

Certified Information and Privacy Professional (CIPP/C) or Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM). Canadian Information Access and Privacy Professional (CIAPP) or Master Access Privacy Professional (MAPP). Completion of the University of Alberta IAPP Certificate Program. Knowledge of how Health Shared Services functions within the restructured health system.