Healthcare Data Privacy Advisor - HDPA 26-03854

Job Title: Healthcare Data Privacy Advisor

Shift Schedule: Hybrid role (primarily remote with occasional in-office requirements) / 8 hours per day

Availability required between 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Location: Edmonton, AB, CANADA

Description

Privacy and security expertise with direct experience and knowledge of health information legislation and related requirements is critical to support ongoing strategic priorities of healthcare programs, including primary, preventative, hospital, and surgical services.

Provide privacy and security support on key departmental priorities to ensure compliance with legislative requirements, including information management policies and Information Security Directives.

This role is critical to ensuring privacy risks are identified early, compliance obligations are met, and project timelines are not delayed due to unresolved privacy or security issues.

Description of Services

• Liaise with internal Data Access and Information Privacy teams to support implementation of privacy and security processes for digital health technologies and healthcare initiatives.
• Lead and support updates to organizational Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) to ensure ongoing enterprise-level compliance.
• Provide continuous privacy and security oversight for key initiatives, including monitoring, intake assessments, PIA support, governance participation, and coordination with program areas.
• Lead and/or collaborate with cross-functional teams to execute privacy and security activities such as PIAs and security assessments.
• Assess and evaluate the impact of health information legislation and privacy/security policies on new technology implementations.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to plan and develop privacy and security materials for end users during the implementation of healthcare technologies.
• Develop privacy and security deliverables during planning phases, including risk assessments (e.g., threat risk assessments) and supporting documentation.
• Provide expert guidance and support on privacy and security processes, documentation, and compliance requirements.
• Assist users in implementing and utilizing digital health technologies in a secure and compliant manner.
• Coordinate activities across multiple projects to ensure consistent adherence to privacy and security processes.
• Align privacy and security practices with applicable health information and electronic health record (EHR) policies and any updates.
• Ensure that sensitive health and personal information is collected, used, and disclosed in accordance with legislative and regulatory requirements, with risks appropriately assessed and mitigated.
• Deliver timely and effective advice on privacy and security matters to program areas and project teams.
• Develop training materials and facilitate sessions to enhance internal capability and consistency in privacy practices.
• Draft and finalize privacy and security guidance for the responsible use of emerging technologies (e.g., AI), ensuring compliance, risk awareness, and alignment with public trust expectations.

Skill Matrix

The proposed resource must meet one of the following:

• University degree in business, management, or related discipline + 4 years’ experience, OR
• 2-year diploma + 6 years’ experience, OR
• 1-year certificate + 7 years’ experience

Required Experience

• 10+ years: Risk/impact assessments across multiple scenarios
• 5+ years: Business writing, communication, and documentation
• 1+ year: Experience with AI (e.g., machine learning, NLP)
• 10+ years: Health information legislation and related assessments (PIA, security risk, business impact)
• 10+ years: Privacy, security, and compliance within IT projects
• 5+ years: Developing training materials
• 3+ years: Training plans development
• 5+ years: Change management
• 10+ years: Information management, privacy, and access-to-information legislation
• 5+ years: Policy, standards, and practice development
• 3+ years: Data security implementation (e.g., anonymization, audits)
• 1+ year: Responsible AI (fairness, bias, explainability, risk mitigation)

For more details reach at vgill@navitassols.com or Call / Text at 516-862-1203.