Consultant Information Services - Remote

Consultant - Information Services

Location: Remote across Canada

Term: 2026/07/01– 2027/06/30

Required Experience:

Experience developing, maintaining, or applying records classification structures and retention schedules
Experience working in information governance, records management, compliance, privacy, or related disciplines
Experience analyzing business processes to identify records, recordkeeping requirements, and retention triggers
Experience working with cross-functional stakeholders, including business teams, legal, privacy, audit, and IT
Experience translating legislative, regulatory, or policy requirements into practical business rules
Experience working in a complex or regulated environment, preferably in financial services, Crown corporation, public sector, or another highly governed industry
Experience preparing clear documentation such as retention rationales, classification models, procedures, guidance, or decision logs

Advantages
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Responsibilities
Supports the development, modernization, and implementation of records classification and retention schedules for business and operational records across the organization. Works with business areas, legal, privacy, risk, audit, and technology teams to understand how information is created, used, stored, integrated, and disposed of. Ensures recordkeeping requirements are practical, defensible, and aligned with regulatory, operational, and digital realities, including environments where manual process steps and legacy integrations still exist.

Qualifications
Required Skills:
Strong knowledge of:
records and information lifecycle management
classification and taxonomy design
retention and disposition principles
metadata related to recordkeeping practices
Ability to map end-to-end business processes and identify where records are created, stored, duplicated, transferred, or manually handled
Ability to assess recordkeeping risks, including legal, privacy, audit, operational, and reputational risk
Strong analytical skills to:
identify gaps and overlaps
prioritize high-risk or high-value record types
distinguish official records from convenience copies or transitory information
Strong communication skills, including the ability to explain records and retention concepts in plain language
Strong facilitation and stakeholder engagement skills
Good judgment and ability to balance compliance, practicality, and operational realities

Nice to have:
Project experience involving classification modernization, schedule refresh, or migration from legacy practices to more structured digital controls
Experience in a Canadian federal institution, Crown corporation, or federally regulated financial environment
Familiarity with:
Library and Archives Canada requirements
Privacy Act / Access to Information considerations
financial regulatory expectations
Experience with digital transformation, information architecture, data governance, or enterprise content management initiatives
Knowledge of automation, workflow tools, metadata-driven controls, or system-based retention
Experience supporting implementation in environments with legacy systems, manual workarounds, or fragmented information flows
Ability to manage ambiguity and work through evolving or imperfect processes
Experience with platforms such as:
O365 or content services or cloud repositories

Summary
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Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.

Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.