Privacy Analyst

Brainhunter Systems Ltd; Burnaby; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Pacific Blue Cross is seeking a permanent Privacy Analyst to ensure compliance with privacy legislation and internal policies. The successful candidate will investigate privacy breaches, conduct assessments, and deliver training. This role supports a hybrid work environment and offers generous benefits, including education allowances and pension contributions.

Benefits

Paid vacation starts at 3 weeks per year

Education allowance up to $1,000 per year

Onsite gym and cafeteria

Access to virtual doctors/counsellors 24/7

Qualifications

• 4 years related experience including 2 years in privacy compliance.
• Demonstrated proficiency in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Investigates privacy breaches and determines root cause.
• Conducts Privacy Impact Assessments and responds to privacy inquiries.
• Maintains corporate privacy policy and compliance records.

Skills

Legal interpretation

Critical thinking

Privacy compliance

Intermediate Excel

Intermediate Word

Intermediate PowerPoint

Education

High school graduation or equivalent

Completion of Business Communications course (36 hours)

Completion of intermediate Excel course (18 hours)

Completion of intermediate Word course (18 hours)

Completion of intermediate PowerPoint course (12 hours)

Job description

Pacific Blue Cross (PBC) has been British Columbia's leading benefits provider for over80 years. We are an independent, not-for-profit society with strong roots in BC’s health care system. We provide health, dental, life, disability, and travel coverage to 1 in 3 British Columbians through employee group plans and individual plans.

We are fueled by a commitment to keep health care sustainable for all British Columbians. Through our PBC Health Foundation, we fund projects that improve health outcomes directly related to mental health and wellbeing as well as the prevention and/or management of chronic disease. We are interested in finding people who want to make a difference and who are looking to grow their career with us.

• Work-life balance with flexible working hours of 7 hours per day, Monday to Friday (i.e., 35 hours per week).
• Paid vacation starts at 3 weeks per year, and increases with years of service.
• Hybrid work environment (i.e., a combination of work from office and work from home days).
• Generous benefits, including extended health, dental, and life insurance; these benefit premiums are 100% paid by PBC.
• Company pension contributions after 1 year of service.
• Education allowance up to $1,000 per calendar year.
• Onsite gym, cafeteria, and access to virtual doctors/counsellors 24/7 via our Employee Family Assistance Program!

About the Position

• We are searching for 1 permanent Privacy Analyst to join our Privacy team.
• This position is unionized and part of the CUPE 1816 Bargaining Unit. This position is paid at hourly rates and receives wage increases in accordance with the Collective Agreement. The wage for this position is: $5,443 - $6,340 per month.

Job Summary

Under the broad direction of the Chief Privacy Officer and Legal Counsel, the Privacy Analyst requires a high level of confidentiality and plays a key role in supporting PBC’s corporate privacy management program. The Privacy Analyst assists in ensuring compliance with all legal requirements and internal privacy protection policies applicable across PBC while collaborating cross-functionally to mitigate privacy risk, supporting innovation, and instilling best practices. This Privacy Analyst will support the Chief Privacy Officer and Legal Counsel with the following functions: investigating privacy breaches and/or incidents, conducting Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs), responding to privacy inquiries, processing information access requests, and delivering privacy training.

Job Duties

• Reviews privacy breaches and/or incidents, and where appropriate investigates them. Investigations may include interviewing external stakeholders (e.g., members) and internal stakeholders (e.g., employees, managers, and other stakeholders), determining the root cause, identifying the appropriate mitigation measures, drafting privacy incident reports, and maintaining the corporate privacy incident log. The Privacy Analyst will escalate significant breaches and/or incidents to the Chief Privacy Officer and Legal Counsel, as needed.
  
  
• Conducts and reviews PIAs of both routine and technologically complex internal and external systems, programs, and initiatives - in conjunction with other internal stakeholders - to assist in assessing new or redesigned existing systems, programs, and initiatives, as directed.
  
  
• Provides privacy information and responds to both routine and complex privacy inquiries from internal and external stakeholders. Reviews requests, searches for the appropriate records, redacts records as needed, and prepares response letters, as needed.
  
  
• Conducts research and analysis related to ongoing privacy law compliance in order to provide advice and recommendations for developing policy and supporting PBC initiatives, as needed. Drafts, revises, and maintains authorization forms, privacy policies and procedures, and other materials for privacy compliance. Maintains up-to-date knowledge on privacy legislation and best practices, and all areas of job operation through continuous education activities.
  
  
• Supports the preparation of documents for various internal and external stakeholders at PBC including reports for committees, management, and the Board of Directors, as directed. Attends various meetings on behalf of the Chief Privacy Officer and Legal Counsel, as needed.
  
  
• Delivers education and training on privacy to internal stakeholders, as directed. Supports the revision, update, and maintenance of privacy training materials.
  
  
• Updates and maintains PBC’s various databases and registries for privacy compliance management, including a PIA directory and the database of corporate privacy policies and procedures.
  
  
• Performs other ad hoc duties, as required.

Qualifications

• High school graduation, or equivalent.
• Completion of a Business Communications course (36 hours), or equivalent.
• Demonstrated proficiency in intermediate Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Completion of an intermediate Excel course (18 hours), or equivalent.
• Completion of an intermediate Word course (18 hours), or equivalent.
• Completion of an intermediate PowerPoint course (12 hours), or equivalent.
• 4 years of related experience in an administrative position, including 2 years of experience in responding to privacy matters in compliance with privacy legislation (e.g., PIPA, FIPPA, PIPEDA, and/or Law 25) as a portion of their job responsibilities.
• Demonstrated legal interpretation and critical thinking skills.

Note:

Responding to significant privacy breaches/incidents may occasionally require ad hoc work outside of normal business hours (e.g., nights and weekends).

If you’re excited about taking on this opportunity, we invite you to apply today and start the conversation with us about this position.

While we thank allapplicants for their interest, only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

PBC is an Indigenous Works employer of choice, an Insurance Business Canada Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion award winner, one of Canada’s Greenest employers, a Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion (CCDI) employer partner, and a Pride at Work partner.

We strive to create a workplace where everyone feels valued and employees feel empowered to freely participate and contribute regardless of Indigenous identity, race, colour, ancestry, place or origin, political belief, religion, marital status, family status, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, physical or mental disability.We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from all qualified candidates.

To request an accommodation in completing this job application, testing, interviewing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries [e-mail] . These accommodation requests will be reviewed confidentially and, on a case-by-case basis by Human Resources.