Business Partner - Privacy

Enable New Zealand Limited; Palmerston North; On-site; NZD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Enable New Zealand Limited is seeking an experienced Business Partner, Privacy for a 12-month fixed-term role in Palmerston North. You will advise on privacy matters, partner with leaders to embed privacy into decision-making, and strengthen governance and risk management across services and operations.

The role focuses on building organisational privacy maturity, providing practical guidance, and supporting incident resolution and privacy assessments. NZ residency or valid work visa is required.

Qualifications

• Experience in privacy, risk, compliance or governance roles.
• Knowledge of Privacy Act 2020 and related requirements.
• Experience developing or implementing privacy frameworks, policies and procedures.
• Experience investigating incidents, complaints or compliance matters.

Responsibilities

• Partner with leaders and teams to integrate privacy into strategic and operational decision-making.
• Provide trusted, practical and risk-based privacy advice.
• Influence projects, service improvements, system changes and business initiatives to consider privacy from the outset.
• Support the development of Enable New Zealand’s privacy governance and management framework.
• Monitor privacy risks, trends and emerging issues and provide clear insights and recommendations.
• Build organisational capability through coaching, education, facilitation and practical guidance.
• Support Privacy Impact Assessments and other privacy risk assessments while ensuring ownership remains with the relevant business area.
• Guide leaders and teams through the assessment and resolution of privacy incidents, requests and complaints.
• Contribute to assurance, audit, reporting and continuous improvement activities.
• Support delivery of agreed privacy priorities and the Privacy Risk Reduction Action Plan.

Skills

Privacy management

Risk assessment

Governance

Stakeholder engagement

Analytical thinking

Communication

Coaching

Education

Privacy qualification (e.g., CIPP)

Job description

• Partner with leaders and teams across the organisation
• Build privacy capability, confidence and accountability
• Influence how privacy is considered in services, systems and organisational change

At Enable New Zealand, we support disabled people and their whānau to live everyday lives in their communities. We are Aotearoa’s leading supplier of disability equipment, information, advice and modification services.

We are looking for an experienced Business Partner, Privacy to join us for a 12-month fixed-term period and help strengthen privacy capability and practice across our organisation.

Mō te tūranga | About the role

Reporting to the Executive Manager, Governance and Assurance, you will be Enable New Zealand’s trusted advisor on privacy matters. You will partner with leaders and teams to strengthen privacy capability, support informed decision-making and embed good privacy practices into everyday operations.

This is a strategic and practical business-partnering role focused on building organisational maturity and enabling leaders to confidently manage the privacy responsibilities within their areas.

In this role, you will:

• Partner with leaders and teams to integrate privacy into strategic and operational decision-making.
• Provide trusted, practical and risk-based privacy advice.
• Influence projects, service improvements, system changes and business initiatives to consider privacy from the outset.
• Support the development of Enable New Zealand’s privacy governance and management framework.
• Monitor privacy risks, trends and emerging issues and provide clear insights and recommendations.
• Build organisational capability through coaching, education, facilitation and practical guidance.
• Support Privacy Impact Assessments and other privacy risk assessments while ensuring ownership remains with the relevant business area.
• Guide leaders and teams through the assessment and resolution of privacy incidents, requests and complaints.
• Contribute to assurance, audit, reporting and continuous improvement activities.
• Support delivery of agreed privacy priorities and the Privacy Risk Reduction Action Plan.

You will promote shared ownership of privacy outcomes and help create practical, sustainable approaches that balance privacy obligations and organisational risk with operational and service-delivery needs.

Ko wai koe | About you

You are an experienced privacy, risk, compliance, governance, legal or information-management professional who can translate privacy requirements into practical organisational advice.

As a trusted business partner, you will be comfortable influencing without direct authority, navigating complex and sensitive matters, and building strong relationships across different functions and levels of the organisation.

You will bring:

• Demonstrated experience in privacy, risk, compliance, governance, legal, information management or a related field.
• Sound knowledge of the Privacy Act 2020 and associated requirements.
• Experience developing or implementing privacy frameworks, policies and procedures.
• Experience investigating incidents, complaints or compliance matters.
• Strong strategic thinking, analytical and risk-assessment capability.
• Excellent written communication and reporting skills.
• Strong coaching, facilitation and capability-building skills.
• The ability to establish credibility and provide trusted advice.
• Sound judgement and the ability to balance legal obligations, organisational risk and operational needs.
• A high level of integrity, professionalism, discretion and respect for confidentiality.
• The ability to work independently while collaborating effectively across the organisation.

A recognised privacy qualification, such as CIPP, would be advantageous. Experience in the health, disability or public sector, assurance, risk management or governance environments would also be valuable.

This 12-month fixed-term opportunity will allow you to make a meaningful contribution to strengthening privacy practice across a purpose-led organisation. If you are passionate about helping organisations embed good privacy practice, influencing positive change, and empowering others to confidently manage their privacy responsibilities, we’d love to hear from you.

Applications close: 5.00pm Monday 26 October

To learn more about the role itself, you can view the job description on BambooHR. To learn more about who we are and what we do, visit the Enable New Zealand website.

Please note: You must be a NZ Resident or hold a valid NZ work visa to apply.