Mō mātou - About us

Tōnui Ake Nei - Thriving Aotearoa is our vision for a future where we work together so that all people and their communities can live the lives they value.

Mō tenei tūrana mahi - About this role

This exciting opportunity brings together the important responsibilities of being ACC's nominated Privacy Officer and people leadership of our privacy and ethics team.

As our Manager Privacy you will lead and support a highly motivated team that delivers second-line privacy and ethics capability and works at the heart of what ACC does - working for the people we serve in Aotearoa to improve the quality of health outcomes and deliver an improved customer experience as well as ensuring we handle the significant information we hold appropriately.

As Privacy Officer you will be ACC's point of contact with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner. You will take the lead in driving privacy outcomes, continuing to mature our privacy maturity and ensuring f focus on embedding privacy into everything we do.

You will work collaboratively as part of the Legal, Privacy and Ethics team to plan for and achieve key performance targets that are consistent with ACC's strategy. Huakina Te Rā is our 10-year strategy that incorporates our vision; see more about Huakina Te Rā here.

The role reports to the General Counsel and Head of Legal and is Wellington based.

Ko wai koe - About you

You will thrive on the opportunity to champion all things Privacy at ACC - overseeing breach and complaint management, developing and delivering a strategic privacy vision, implementing relevant systems and processes and enabling privacy risk identification and management with privacy stakeholder engagement at all levels. There is regular reporting to both the Executive and Board on ACC's privacy performance as part of our information and systems performance.

To be successful in this role, we'd expect your background to have:

• people leadership experience, and demonstrated ability to inspire and motivate direct reports, colleagues and stakeholders
• sound knowledge of the Privacy Act, Privacy Principles, and the Health Information Privacy Code, with the ability to translate it into practical 'how to' business outcomes
• experience dealing with privacy matters, including resolution of requests, corrections and complaints
• understanding of relevant related areas including ethical principles, frameworks and issues, data and information management and sharing, data and information security, risk, assurance and compliance, and technology to enable a collaborative, enterprise approach to ACC's Privacy and ethics practice
• proven ability to form a wide range of trusted relationships with experience in providing advice and reporting on complex issues to Executive teams, Boards or Ministers
• intellectual agility, with the ability to quickly come to grips with complex issues, obligations, and legislative frameworks, and problem solve
• a tertiary degree of relevance (preferably Law).
  
  

Mō ACC - Working at ACC

We know that a diverse and inclusive team helps us meet the needs of our customers and we welcome candidates from every ethnicity, national origin, gender identity, age, and those with a disability or who have additional mental health needs. It is important to us that people are free to be themselves at work.

Here are some ways we encourage that:

• Employee networks to support our colleagues from diverse backgrounds
• The option to explore flexible working that suits your needs and ours
• Development opportunities in te reo Māori me ōna tikanga

The appointing salary range for this role is $164,000 to $214,000 with appointment depending on skills and experience and internal relativities. ACC also offers 9% superannuation.

For a detailed position description, please click here.

Rā Whakakapi - Applications close

Applications close Friday, 23 August 2024, and can only be accepted when submitted through our internal jobs site. Please ensure your application clearly highlights the required skills and experience that are listed above. If you are an ACC employee, please apply with your ACC employee profile. We will be reviewing applications as they are received therefore, please do not hesitate to apply if this role is of interest. If you encounter accessibility issues when submitting your application, or if you would like further information, please contact [email protected]