Senior Privacy Officer

We currently looking for a Senior Privacy Officer for a state government department based in Brisbane CBD. This role will provide high level privacy advice to corporate and regional business units, as well as routine privacy advice regarding risk, and mitigation strategies particularly relating to corporate and enterprise products, and assesses policy, procedure, processes, initiatives and projects as required in consultation with various other compliance activities within the department.

The position reports to the Director/Manager, Privacy and will work as part of the privacy team which is comprised of a Manager, Principal Privacy Officer, two Senior Privacy Officers and a Privacy Officer.

Responsibilities:

• Extensive working knowledge of state and federal privacy legislation, and demonstrated knowledge in the delivery of privacy management better practice.
• Experience identifying privacy risk and privacy risk assessment, development of risk mitigation strategies.
• Experience managing client complaints and expectations in a statutory compliance environment.
• Demonstrated capacity to work effectively under pressure, handle competing priorities, analysing complex issues and providing high level advice and meeting externally imposed deadlines.
• Demonstrated highly developed written communication skills including the preparation of briefings, submissions and reports on complex issues and develop communications materials for a range of channels to support good governance and decision making.
• Knowledge or ability to rapidly acquire knowledge of proposed changes to Queensland Privacy legislation.

Requirements:

• Minimum 3 years' experience investigating and managing privacy complaints and privacy breaches under the commonwealth or Queensland privacy framework.
• Demonstrated experience in undertaking complex Privacy Impact Assessments (PIA) working with Information technology business areas.
• Extensive knowledge or ability to rapidly acquire knowledge of the Commonwealth and Queensland Privacy legislation and framework.

Contract details:
Duration: Until 26.09.2025 + Likely extensions
Rate: $111.61/hour inc super
Location: Brisbane CBD (2 days WFH)

Please apply now or forward your CV to mats.rorvik@talentinternational.com for consideration and we'll be in touch for a chat.