Senior/assistant/compliance Officers

Data privacy is the new frontier
- Opportunity to make a difference for all New Zealanders
- Professional development opportunities
- Agile, independent, courageous regulator
- Flexible, inclusive, collaborative working environment

Privacy is precious - Help protect it
The Privacy Commissioner is Aotearoa New Zealand's privacy regulator. A small, independent crown entity, our work is to protect and promote individual privacy.

Ko tā mātou mahi - The roles
Data privacy impacts everyone. Come and join us on the frontline as we work to safeguard New Zealander's personal information while enabling the ability to innovate safely. We are growing our Compliance and Enforcement team and have a number of opportunities for Senior Compliance Officers, Compliance Officers and Assistant Compliance Officers.
The Privacy Commissioner has a wide range of regulatory powers to influence positive behavior change and enforce compliance, to ensure that businesses and organisations comply with their privacy obligations under the Privacy Act 2020. This includes the ability to issue compliance notices, undertake investigations, and prosecute enforcement. Businesses and organisations have obligations to report to us and to notify affected individuals if things go wrong with the customer information they hold. The Compliance and Enforcement team spearheads our regulatory response both at an agency and system-wide level.

Ngā pūmanawatanga ōu - What you need to bring
We are looking for a mix of compliance skills and experience to grow and complement our existing team. If you are an enthusiastic person with an inquiring mind, have excellent analytical, communications and relationship building skills, and a passion for making a difference in what you do, you may be just whom we are looking for Prior privacy experience is not a pre-requisite but a keen interest in privacy is. An awareness or familiarity with the use of technology in organisational settings, and the interface between technology and privacy, would be useful. If you happen to have a G-Reg compliance qualification, that too would be useful.

Senior Compliance Officer
You would have 3 - 5 years' experience in a compliance role, ideally in a regulatory environment. You must have the thought leadership and ability to think strategically, to advise on the exercise of the Commissioner's regulatory powers to deliver the best privacy outcomes for the highest public benefit; the critical thinking and analytical skills to be able to shape highly ambiguous, complex or unclear compliance issues into what needs addressing; the technical skills and expertise to lead complex investigations; and the sound judgement to identify and lead the most appropriate regulatory response or enforcement action.
You must have the skills to effectively supervise, coach and mentor less experienced staff, and build compliance and enforcement capability. You will have the communications and relationship management skills to influence positive behaviour change and build strong and effective relationships with agency stakeholders. You will also have the knowledge, technical expertise and skills to actively support the Manager, Compliance and Enforcement with the leadership and management of the Commissioner's compliance and enforcement work.

Compliance Officer
You would have at least 2 years' experience in an advisory or analytical role, ideally in regulatory compliance. You must have strong analytical skills and sound judgment to investigate compliance by businesses and organisations with their privacy obligations, analyse and report on breaches of individuals' privacy, recommend the appropriate regulatory response, and undertake enforcement action and other compliance activities.
You need to have excellent communication skills and the ability to develop the privacy knowledge and compliance know how to provide high quality advice to businesses and organisations on effectively managing their privacy risks and obligations.

Assistant Compliance Officer
You have a keen interest in privacy issues and the ability to develop a sound working knowledge of the Privacy Act 2020 to provide accurate and well-informed advice to businesses and organisations about their privacy obligations. You have the attention to detail to receive and accurately process privacy breach notifications to the Privacy Commissioner, and the discernment to follow up as required and to alert the team to breaches that may be likely to cause serious or widespread harm to individuals, or otherwise raise serious concern.
You have the analytical and communications skills to begin to undertake investigations and a range of other compliance activities, supported by more experienced members of the compliance team.

You must have the legal right to work in New Zealand.
Applications close 9 am, Monday, 20 March, unless the roles are filled prior.