Senior Privacy Advisor

Senior Advisor Privacy

SNSW Clerk Grade: 9/10 

$130,705 - $157,403 plus super
Employment Type: Temp, Full-time up to 13 months
Location: McKell, Parramatta, Gosford - also open to other approved NSW locations
This role sits within the Enterprise Risk and Enablement Division in the SNSW Privacy team

About the team

You will be part of a team of motivated privacy professionals that supports Service NSW to understand their privacy obligations. Senior Privacy Advisors are responsible for delivering privacy advisory output across assigned Service NSW products and projects, with support from the Privacy Managers.

The privacy team engages and works with all parts of Service NSW, our partner agencies and across the multiple channels that our customers use. We help the Service NSW understand their obligations when dealing with personal information. We develop a range of material and frameworks that guides how privacy operates in Service NSW, and how we protect the information we handle.

Your day-to-day

On a day-to-day basis you will be part of a team of motivated privacy professionals that supports Service NSW to understand their privacy obligations. This includes engaging and working with all parts of Service NSW and the multiple channels that our customers use.

This role will support the enhancement of privacy frameworks, tools, templates, and processes to achieve improved outcomes. You will contribute to driving strategic priorities and transformation across the agency to improve privacy and risk awareness, capability, and cultural uplift.

Senior Privacy Advisors are subject matter experts for assigned specialisations within SNSW's privacy program of work, ensuring work is delivered to high standards that meet organisational and government requirements.

Responsibilities:

• The role takes primary responsibility for delivering privacy advisory output across assigned SNSW products and projects, with limited support from Manager and assistance, where relevant, from Privacy Advisors. This may include to:
• Lead Privacy Impact Assessments for new products or projects
• Lead and conduct Privacy Internal Reviews
• Provide privacy advisory services to inform decision making and mitigate privacy risks, including reviewing service agreements and collection notices
• Build and maintain strong relationships with other teams and areas
• Influence and negotiate for privacy outcomes amongst other competing priorities
• Maintain a focus on finding ways to solve problems – by finding a balance between preserving and ensuring privacy outcomes, and achieving customer and business outcomes
• Represent and promote SNSW's position on privacy risk and appropriate privacy practice to internal and external stakeholders to minimise risks, meet legislative requirements
• Identify and implement opportunities to harmonise privacy requirements with SNSW processes
• Lead broader training and awareness activities, with support from Privacy Advisors
• Support the Privacy Manager and the Director to meet reporting requirements and briefing the SNSW Executive.

Provide advisory support and coaching to privacy advisors and coordinators 

About you:

• You are a highly motivated, flexible person who is passionate about customer service and driven to make a difference in your workplace. You will be expected to take a "fresh eyes" approach to your role, bringing a commitment to the principles of good governance, along with the creativity and open-mindedness to embed these principles in ways that supports Service NSW.
  
  To be successful in this role you will demonstrate:
• Have a working understanding of applying privacy principles or privacy law to projects and programs of work.
• Privacy subject matter expertise experience will be considered an advantage, with relevant experience in a similar role / industry or transferable skills also considered.
• This may include experience in a policy, legal, information governance, risk or other regulatory environment
• Maintain a positive 'can do' attitude and ability to work in a very agile, fast-paced, and collaborative environment
• Communicate clearly, effectively and in plain English (verbal and visual)
• Engage and influence diverse internal and external stakeholders at all levels
• Thoughtfully question other business units to gather the information you need, and analyse that information to provide insights and recommendations that inform decision making and outcomes
• Have a strategic understanding of legal, technological and international developments in privacy
• Show tertiary qualifications within a relevant discipline such as law, governance, policy, or risk, (this will be an advantage but not mandatory)

How to apply

If this role sounds like you hit apply and include a resume (max 5 pages) and cover letter (max 2 pages) outlining your skills and experience in relation to the role.

Salary Grade 9/10, with the base salary for this role starting
at $130,705 base plus superannuation

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Closing Date: Friday 22 August 2025 at 9:59am

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