Manager, Privacy & Ethics & Privacy Officer

Job description

* Temporary role until July 2026 - fixed term, internal secondment, or inter-agency secondment.
* Wellington based
* People leadership & ACC's Privacy Officer
About us | Mō mātou ACC exists to support people - we help prevent injuries and get New Zealanders and visitors back to everyday life if they've had an accident.

You can find more about ACC and the work we do here.' About the role | Mō te tūranga mahi We're seeking a Manager Privacy & Ethics to join our team on a temporary basis until July 2026.

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

As our Manager Privacy & Ethics, you will lead and support a highly motivated team that delivers second-line privacy and ethics capability.

This is 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 experience as well as ensuring we handle the significant information we hold appropriately.

In this role you will take the lead in driving privacy and ethics outcomes, continuing to improve our privacy maturity and ensuring a focus on embedding privacy and ethics into everything we do.

As Privacy Officer you will be ACC's point of contact with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner as well as being responsible for escalated privacy issues across the business.

You will work collaboratively as part of the Legal, Privacy & Ethics leadership team to plan for and achieve key performance targets that are consistent with ACC's strategy and purpose.

The role reports to the General Counsel and Head of Legal, Privacy & Ethics and is Wellington based.

The base salary range for this role is $164,705 - $232,525 with appointment within the range depending on skills and experience and internal relativities.

ACC also offers 9% superannuation on top of base salary for permanent and fixed term employees.

About you | Mōu You will be an SME that thrives on the opportunity to champion all things Privacy and Ethics at ACC - overseeing breach and complaint management, delivering on a strategic privacy vision, implementing relevant systems and processes, enabling ACC's ethics panel 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.

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 & information management and sharing, data & information security, risk, assurance & 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 (i.e. Law, Information, Ethics) or demonstrable work experience and subject matter expertise to an equivalent level.
Working at ACC | Mō ACC At ACC, we embrace the rich tapestry of Aotearoa New Zealand's cultures and are dedicated to providing equitable opportunities.

We know that a diverse and inclusive team helps us meet the needs of our customers, and we encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, ethnicity, national origin, gender identity, age, and those with diverse abilities.

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.
How to apply |'Me pēhea te tuku tono Applications close Sunday, 2 November 2025 and can only be accepted when submitted through our ACC Careers Website.

Please ensure your application includes a CV and cover letter and clearly highlights the required skills and experience that are listed above.

If you are an ACC employee, please apply with your ACC employee profile.

If you encounter accessibility issues when submitting your application, or if you would like further information, please contact HRHelp@acc.co.nz.

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