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Chief Privacy Officer
Internal Revenue Service · Posted 60 days ago
About the Role
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is a bureau of the Department of the Treasury. The U.S. Department of the Treasury has a distinguished history dating back to the founding of our nation. As the steward of U.S. economic and financial systems, Treasury is a major and influential leader in today's global economy. We have over 100,000 employees across the country and around the world. Come Join the Department of the Treasury and Invest in Tomorrow.
What You'll Do
- →We strongly encourage applicants to read the entire announcement before submitting their applications.
- →The Chief Privacy Officer performs the following duties and responsibilities: Provides executive leadership and direction over the information protection and data security program ensuring that taxpayer and employee privacy and personal and sensitive information is secure and protected.
- →Serves as the principal advisor and consultant to senior management on matters related to taxpayer and employee privacy, records management and safeguarding data.
- →Provides executive leadership for consistent implementation of policies on privacy and the administration of FOIA.
- →Provides guidance and direction in carrying out the privacy and disclosure policies to all IRS functional areas.
- →Ensures the Privacy & Civil Liberties Impact Assessment process is effective within IRS and meets standards and goals set forth government wide.
- →Provides guidance and direction in carrying out IRS privacy policies to all functional areas.
- →Establishes an appropriate and timely IRS disclosure, privacy, records, data-sharing and safeguarding strategy for the full range of IRS activities, including information systems, with special emphasis on modernization and future state initiatives.
- →Establishes an Incident/Data Loss Response Plan focused on responding to data breach, data loss, or identity theft incidents through an evaluation of risk and measured response.
- →Assesses and serves as the incident coordinator to support plans and mitigate organizational and taxpayer risks from potential data breaches or unauthorized disclosures.
- →Keeps abreast of new information technology, information systems, and data flows and their impact on privacy and information protection to ensure IRS is aware of emerging security risks and implements strategies and policies to ensure privacy protection.
- →Collaborates with other public-sector agencies and private industry to share knowledge, data and information to enhance IRS ability to prevent identity theft and tax refund fraud and to identify challenges and develop a more comprehensive response.
- →Establishes effective working relationships and communication with executive members of each business unit to understand operational priorities and initiatives, identify strategic and tactical disclosure, privacy and records management issues, and provide effective advice and education on privacy, disclosure and records matters.
- →Conducts an IRS-wide risk assessment to identify sensitive personal information vulnerabilities.
Requirements
- ✓Citizenship is required.
- ✓Be geographically mobile to accomplish the Service's mission.
- ✓Complete a one-year SES probationary period, if not previously completed.
- ✓Certify you have registered with the Selective Service System if you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, or certify you are exempt from having to do so.
- ✓Complete a OF-306, Declaration for Federal Employment, to determine your suitability for Federal employment, at the time requested by the agency.
- ✓Have your salary sent to a financial institution of your choice by Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer.
- ✓Provide information to successfully complete a background investigation.
- ✓Applicants must have a successfully adjudicated FBI criminal history record check (fingerprint check) and a NACI or equivalent.
- ✓Go through a Personal Identity Verification (PIV) process that requires two forms of identification as listed on Form I-9 (http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/I-9_IFR_02-02-09.pdf); of which one must be a valid state or federal government-issued picture identification.
- ✓Federal law requires verification of the identity and employment eligibility of all new hires in the U.S.
- ✓Complete verification of identity and employment eligibility as required by Federal law for all persons hired to work in the United States.
- ✓The IRS participates in e-Verify (Employment Verification) and may provide information from your Form I-9 to the Social Security Administration (SSA) and/or the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to secure a work authorization.
- ✓You will receive written instructions and contact information for SSA and DHS if this information cannot be confirmed.
- ✓File a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (sf278) within 30 days of appointment and annually.
Personality Fit
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