Location: Yellowknife, NT (Remote)

Duration: Approximately 24 weeks (optional extension of up to 6 months)

Responsibilities

- Lead the development of an actionable strategy to enable digital, verified identity management through a multi-tier identity verification approach.
- Conduct a policy review, including a scan of the current policy environment across legislation, regulations, and internal policies.
- Identify gaps and issues in the current policy environment and recommend the changes and current policies required to support a verified identity.
- Perform a jurisdictional scan comparing the local environment with other Canadian jurisdictions.
- Provide an overview of digital identity and credential standards in use across Canada and internationally, with a focus on interoperability across jurisdictions and services.
- Analyze the privacy impacts of a proposed identity verification service.
- Conduct a technology review, identifying current systems and websites that would be impacted by an identity verification service, both public-facing and internal.
- Assess operational considerations related to security, fraud, and other risks of identity verification standards and services.
- Gather requirements for a verified identity service and develop target process models, with consideration for communities that have limited access to service offices.
- Develop business requirements for each stage of the identity verification process.
- Prepare an implementation plan, including itemized technology products and services to be built or acquired, market scans, an implementation roadmap, a pilot approach, and one-time and ongoing cost estimates.
- Produce an interim report, a final report, and a senior-management presentation, along with supporting artefacts such as a requirements register and process diagrams.

Qualifications

- 10+ years of experience working in related fields such as policy,



information technology, or public administration.
- 2+ years of directly relevant experience involving identity management, digital credentials, and online service delivery projects.
- Experience leading strategy or policy development engagements related to digital identity, identity verification, or authentication services within a government or public-sector context.
- Experience with technology assessment and implementation planning for citizen-facing digital services, including assessing systems, conducting market scans, evaluating solution options, and developing implementation roadmaps.
- Experience with policy or jurisdictional scans related to digital credentials, privacy, or online identity standards.
- Experience delivering projects in northern, rural, remote, or infrastructure-constrained environments.
- Post-secondary degree in public policy, data science, information technology, or a related field.

AI Disclosure: We do not use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to screen, assess, or select applicants at any stage of our recruitment process. All applications are reviewed by our recruitment team. *OXARO is committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable and respectful workplace where every individual feels valued and empowered to contribute their best. We believe that diversity drives innovation and strengthens our ability to serve our clients and communities. We are dedicated to ensuring a fair and unbiased recruitment process and welcome applications from members of the four designated groups under the Employment Equity Act: women, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities and members of visible minorities.

Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the recruitment process.

We sincerely thank all applicants for their interest in this opportunity. While we appreciate every application, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.*

📌 Identity Management Specialist (Ottawa)
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