Job Summary:

The Senior Information Management Specialist provides expert guidance and leadership in developing, implementing, and maintaining information management and governance frameworks. The role focuses on stewardship and accountability models, ensuring effective information lifecycle, quality, and asset management across multiple business areas within the Ministry and Cluster clients. This position supports strategic information governance initiatives and promotes best practices in metadata and records management.

Responsibilities:

- Develop and implement information management and governance frameworks, policies, and standards.
- Establish, maintain, and document information stewardship, ownership, and accountability models.
- Conduct business analyses to determine information management needs across domains such as recordkeeping, access, and privacy.
- Lead or coordinate information management initiatives and provide expert advice and support.
- Develop document management protocols, classification schemes, metadata standards, and governance procedures.
- Assess training needs and deliver information management awareness and training to diverse audiences.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including business analysts, architects, and project managers.
- Participate in information management committees and working groups.
- Develop and track information management performance measures and conduct environmental scans and maturity assessments.
- Support privacy impact assessments and ensure compliance with information security and privacy requirements.

Required Skills:




- Proven experience in developing and implementing information management and governance frameworks, policies, and standards.
- Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain stewardship, ownership, and accountability models across multiple business areas.
- Solid knowledge of information lifecycle management, information quality management, and information asset management principles.
- Experience conducting information inventories, assessments, and quality reviews.
- Ability to develop governance processes, operational procedures, and metadata stewardship controls.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills.
- Experience facilitating stakeholder discussions and achieving consensus on governance decisions.

Desired Skills:
- Experience supporting enterprise data governance initiatives and managing business glossaries and metadata repositories.
- Knowledge of records management and retention frameworks.
- Familiarity with metadata catalogues and information repositories.
- Experience with Enterprise Content Management (ECM) and Records and Document Management solutions.
- Understanding of accessibility standards such as AODA.




- Prior experience in the public sector (OPS) is preferred.
- Ability to adapt to tight deadlines and changing priorities.

Rated Criteria:
- Information Management and Governance Frameworks Development - 30 Points
- Stewardship and Accountability Model Implementation - 25 Points
- Information Lifecycle and Quality Management Expertise - 15 Points
- Metadata Governance and Classification Schemes - 15 Points
- Stakeholder Collaboration and Communication Skills - 10 Points
- Knowledge of Privacy, Security, and Compliance Requirements - 5 Points

Total: 100 Points Deliverables:
- Information Governance Frameworks and Policies
- Stewardship and Accountability Models Documentation
- Metadata Governance Procedures and Standards
- Information Asset Inventories and Quality Assessment Reports
- Governance Processes Supporting Business Glossary and Metadata Management
- Information Governance Standards and Operational Procedures

Must Haves:
- Demonstrated experience developing and implementing information management and governance frameworks, policies, and standards.
- Experience establishing and maintaining information stewardship, ownership, and accountability models across multiple business areas.
- Strong knowledge of information lifecycle management, information quality management, and information asset management principles.
- Ability to work hands-on with existing stewardship and accountability models to establish, maintain, and document them effectively.

Public Sector Experience:

Preferred

📌 Information Management Specialist (Ontario)
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📍 Ontario