Compliance Officer, Business

At BC Children’s Hospital Foundation, we’re on a quest to ensure every kid in the province receives the best health care imaginable. As a fundraising organization, we inspire communities and people to support BC Children’s Hospital, along with its world‑class research institute, mental health facility and rehabilitation center.

Our work makes a profound difference. From helping get the boldest research ideas off the ground to supporting the most advanced equipment, together we are pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in children’s health care. This is no small task—which is why we’re looking for passionate people to join our team and help propel our work forward to power the possible
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We’re looking for a thoughtful, experienced Compliance Officer to help strengthen our compliance, privacy, and risk practices, and to support a culture of accountability, care, and trust across the Foundation.

Reporting to the Vice President & CFO, you’ll play an important role in helping the Foundation meet its compliance, privacy, regulatory, and ethical obligations. In this role, you’ll work in partnership with teams across the organization to provide practical guidance, strengthen internal processes, and support thoughtful, informed decisions that help protect our reputation and advance our cause.

More specifically, you will:

• Lead operational privacy and compliance coordination across the Foundation.
• Monitor legal, regulatory, and sector‑specific obligations and support timely action to address changes.
• Develop, maintain, and support the consistent application of compliance and privacy policies, standards, and procedures.
• Manage the investigation and response to privacy incidents, including investigation, documentation, risk assessment, and required notifications. Identify and support remediation activities.
• Manage Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance processes and reporting requirements.
• Manage enterprise risk management processes, including maintaining the risk register, tracking mitigation actions, and identifying emerging risks.

• Coordinate compliance, privacy, and risk input into vendor due diligence and third‑party risk processes.

• Conduct targeted compliance reviews and support ongoing monitoring and assurance activities.
• Act as a trusted advisor to leaders and teams on privacy, compliance, ethics, and risk management.
• Develop and deliver training, guidance, and tools that strengthen understanding and application of compliance requirements across the Foundation.

We know that no one candidate will meet every qualification listed in this posting. The following highlights the experience, strengths, and attributes we believe will help someone thrive in this role.

You bring sound judgment, discretion, and a thoughtful, collaborative approach to your work. You’re someone others trust to navigate complexity with care, offer practical guidance, and help teams move forward with clarity and confidence.

You build strong relationships across teams and communicate requirements in a way that is clear, approachable, and grounded in partnership. Alongside your attention to detail, you bring curiosity, integrity, and a commitment to helping strengthen the systems and practices that support our purpose.

In addition, you bring:

• At least 7 years of progressive experience in compliance, privacy, risk, governance, audit, legal, finance, or a related area. Strong knowledge of PIPA and PIPEDA are required.
• Experience in a charity, nonprofit, public sector, or other regulated environment is preferred.
• Experience supporting privacy compliance programs, privacy incident management, and application of privacy legislation and best practices.
• Experience leading cross‑functional initiatives or supporting organizational change, particularly in environments requiring collaboration, influence, and process implementation across teams.
• Post‑secondary education in law, public administration, business, finance, risk management, or a related field.
• Relevant professional designations, certifications, or specialized training in privacy,…