Job Description
Specialist Privacy
  • Monday to Friday | West Perth Office
  • 2 Year Fixed Term Contract
  • Private health cover contribution for employees and immediate family
  • Performance, Retention and Profit Share Bonuses

 

About the role:

The Cyber Security team, along with the Legal Counsel are currently seeking a Specialist Privacy to join them on a Monday - Friday roster based at our West Perth office. Reporting to the Manager Cyber Security, you will be responsible for supporting the protection of Hancock Iron Ore’s personal and sensitive information by helping to establish, implement, and maintain effective privacy and data security governance, processes, and controls across the organisation. The role contributes to strengthening the organisation’s privacy capability and regulatory compliance posture by working closely with legal, cyber security, technology, data governance, and business teams.

 

The position plays an important role in ensuring privacy considerations are embedded into business processes, technology initiatives, and data management practices. This includes supporting privacy impact assessments, advising on regulatory obligations, assisting with privacy incident management, and contributing to the development and maintenance of privacy policies, standards, and procedures as well as leading our data loss prevention maturity uplift.


Duties:

  • Ensuring organisational compliance with applicable privacy legislation and standards, including the Australian Privacy Act and Australian Privacy Principles (APPs), and consider international obligations where relevant (e.g., GDPR)
  • Conduct Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) and Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) for projects, systems, and business initiatives involving personal information
  • Work with technology, data governance, and business teams to identify and document personal information flows and maintain data mapping and data inventory activities.
  • Ensure privacy requirements are considered within technology architecture, security controls, and data management practices
  • Provide guidance to business and technology stakeholders on privacy obligations, data handling practices, and privacy-by-design principles
  • Support the management and investigation of privacy incidents and data breaches, including assisting with breach assessments, regulatory notification considerations, and remediation activities
  • Develop and maintain privacy guidance materials, standards, and operating procedures aligned with organisational risk and governance frameworks
  • Monitor emerging privacy regulations, industry practices, and regulatory guidance to inform ongoing improvements to the organisation’s privacy program
  • Help lead and establish our data loss prevention (DLP) capability including defining key data types and associated detection and prevention policies.

 

Skills and Experience:

  • Degree in Law, Information Technology, Cyber Security, Information Governance, Risk Management, or related discipline; or equivalent practical experience
  • Experience with data loss prevention (DLP) capability building and implementation
  • Exposure to privacy or data protection obligations within Australian regulatory frameworks is desirable
  • Experience in privacy, information governance or Cyber security roles
  • Experience supporting privacy compliance activities such as privacy impact assessments, regulatory interpretation, or policy development

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About Hancock Iron Ore

The world of iron ore is evolving, and so are we. Atlas Iron and Roy Hill have joined forces to become Hancock Iron Ore, building on our combined strengths of resilience and innovation.

Our portfolio of world-class iron ore operations located in West Australia’s Pilbara region has a strong history of delivering reliable products for our customers in key international markets. As one team under Hancock Iron Ore, we have four operating mines: Roy Hill, Miralga Creek, Sanjiv Ridge, and Mount Webber, with McPhee Creek under construction plus a range of exciting development opportunities.

We deliver more than 70 million tonnes of ore each year through our own two-berth port facility at Stanley Point and the multi-user Utah Point in Port Hedland, providing the materials needed to foster global economic growth and development. Leveraging established infrastructure, including our processing plant and 344km independently owned and operated heavy haul railway, our operation oversees each moment from when ore is mined through to when it is shipped.

Perth Remote Operations Facilities

You'll be joining us at our Remote Operations Centre (ROC) where you will benefit from:

  • Free on-site parking 
  • Modern spacious office with break-out facilities
  • In-house café providing variety of food options and barista coffee
  • Flexi Leave 
  • Flexible working hours outside of core business hours
  • Active social club with community events and activities for employees
  • Lifestyle, learning and recreation initiatives, including family events

Equal Opportunity

Hancock Iron Ore is an equal opportunity employer and encourages Indigenous Australians, Veteran personnel and women to apply. We promote cultural diversity, gender equality and non- discrimination. We are proud of our relationships with our Traditional Owners and value the difference these partnerships make to the success of the project and to the lives of the people on whose land we operate.

Application Information

To be eligible to apply for this role you must be legally permitted to work permanently in Australia.

This advertisement will close no later than the Posting End Date specified.  We may close the advertisement early should suitable candidate/s be identified, so encourage prompt applications.

Recruitment Agency submissions will not be considered.

Posting End Date:  30/06/2026
Information at a Glance
Business Unit:  Technology
Job Location:  Perth Airport, West Perth
Posting End Date:  30/06/2026

Please note that recruitment agencies are not invited to submit candidates for this position.