Senior Project Officer, Institutional and Community Mental Health

Update: Please note amendment in Professional certification statement.

Important messages

Please note amendment in Professional certification statement.

Duties

The Senior Project Officer plays a pivotal role in the organization's institutional and community mental health services. The Senior Project Officer is part of a small team that conducts research, initiatives and leads projects and initiatives of a national, multi-dimensional nature and mainly of a high profile high visibility impact related to Correctional Service Canada institutional mental health services and programs for offenders with mental health disorders. The Senior Project officer is responsible for providing strategic leadership and direction to Correctional Service Canada staff on mental health projects and initiatives and to conduct reviews, studies and analyses and manages and coordinates the design, development and implementation of policies, guidelines, processes, etc. relating to institutional and community mental health services. The work also requires the development and delivery training programs for the use of Correctional Service Canada staff who provide mental health services.

Intent of the process

The intent of this process is to staff one position indeterminately. A pool of qualified candidates will be established and may by used to staff similar positions with Correctional Service Canada in the National Capital Region.

Positions to be filled: 1

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

You must meet all essential qualifications in order to be appointed to the position. Other qualifications may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed. Some essential and other qualifications will be assessed through your application. It is your responsibility to provide appropriate examples that illustrate how you meet each qualification. Failing to do so could result in your application being rejected.

In order to be considered, your application must clearly explain how you meet the following (essential qualifications)

EDUCATION

Graduation with a master’s or doctoral degree or a from a recognized post-secondary institution with specialization in clinical, forensic or counselling psychology or some other specialty relevant to the position.

Degree equivalency

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION

Registration for autonomous practice of psychology by a provincial or territorial registering/licensing body.

EXPERIENCE

Experience in working in complex environments with competing management priorities, diverse deliverables, and the requirement for timely results.
Experience managing psychological or mental health projects.
Experience in the provision of psychological and/or mental health services.

If you possess any of the following, your application must also clearly explain how you meet it (other qualifications)

EXPERIENCE

Experience in clinically supervising non-registered mental health staff.
Experience working with offenders in a community or institutional setting.

The following will be applied / assessed at a later date (essential for the job)

Various language requirements
English Essential
Bilingual Imperative BBB/BBB

Information on language requirements

KNOWLEDGE

Knowledge of principles and applications of psychological services (including mental health services), such as assessment, treatment, programs and crisis intervention.
Knowledge of mental health issues as they pertain to diverse populations such as federally sentenced women and Aboriginal offenders

ABILITIES

Ability to manage a number of complex projects.
Ability to provide strategic and operational advice to senior management.
Ability to communicate effectively orally.
Ability to communicate effectively in writing.

PERSONAL SUITABILITY

Create vision and strategy
Mobilize people
Uphold integrity and respect
Collaborate with partners and stakeholders
Promote innovation and guide change
Achieve results

The following may be applied / assessed at a later date (may be needed for the job)

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Willingness to travel.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

Other information

You will be required to provide proof of your educational credentials and occupational certification.

Please note that your ability to communicate effectively in writing will be partially assessed through your application and response to screening questions.

Candidates who apply to this selection process should include an email address that accepts emails from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email). Should your email address change during the process, it is your responsibility to inform us.

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled, diverse workforce reflective of Canadian society. As a result, it promotes employment equity and encourages candidates to indicate voluntarily on their application if they are a woman, an Aboriginal person, a person with a disability or a member of a visible minority group.

The Public Service of Canada is also committed to developing inclusive, barrier-free selection processes and work environments. If contacted in relation to a job opportunity or testing, you should advise the Public Service Commission or the departmental official in a timely fashion of the accommodation measures which must be taken to enable you to be assessed in a fair and equitable manner. Information received relating to accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially.

Preference

Preference will be given to veterans and to Canadian citizens, in that order.

Information on the preference to veterans

We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.