Senior Evaluator and Researcher

Important messages

Please note that candidates must submit an application on the Public Service Jobs website at www.canada.ca/government-jobs. If you are unable to submit online, please contact Jilio Khoury before the closing date.

Your written communication skills will be assessed throughout your job application.

Work environment

The Public Prosecution Service of Canada (PPSC) prosecutes criminal offenses under federal jurisdiction. The organization has approximately 1000 employees who each play a key role in strengthening the Canadian criminal justice system.

We are located at Place Bell situated at 160 Elgin Street, an office complex in downtown Ottawa and next to the Rideau Canal and the Rideau Shopping Centre. This location offers easy access to restaurants, fitness facilities, walking/running paths and parks. We are conveniently located close to major bus routes making it easy to commute from all points across the city.

We are looking for someone to join the Corporate Planning & External Relations Division and become part of its Strategic Planning and Performance Management team; if you are looking for a challenge, there is no shortage of it! You will have the opportunity to collaborate with passionate, enthusiastic and innovative individuals who are committed to excellence in service delivery.

Your role as a Senior Evaluator and Researcher, among other things, will be to conduct research and evaluation projects for the PPSC, as well as contribute to horizontal initiatives. You will be responsible for leading and facilitating multi-disciplinary working groups, developing and implementing surveys, questionnaires and interviews, and providing recommendations to senior management. You will be managing interesting and complex projects, including developing a new evaluation strategy for the PPSC. You will work with various clients and stakeholders (mostly lawyers), as well as other government departments.

If you are a take-charge individual who enjoys conceptualizing and leading projects, and is looking to leave a mark by identifying new and creative ways of meeting your clients’ needs, you will excel in this environment.

Join our division, you will not be disappointed!

Intent of the process

The immediate need is to staff one indeterminate position. A pool of qualified candidates may be established from this process and may be used to staff similar positions at Public Prosecution Service of Canada in the National Capital Region, with varying tenures (such as indeterminate, specified period, acting, assignment/secondment) and with various linguistic profiles and requirements (such as bilingual imperative – BBB/BBB, CCC/CCC, CBC/CBC) according to the position to be staffed.

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 bachelor degree from a recognized university with acceptable specialization in economics, sociology or statistics.

Note: Candidates must always have a university degree. The courses for the specialization do not necessarily have to be part of a degree program in the required specialization. The specialization may also be obtained through an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience.

Degree equivalency

Experience:

- Significant* and recent** experience in conducting all phases of evaluation projects (planning, collecting both qualitative and quantitative data, analyzing data, providing recommendations and reporting), from beginning to the end.
- Experience planning and conducting empirical research activities.
- Experience developing and carrying out of surveys or questionnaires.
- Experience in providing strategic advice and recommendations to senior management on frameworks, methodologies or analytical tools related to research or evaluation.
- Experience in writing presentations, reports and briefing notes.

*Significant experience is assessed in terms of its breadth and depths as well as complexity of tasks and candidates must have at least two (2) years’ full time experience.

**Recent is defined within the past five (5) years.

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

Asset Qualifications - Experience:

- Experience conducting cost-benefit or cost-effectiveness analysis.
- Experience liaising or working collaboratively with internal and external clients/stakeholders.
- Experience in participating in horizontal evaluations or research projects.
- Experience participating on multi-disciplinary project teams.

Operational Requirements:

- Willing and able to work overtime on short notice.
- Willing and able to travel on occasion.

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

Bilingual - Imperative (CBC/CBC)

Information on language requirements

Knowledge:

- Knowledge of Treasury Board’s policies and directives related to evaluation and performance measurement.
- Knowledge of qualitative and quantitative methodologies related to evaluation.
- Knowledge of evaluations in the federal government context.

Abilities:

- Ability to communicate effectively orally.
- Ability to communicate effectively in writing.
- Ability to lead projects and initiatives.
- Ability to analyze data from various sources and present relevant findings.
- Ability to manage conflicting priorities and meet tight deadlines.

Personal Suitabilities:

- Strategic Thinking
- Reliability
- Initiative
- Effective interpersonal skills
- Judgment
- Flexibility

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

Asset Qualifications - Abilities:

- Ability to conduct research and provide recommendations.

Organizational Needs:

The organization is committed to establishing and maintaining a representative workforce.
Qualified applicants who self-declare as members of a visible minority group, Aboriginal
peoples, persons with disabilities and women may be selected for appointment to fulfill
organizational needs.

Conditions of employment

Secret security clearance

Other information

A written examination may be administered.

An interview may be administered.

A simulation/situational exercise/role play may be used for assessment.

Reference checks may be sought.

Other sources of information (such as performance agreements, work samples, board member knowledge, etc.) may be used to assess the criteria identified on the Statement of Merit Criteria.

Selection board members may consider any information obtained throughout the selection process to assess the criteria identified on the Statement of Merit Criteria.

Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent; we will contact candidates when the screening process is completed.

Please ensure that your Personal Record Identifier (PRI) is included in your application if you have one.

Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice. Applicants are asked to indicate their preferred official language in their application

Candidates MUST meet each ESSENTIAL qualification and conditions of employment to be appointed to a position.

Candidates MAY be required to meet any/all ASSET qualifications, operational requirements and/or organizational needs, depending on the requirements of the specific position being staffed. Management may choose to apply one or more of these merit criteria at any stage of the process to determine the number of applicants who will advance to the following stage of the selection process.

Appointment decisions may be based on organizational needs. We therefore encourage candidates to self-declare their membership to any of the following employment equity groups: visible minority, Aboriginal peoples, persons with disabilities, should the organizational need be invoked during the appointment process.

You will be required to provide proof of your education credentials and, if applicable, occupational certification, at the time of assessment. Foreign educational credentials must be assessed by a recognized credential assessment service (http://www.cicic.ca/415/credential-assessment-services.canada).

Candidates must include in their application a VALID E-MAIL ADDRESS, and are responsible that it is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users.

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.