Communications Officer (Internet Specialist)

Important messages

Please note that copying from another person or by impersonating someone else, copying information from a website or engaging in any other form of cheating constitutes fraudulent behaviour. Consequently, candidates employing fraudulent behaviour will fail the assessment and will no longer be considered in this selection process.

Intent of the process

This process may be used to establish a pool of qualified or partially qualified candidates that may be used to staff similar positions with various official language proficiencies (English essential, Bilingual Imperative BBB/BBB, Bilingual Imperative CBC/CBC, Bilingual Imperative CCC/CCC, English or French essential), various security profiles (Reliability, Secret, Top secret), various tenures (such as Indeterminate, Specified Period, Deployment, Acting, Assignment, and Secondment). ONLY employees at the same group and level or equivalent could be considered for a deployment or an assignment/secondment.

Positions to be filled: Number to be determined

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

The minimum standard is:
• A degree from a recognized post-secondary institution.
Notes:
1. Based on their education, training and/or experience, indeterminate incumbents of positions in the IS classification are deemed to meet the minimum education standard whenever a bachelor's degree without specialization is called for in a position classified as IS.
2. At the manager's discretion, an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience, may serve as an alternative to the minimum education standard.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE

• Experience in HTML5 coding and posting web pages to internet sites
• Experience in Web site technical maintenance including, but not limited to, checking and repairing broken links, fixing problems with layout and updating text, forms, functionality, images and HTML5 code
• Experience performing quality assurance on web pages before posting on the Web;
• Experience in implementing World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) accessibility guidelines

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

Various language requirements
Bilingual Imperative BBB/BBB, English or French essential

Information on language requirements

KNOWLEDGE

• Knowledge of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0;
• Knowledge of design and creation of web pages using HTML5;
• Knowledge of the plugins and the style guide of the Web Experience Toolkit (WET)

ABILITIES

• Ability to manage effectively multiple priorities
• Ability to communicate orally
• Ability to communicate in writing
• Ability to solve problems
• Ability to implement new techniques and technologies to existing internet sites.

PERSONAL SUITABILITY

• Judgement
• Initiative
• Dependability
• Values & ethics
• Adaptability/Flexibility

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

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Ability and willingness to work overtime, on weekends and on short notice as required.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

Other information

The Public Service of Canada is committed to developing inclusive, barrier-free selection and appointment processes and work environments. If contacted in relation to this process, please advise the organization's representative of your need for accommodation measures which must be taken to enable you to be assessed in a fair and equitable manner.

Reference checks may be sought.

An interview may be administered.

A written examination may be administered.

A role play may be administered.

A practical test may be administered.

A situational exercise may be administered.

Candidates may be required to meet the asset qualifications or the organizational needs, depending on the requirements of the specific position being staffed.

You must provide proof of your education credentials. Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice.

All communication relating to this process, including email correspondence may be used in the assessment of qualifications.

Please note that the person appointed to this position must meet each essential qualification. This means that in order to qualify, candidates must obtain the pass-mark establish for each of these essential qualifications. However, a person may be appointed to the position even though he/she does not meet any or all of the identified asset qualifications, operational requirements or organizational needs. Meeting these criteria is however desirable and may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed.

It is the candidates' responsibility to fully demonstrate in writing at the time of application how they meet the essential experience and/or education factors. Failure to do so will result in your application being screened out without further consideration. If candidates' meet the experience and/or education factors listed in the Asset Qualifications, they must also clearly demonstrate in writing at the time of application how they meet these factors.

Appointment decisions may be based on one or more of the following criteria:
. Matching of the individual's experience or qualifications to the strengths and weaknesses of the work team
. Matching of the individual's experience or qualifications to the specific duties of the position being staffed
. Depth, breadth, type of work-specific experience
. Level/degree of one or more competencies/qualifications.

While you are free to use any other resources you feel will assist you in completing the online application, you are NOT permitted to copy and paste information from any source. Copying/pasting/plagiarism/fraud from any source will result in your elimination from the assessment and this appointment process. In addition, validation questions may be asked to you later in the process.

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.