Career @ Canadian Heritage - Post-Secondary Recruitment

Important messages

When you apply to this selection process, you are not applying for a specific job, but to an inventory for future vacancies. As positions become available, applicants who meet the qualifications may be contacted for further assessment.

Work environment

The Globe and Mail issued a special feature regarding Canada’s Top 100 employers for 2017. Canadian Heritage is very proud to be part of this select group.

The Post-Secondary Recruitment Program at Canadian Heritage seeks exceptional Canadians to play a part in helping Canada respond to the challenges of today and prepare for the demands of the future. Whether you are passionate about sports, arts, culture or human rights, fascinated by international relations, or an expert in data analysis or even great at social media, the Department of Canadian Heritage is looking for people like you. Come join a dynamic community of professionals in tackling Canada's most critical public policy challenges. The Post-Secondary Recruitment Program will open the door to opportunities in the department and connect participants to jobs where their expertise will be put to use working for Canadians. The chosen candidates will benefit from a development program* where they can acquire knowledge on the different programs the department delivers and will have access to mentoring opportunities.

*The development program will not result in a promotion. The participants will remain at the same level at the end of the program.

Intent of the process

This career stream inventory, managed by the department of Canadian Heritage (PCH), supports the recruitment of post-secondary graduates in the Data Science, Social Media, International Relations, and Policy field. Only Canadian Heritage will have access to candidates in this inventory to staff their positions.

Experiences, employment tenures, work locations, linguistic requirements as well as security clearance levels may vary according to the position being staffed. The group and level of the position will be determined by the hiring manager, who can add additional essential criteria to meet specific needs.

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

When applying, you must clearly demonstrate in your answers to the questions how you meet the following scholarship criterion. Failure to do so will result in your application not being given further consideration.

Graduation with a degree* from a recognized post-secondary institution**.

*A baccalaureate or higher level degree, as established by educational authorities, unless the type of credential is specified in the relevant Qualification Standard.
**A public or private institution that has been given authority to grant degrees, diplomas, and other credentials by a public or private act of a provincial/territorial legislature or through a government-mandated quality assurance mechanism. For greater certainty, also included are institutions authorized to grant specific academic credentials for specific academic programs.

Note 1: Your proof of education will be required at any point of time as part of the selection process.

Note 2: Please note that you must meet the qualification norms of the group for which you are being considered.

Note 3: Applicants who were educated outside of Canada must have their diplomas assessed against Canadian education standards before being placed in the pool of qualified candidates. The public service will accept any Foreign Educational Credentials as long as they are deemed comparable to Canadian standards through a recognized credential assessment service.

The Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials (CICIC) assists persons who wish to obtain an assessment of their educational, professional and occupational credentials by referring them to the appropriate organizations. The CICIC can be contacted at www.cicic.ca. Their Web site provides links to a number of Canadian organizations that provide equivalency assessments.

Degree equivalency

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

***The following qualifications will be used to determine for which position(s) you may be considered for. You are therefore encouraged to answer the prescreening questions by providing concrete examples how you meet one or more of these qualifications***

ASSET QUALIFICATION FOR ALL FIELDS (EDUCATION)

Master’s degree or higher level degree from a recognized university.

ASSET QUALIFICATION FOR DATA SCIENTISTS (EDUCATION)

Master’s degree or higher level degree from a recognized university in any of the following:

• Data mining
• Data warehousing
• Business intelligence and data visualizations
• Data analytics
• Geo-spatial analysis

ASSET QUALIFICATION FOR POLICY (EDUCATION)

Master’s degree or higher level degree from a recognized university with acceptable specialization in economics, sociology, statistics or a related social science discipline such as business or public administration.

Degree equivalency

ESSENTIAL OR ASSET QUALIFICATIONS FOR DATA SCIENTISTS (EXPERIENCES)

Experience in undertaking research and data analysis.

Experience in manipulating data using the statistical software (for example, Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS), “R”.

Experience in database development, data mining and data analysis, including experience with tools and programming languages such as SPSS, SAS, Python, SQL, Tablo, ArcGIS, JavaScript, Python, Ruby, R.

Experience in conducting literature reviews.

ESSENTIAL OR ASSET QUALIFICATIONS FOR SOCIAL MEDIA (EXPERIENCES)

Experience in social media monitoring and trends analysis.

Experience in creating and maintaining an online communications tools such as a blog or a vlog.

ESSENTIAL OR ASSET QUALIFICATIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (EXPERIENCES)

Experience in researching the policies, programs, priorities and/or strategies of countries with which Canada has bilateral relations and/or international intergovernmental organizations in which Canada is a member.

Experience in planning, developing, managing, analyzing and/or reporting on the international programs, policies and/or strategies of governments, international intergovernmental organizations and/or international non-government organizations.

Experience in communicating with representatives of foreign governments, international intergovernmental organizations and/or international non-government organizations.

ESSENTIAL OR ASSET QUALIFICATIONS FOR POLICY (EXPERIENCES)

Experience in writing research reports.

Experience in the preparation of briefing materials.

Experience in working in a project team or working groups.

Experience in gathering information from diverse sources and synthesizing for communication to a variety of audiences.

Experience in making presentations to varied audiences.

Experience in conducting research and analysis in relation to policies, priorities, strategies or programs

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

Various language requirements
Note: The language requirements will vary according to the position to be staffed:
English Essential, French Essential, English or French Essential, Bilingual Imperative or Non-Imperative .

Information on language requirements

COMPETENCIES FOR ALL FIELDS

Demonstrating integrity and respect
Thinking things through
Working effectively with others
Showing initiative and being action-oriented
Communication

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

Canadian Heritage is a unique place to work in the Government of Canada. We are looking for passionate, creative, innovative and hard-working people. We know that in order to achieve our objectives, we must have a diverse workforce reflective of Canadian society.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance - Please note that the hiring organization may require a security clearance higher than a reliability status. The security clearance is not used at the screening stage of applications.

Other conditions of employment may apply, depending on the position being staffed.

Other information

As various positions will be filled from this inventory, not all required qualifications are provided at this time. The criteria listed are those requirements to be met for entry into the inventory. Should you be contacted for further consideration, the hiring manager will provide a list of required qualifications (the complete Statement of Merit Criteria (SofMC) for the position being filled. At that time, you may be required to provide additional information to be used for screening and assessment.

ALL JOB APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED USING THE WWW.JOBS.GC.CA WEBSITE. NO APPLICATION WILL BE ACCEPTED BY EMAIL.

Our intention is to communicate with candidates via email. Candidates who apply on this selection process must include in their application a valid e-mail address and have to make sure that this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email). It is the candidate’s responsibility to provide any changes to their personal information to the contact person indicated on this job advertisement.

Reference checks may be sought.

An interview may be administered.

A test may be administered.

A situational exercise may be administered.

Please identify clearly for which stream(s) you are submitting an application.

You must provide proof of your education credentials.

Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice.

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.