IM/IT Programmer/Analyst

Important messages

Please note that ONLY on-line applications will be accepted through the PSRS portal by clicking the “Apply Online” link.

Intent of the process

A pool of partially qualified candidates will be established through this process and may be used by other federal organizations listed in Schedules I, IV and V of the Financial Administration Act to staff identical or similar positions with various language requirements (English or French Essential, English Essential and Bilingual Imperative, BBB/BBB ) and various security requirements in various locations. These positions may be staffed on an indeterminate or temporary basis.

Positions to be filled: 4

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

A covering letter in 3,000 words (maximum) "Candidates must clearly demonstrate IN THEIR COVER LETTER how they meet the education and experience factors listed in the essential and asset qualifications by using concrete examples. Candidates must use each education/experience factor as a header and then write one to two paragraphs per element demonstrating how they meet them by giving concrete examples. Resumes may be used as a secondary source to validate the experience described in the cover letter. FAILURE TO CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE HOW YOU MEET THE SCREENING CRITERIA WILL RESULT IN THE REJECTION OF YOUR APPLICATION. CANDIDATES WILL NOT BE SOLICITED FOR INCOMPLETE OR POSSIBLE MISSING INFORMATION. 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."

Contact information for 2 references.

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:
ED1: Successful completion of two (2) years of an acceptable post-secondary educational program in computer science, information technology, library science, geomatics, information management, or another specialty relevant to the position to be staffed or an acceptable combination of education, training and experience.
or
At the manager's discretion, an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience may serve as an alternative to the minimum post-secondary education stated above. Whenever the minimum education is met via this alternative, it is met for the specific position only and must be re-assessed for other positions for which this alternative has been specified by the manager.

NOTE:
1. Indeterminate period incumbents of positions in the CS group on May 10, 1999, who do not possess the education prescribed above are deemed to meet the minimum education standards based on their education, training and/or experience. They must be accepted as having met the minimum education standard whenever this standard is called for when staffing positions in the CS group.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE:
EX1: Recent* and significant** experience working with clients to elicit, analyze, prioritize and document functional and non-functional requirements in support of identifying technical solutions.
EX2: Experience in building relationships with partners and stakeholders to provide information or data management advice and guidance with respect to IM/IT solutions.
EX3: Experience applying information or data architectures to develop sustainable IM/IT solutions that meet organizational outcomes.
EX4: Experience implementing an IM/IT solution, or a component thereof, to completion within the established timelines

Définitions:
1: "Recent experience*" is defined as experience being obtained within approximately the last five (5) years.
2: "Significant experience**" implies the depth and breadth of experience normally associated with having performed a broad range of related activities for a period of approximately two (2) years in total.
3: “IM” means information management

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

ASSET QUALIFICATIONS:
AEX1: Experience: Recent* and significant** experience directly interacting with stakeholders, employees, and senior management in analyzing, troubleshooting, and facilitating business solutions using a SharePoint environment;
AEX2: Experience: experience applying data management and geomatics standards and best practices
AEX3: Experience: experience using defined methodologies and best practices (such as: The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF); Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL); or Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK)) to develop or deliver enterprise-wide products or services.

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
Be willing and able to occasionally work overtime or travel on short notice.

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

Various language requirements
The current linguistic need is at the English essential and Bilingual imperative BBB/BBB level, but other linguistic profiles could be used to staff similar positions at a later date.

Information on language requirements

Second Language Writing Skills Self-Assessment
In order to help you decide if you should apply to a bilingual position, an optional self-assessment of your writing skills in your second official language is available for you to take before completing your application.

For more information, please consult:
Unsupervised Internet Test of Second Language Writing Skills

KNOWLEDGE:
K1: Knowledge of the GC IT Strategic Plan 2016-2020 and applying IM principles towards developing solutions to manage information
K2: Knowledge of the Government of Canada’s Open Government initiative in the context of managing information and data assets
K3: Knowledge of the system development life cycle (SDLC)

ABILITIES:
A1: Ability to communicate effectively in writing
A2: Ability to communicate effectively orally.

PERSONAL SUITABILITY:
PS1: Demonstrating integrity and respect
PS2: Thinking things through
PS3: Working effectively with others
PS4: Showing initiative and being action-oriented

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

Other information

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

The hiring Department will only accept on-line applications. All job applications must therefore be submitted through the Public Service Resourcing System (PSRS). Following are some of the benefits associated with applying on-line.
• Applicants can create a profile and a resume that can be used when applying for other processes without having to recreate a new application each time.
• Applicants can modify their application/resume at anytime BEFORE the closing date indicated on the job advertisement.
• Applicants can verify the status of their applications, at any time.
• Applicants can be notified electronically of tests or interviews and results.

For some jobs, applicants will find important information, namely the job questionnaire and a complete statement of merit criteria that are only available when applying on-line.

It is your responsibility to ensure that your email and contact information are maintained with the Assessment board AND in your Public Service Resourcing System (PSRS) account. As all of the communication for this process will be conducted via the email address provided in your application AND via your PSRS account, it is your responsibility to ensure that you check for messages regularly and to ensure that your email address accepts messages from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email or filter them to a junk mail folder). Failure to respond to key messages may result in your
being eliminated from this process.

Depending on the number of applicants, the needs and/or Human Resources plans, volume management strategies such as random selection, top-down approach and/or establishing cut-off scores to determine who will continue in the staffing process, MAY BE USED for the purpose of managing applications.

Candidates invited to an interview will be required to bring proof of their education credentials, in the form of a diploma or official transcript (original documents only).

Candidates with foreign credentials must provide proof of Canadian equivalency. Consult the Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials for further information at http://www.cicic.ca/

Please note that any information provided through this selection process may be considered in the assessment of any of the essential or other qualifications, including the ability to communicate effectively in writing.

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

Candidates who have been assessed and found to have met all essential qualifications except official language requirements may update their second-language evaluation (SLE) results for as long as the pool is valid. Each candidate can only undergo SLE testing one time within the context of an appointment process; any update to a candidate's linguistic profile must be as a result of subsequent SLE testing done outside of this appointment 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.

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.