Senior Epidemiologist (ANTICIPATORY)

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Important Message :
Candidates must clearly demonstrate in THEIR SCREENING QUESTION RESPONSES how they meet the essential qualifications related to the education and experience as well as how they meet the asset qualifications. Please note that it is not sufficient to only state that the qualification is met or to provide a listing of current or past responsibilities. Rather you must provide concrete examples, which illustrate how you meet each essential qualification related to education and experiences as well as how you meet the asset qualifications. You must also include where and when these qualifications were acquired. Failure to provide the above information may result in your application being rejected from the process.

Duties

The Senior Outbreak Epidemiologist will work as part of the outbreak management team detecting and investigating enteric disease outbreaks.

Intent of the process

Multiple Anticipated - A pool of qualified candidates MAY be established from this process which MAY be used to staff similar positions with various tenures, various linguistic profiles, various locations and various security requirements within Public Health Agency of Canada.

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:
Master's degree or a PhD from a recognized post-secondary institution with an acceptable specialisation in epidemiology, public health or health sciences.

Note: Candidates must always have a degree. The courses for the specialization must be acceptable and may have been taken at a recognized post-secondary institution, but not necessarily within 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:
1. Significant* experience conducting epidemiological outbreak investigations.

*Significant is defined as the depth and breadth of experience normally associated with having performed a broad range of complex activities related to this task, which are acquired over a period of at least two (2) consecutive years.

2. Experience working in a team environment.

3. Experience developing and/or maintaining collaborative working relationships with multiple stakeholders across jurisdictions and levels of government.

4. Experience using statistical software such as SAS or STATA.

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

Various language requirements

Information on language requirements

Knowledge:
1. Knowledge of public health issues related to enteric infections and food safety.
2. Knowledge of the Canadian public health system.
3. Knowledge of the principles of enteric illness surveillance systems.
4. Knowledge of analytic epidemiologic study design and implementation during outbreak response.

Abilities:
1. Ability to negotiate and build consensus on challenging issues.
2. Ability to synthesize, analyse and interpret public health information.
3. Ability to conduct and interpret epidemiological and statistical analysis.
4. Ability to work effectively under pressure.
5. Ability to provide recommendations and tailor communications to a wide range of audiences.
6. Ability to communicate effectively orally.
7. Ability to communicate effectively in writing.

Personal Suitability:
1. Attention to detail
2. Judgement
3. Effective interpersonal relationships
4. Leadership

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

1. Experience conducting enteric disease outbreak investigations.

2. Experience leading or managing projects.

3. Experience leading the writing of a peer review publication.

4. Experience planning, developing or delivering content used in public health training such as a workshop, in-person or online training course.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

Willingness and availability to work overtime, often on short notice.

Other information

Applications submitted by email will not be accepted. You must apply on-line. To submit an application on-line, please click on the button "Apply online" below. Persons with disabilities preventing them from applying on-line are asked to contact 1-800-645-5605.

Reference checks may be sought.

An interview may be administered.

A test may be administered.

For this selection process, it is our intention to communicate with candidates via email for screening and assessment purposes. This will include communication of screening results and invitations to written tests and interviews. To that end, candidates must include a valid email address in their application. It is the candidate’s responsibility to ensure that this address is functional and that it accepts messages from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email). It is also the candidate’s responsibility to ensure accurate information is provided and updated as required.

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

A security check will be administered, and proof of citizenship will be required.

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.