Regulatory Professionals - Post-Secondary Recruitment

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Anticipated participating departments and agencies:

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada; Canada Border Services Agency, Canada Revenue Agency; Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency; Canadian Food Inspection Agency; Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission; Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission; Canadian Transport Agency; Department of Justice; Employment and Social Development Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada; Finance Canada; Financial Consumer Agency of Canada; Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada; Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Global Affairs Canada; Health Canada; Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada; Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada; Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada; National Energy Board; Natural Resources Canada; Parks Canada; Public Health Agency of Canada, Transport Canada; Public Services and Procurement Canada; Transport Canada; other departments could be included.

Health Canada is responsible for the coordination of this recruitment process on behalf of participating organizations.

Duties

The duties increase in complexity and breadth as the levels progress:

- Track and report on regulatory activities that support regulatory project management and contribute to development of regulatory proposals, including cost-benefit analysis

- Conduct research, synthesize information, and generate analyses to support recommendations to Senior Management on complex issues both verbally and in writing.

- Analyze complex horizontal issues and provide strategic advice through written briefing notes, reports, presentations or correspondence on policy or program issues to support senior analysts and managers

- Build and maintain partnerships with various internal and external stakeholders.

Work environment

The Government of Canada is seeking highly motivated individuals who have an interest in Canada’s regulatory agenda, and who possess good judgment, analytical skills, leadership potential and the ability to work in a team. Successful candidates will have the opportunity to analyze and contribute to the development and enforcement of regulatory policy.

Intent of the process

This process will be used to create an inventory of partially assessed candidates and to staff the following positions:

Regulatory Policy (EC-02 to EC-05, REG-04 to REG-05, SG-SRE-02 to SG-SRE-05) in areas such as: policy development; regulatory affairs; epidemiology, bio-statistical or other research; project coordination; economic analysis; or compliance and enforcement.

Positions to be filled: 50

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:

EC and REG Positions:
Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution with acceptable specialization in economics, sociology or statistics.

SG-SRE and REG Positions:
Graduation with a degree from a recognized university with acceptable specialization in biology, chemistry, biochemistry, chemical engineering, toxicology, food science, microbiology, mechanical engineering, pharmacy or some other specialty related to the position.

Applicants 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 post-secondary education, training and experience.

Degree equivalency

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

Various language requirements
English Essential
French Essential
Bilingual Imperative (BBB/BBB, CBC/CBC, CCC/CCC)

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

COMPETENCIES:

Reasoning
Judgement

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

EDUCATION:

- Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution with acceptable specialization in science, or in law.

- Master's degree from a recognized university.

Degree equivalency

OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATION:

-Post-secondary certificate or diploma in regulatory affairs;
-Certification in project management.

EXPERIENCES:

• Experience working in a regulatory environment;
• Experience liaising and consulting with stakeholders;
• Experience writing one of the following: correspondence, reports, papers, briefing notes, agreements or legislative/regulatory amendments.

KNOWLEDGE:

• Understand the role of government and the policy and regulatory development process;
• Understand the varied instruments to achieve public policy outcomes, including, statutes and regulations, voluntary codes of practices, etc.;
• Knowledge of project management processes.

Selection may be limited to members of the following Employment Equity groups: Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, visible minorities, women

Information on employment equity

Occasional overtime on weekends and in the evenings.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance - and Secret security clearance

Tests

How and when will I be assessed?

- You will receive an unsupervised internet test (PSEE UIT 370) at the end of October to be completed within a five (5) day window.

- If you are successful at the unsupervised test, you will be invited to the supervised in-person test (PSEE 371) that will be administered starting in November 2017.

For more information on these tests, the testing process and assessment accommodation, please visit: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-service-commission/jobs/services/recruitment/graduates/post-secondary-recruitment/exams-and-assessment-accommodation.html

Other information

Candidates from outside the public service may be required to pay for travel and relocation costs associated with this selection 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.