Advisor, Communications

Important messages

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Work environment

The Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) is a key player in public safety. We are responsible for the supervision and reintegration of offenders serving sentences of two years or more. On a typical day, we manage approximately 15,000 offenders placed within our 43 institutions and more than 8,500 offenders under supervision in the community.

We are building a strong, vibrant, and diverse team of professionals. CSC has been widely recognized as an international leader in correctional justice. We offer a variety of work locations with challenges and impacts like no other organization in Canada.

CSC supports professional growth. We offer career development opportunities and we believe in continuous learning throughout your career.

Intent of the process

The immediate intent is to staff one position indeterminately, with the language profile of bilingual imperative BBB/BBB. A pool of partially qualified candidates will be established and may be used staff similar positions with various language profiles (English Essential, Bilingual Imperative BBB/BBB, Bilingual Imperative CCC/CCC) with various tenures (Indeterminate, Term) at Correctional Service Canada, National Headquarters.

Positions to be filled: 1

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

A covering letter in 2,000 words (maximum)

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)

• A degree from a recognized post-secondary institution, or a combination of education, training and/or experience.

Note: Incumbents of IS positions who do not possess the formal education prescribed are deemed to meet the post-secondary standard based on their education, training and/or experience.

Degree equivalency

• Experience providing communications advice and recommendations to senior management
• Experience working with internal and external clients and stakeholders
• Experience in media relations
• Two (2) years of experience preparing, executing and evaluating communications plans and activities
• Two (2) years of experience drafting internal and external communications products, such as speaking notes, fact sheets, media lines, Qs&As, and web and social media content

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

Various language requirements
English Essential
Bilingual Imperative BBB/BBB
Bilingual Imperative CCC/CCC

Information on language requirements

• Knowledge of the Correctional Service of Canada’s corporate priorities
• Knowledge of the Government of Canada’s Policy on Communications and Federal Identity
• Knowledge of current issues related to the Correctional Service of Canada

• Ability to prepare, implement and evaluate communications plans
• Ability to draft internal and external communications products
• Ability to provide communications advice and recommendations to senior management
• Ability to work with internal and external clients
• Ability to analyze media relations issues and information and identify communications implications
• Ability to organize and prioritize work
• Ability to communicate effectively in writing
• Ability to communicate effectively orally

• Effective interpersonal skills
• Judgment
• Initiative
• Attention to detail

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

ASSET QUALIFICATIONS:

• A degree from a recognized post-secondary institution in a field related to communications or journalism.

• Experience liaising with other government departments and agencies on communications activities and products
• Experience in maintaining and developing content for Government of Canada Intranet and Internet websites
• Experience in providing communications advice and recommendations to senior management related to web and social media
• Experience in planning and organizing events
• Experience in digital communications solutions

ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS:

Increased representation of Employment Equity groups:
Achieving a representative workforce has been identified an Organizational Need and may be applied in this appointment process. Applicants must complete the Employment Equity portion of the CREATE/MAINTAIN PROFILE identifying themselves as a person of that EE group in their application through www.jobs.gc.ca in order to be considered to meet the Organizational Need in this process.

Conditions of employment

• Enhanced Reliability Security Clearance

• The position may require work outside the normal office environment, participating in meetings or at special events, and could involve travel to urban and remote government and non-government locations

Other information

A written exam and interview will be administered. References will be sought.

Candidates must submit a cover letter which clearly demonstrates how they meet each of the essential education and experience qualifications. It is not sufficient to only state that the requirement is met or to provide a listing of current responsibilities, rather the candidate must provide concrete examples that illustrate how they meet the requirement. One suitable approach is to use each screening criteria as a heading, and provide a description outlining how that criteria is met. Failure to provide an appropriate cover letter could result in the application being eliminated from the selection process. Candidates will not be solicited for incomplete or possible missing information. Resumes will be used as a secondary source to validate the experience.

Asset qualifications could be used at the screening stage. Please ensure that your cover letter clearly indicates how you meet the asset experience qualifications where applicable. A person may be appointed even though he/she does not meet any or all of the asset qualifications. However, it may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed.

For this selection process, we will be communicating with candidates by email. Candidates who apply to selection processes should include an email address that accepts email from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email). It is the candidates’ responsibility to inform us of a change of contact information during the course of this selection process and to regularly verify your incoming emails.

LEAVE/ABSENCES DURING THIS SELECTION PROCESS: It is the responsibility of the candidate to notify the Human Resources Advisor of any pre-approved leave throughout the duration of the process in order to facilitate scheduling of evaluations. An alternate date will be possible if requested for the following reasons: 1) Medical reasons with doctor’s certificate; 2) Death in your immediate family; 3) Confirmation of pre-approved travel plans or training plans (made before the advertisement posting date); 4) Religious reasons.

Please note that in addition to all assessment methods such as the application, exam, interview, correspondence and communication in relation to this selection process may also be used to assess certain qualifications.

The Correctional Service of Canada is dedicated to supporting inclusive, barrier-free selection processes for all candidates. At any time during a selection process, candidates may request an accommodation to facilitate their assessment in a fair and equitable manner. Information received relating to accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially. Please visit https://www.canada.ca/en/public-service-commission/jobs/services/public-service-jobs/information-candidates/accommodations.html for additional information on accommodation in a selection process. Alternatively, you may direct any specific enquiries to the departmental contact identified on this advertisement.
For general information when applying on a selection process, visit https://www.canada.ca/en/public-service-commission/jobs/services/public-service-jobs/information-candidates.html .

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.