Senior Competition Law Officer

Positions to be filled: 1

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:
Graduation with a degree from a common law OR civil law program offered by a recognized university that is approved by the Bar of one of the provinces or territories of Canada or the Order of Notaries in the province of Quebec as meeting the academic requirements for applying for membership in that Bar.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE:
- Experience in overseeing AND directing investigations OR representing clients before the Mergers Directorate related matters under Part VIII of the Competition Act (“Act”), including coordinating teams of professionals, such as lawyers, economists and independent experts. (Note that this experience requirement can include responsibility for the review, under the Act, of discrete yet significant portions of complex cases).
- *Significant AND **recent experience interpreting AND applying Part IX of the Act AND the Notifiable Transactions Regulations.
- Experience as a key participant in negotiations with senior officials in other federal departments, other governments, legal counsel AND/OR the private sector.
- Experience in providing strategic advice, briefings AND recommendations to senior officials OR senior business personnel.
- Experience in establishing partnerships/relationships with internal AND external stakeholders.
- Experience in the development of policy advice on competition policy OR law enforcement matters.

NOTES:
*"Significant experience" means the breadth and depth and is defined as a combination of time spent doing the activity, as well as type (range, scope, and complexity) of work handled related to the experience criteria. Clear and specific examples should be provided by candidates in their application.

**"Recent experience" means within the last three (3) years.

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

English essential

Information on language requirements

KNOWLEDGE:
- Broad knowledge of the provisions within Parts VIII AND IX of the Act, as well as relevant jurisprudence, policies AND guidelines.

ABILITY:
- Ability to work effectively with a team.
- Ability to communicate effectively AND concisely orally AND in writing.
- Ability to work under pressure with conflicting priorities.

PERSONAL SUITABILITY:
- Initiative
- Effective interpersonal skills
- Strategic thinking
- Judgement

Conditions of employment

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:
- Willingness and ability to travel and to work irregular hours and overtime.
- Security requirement of "secret".

Other information

1) THE CLIENT ORGANIZATION WILL ONLY ACCEPT ONLINE APPLICATIONS VIA JOBS.GC.CA.

2) A written examination may be administered.

3) An interview will be administered.

4) Reference checks will be sought.

5) You must provide proof of your education credentials.

6) Candidates may be required to meet the other qualifications depending on the requirements of the specific position being staffed.

7) Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent.

8) Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice. Applicants are asked to indicate their preferred official language in their application.

9) PLEASE NOTE: For this selection process, our intention is to communicate with applicants by e-mail for screening/assessment purposes (including issuing screening results, and sending invitations for written tests and interviews). Applicants who apply to this selection process must include in their application a valid e-mail address and make sure this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users.

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.