Team Leader and Technical Advisor

Duties

As a Project Leader/Technical Advisor in the Project Management Office at the Public Service Commission, you will play a key role by supervising and leading project teams, liaising and collaborating with stakeholders (clients, technical teams). Your activities will include but are not limited to:

For Team Leader: Supervises and leads a team of IT BLS analysts, establishes, maintains and monitors the delivery of innovative IT Business Line Support Services. Establishes goals and priorities for the team and supports the management of allocated funds.

For Technical Advisor: Defines, implements and sustains the PSC Project Management Framework roles & responsibilities, standards, processes, toolset and reports.

Represents the unit in discussions with senior managers, IT specialists, IT suppliers, and clients to collaborate, influence and obtain understanding and agreement on requirements or the resolution of IT business line, or planning issues/risks.

Performs oversight or leads the project management, change management and communication planning and collaboration activities of several business and IT project teams to support the achievement of departmental objectives.

Maintains technical and functional knowledge of trends, developments, systems and best practices of the applicable IT BLS discipline and of IT/IM Project Management.

Work environment

22 Eddy Street, Gatineau, Quebec (walking distance to the Canadian War Museum). The building is located in downtown Gatineau. It is modern and adaptable to your style: Like to work standing up or sitting down? You choose. It is also WI-FI ready, you can work anywhere in the building, including on our Active Work Stations. Work while walking on a treadmill or a pedaling on a stationary bicycle. Like to exercise? There are two gyms close by, as well as some great walking and biking trails. There are also a variety of restaurants to enjoy within walking distance.

Intent of the process

A pool of qualified candidates may be established and may be used to staff similar positions within the Information Technology Service Branch with various tenures and language profiles.

At level deployments may be considered first.

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

Bachelor degree from a recognized post-secondary educational program, with a specialization in computer science or a similar technical field of study
Degree equivalency

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE

Common to both streams:

E1: Experience contributing to the creation, execution and maintenance an IT project plan integrating activities from multiple stakeholders with multiple IT functions and IT units (approximately 1 year)

E2: Experience in contributing to the project management of a project which has directional, temporal, structural or technical complexity.

Team Leader Stream 1:

E3S1: Experience with Human Resource Management which includes setting performance objectives and evaluating work performance (leading working groups, volunteer groups or the supervision of students, coops or casuals does count towards meeting this experience)

Technical Analyst Stream 2:

E4S2: Experience in the creation of an action plan against a risk or issue that prevents meeting project objectives OR the creation a project recovery plan to rescue a challenged IT project

KNOWLEDGE

K1: Knowledge of industry or government of Canada standards and best practices with respect to IM/IT project management

K2: Knowledge of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)

K3: Knowledge of the principles of capacity management and financial management techniques

ABILITIES

A1: Ability to review, analyze and synthesize information from numerous sources into a formal documentation

A2: Ability to communicate effectively orally

A3: Ability to communicate effectively in writing

PERSONAL SUITABILITY

PS1: Decision-making

PS2: Thinking things through

PS3: Working effectively with others

PS4: Showing initiative and being action oriented

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

OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATION

Note: List any relevant certification such as or others.

Project Management certification (such as PMP, PfMP, PMI-ACP, PMI-PBA, PgMP, CAPM, PMI-PMP, PMI-SP, Prince2, Certified Scrum Master)

EXPERIENCE

AE1: Experience with the creation of Statement of Works (SOW) or Task-Based Authorizations

AE2: Experience with the Human Resource Management of a team (more than one (1) employee) which includes setting performance objectives and evaluating work performance

AE3: Experience with using SCRUM within an application development environment for a minimum period of 1 year

AE4: Experience with formal estimation methodologies

AE5: Experience conducting a project schedule feasibility assessment

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

Various language requirements
Bilingual Imperative CBC/CBC

Bilingual Imperative BBB/BBB

Information on language requirements

Team Leader Stream 1:

E3S1: Experience with Human Resource Management which includes setting performance objectives and evaluating work performance (leading working groups, volunteer groups or the supervision of students, coops or casual does count towards meeting this experience).

Technical Analyst Stream 2:

E4S2: Experience in the creation of an action plan against a risk or issue that prevents meeting project objectives OR the creation a project recovery plan to rescue a challenged IT project.

Other information

A test may be administered

An interview may be administered.

Reference checks may be sought.

Other sources of information (such as performance agreements, work samples, board member knowledge, etc.) may be used to assess the criteria identified in the Statement of Merit Criteria.

Selection board members may consider any information obtained throughout the selection process to assess the criteria identified on the Statement of Merit Criteria.

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.

You will be required to provide proof of your education credentials and, if applicable, occupational certification, at the time of assessment. Foreign educational credentials must be assessed by a recognized credential assessment service (http://www.cicic.ca/415/credential-assessment-services.canada).

Candidates must include in their application a VALID E-MAIL ADDRESS, and are responsible that it 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 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.