Executive Director

Important messages

If you are interested by this opportunity, please send your application to the Interchange web site on Canada.ca (http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/icec/ao-pa/Welcome-eng.aspx).

Work environment

Policy Horizons Canada is seeking an Executive Director for a 3 year interchange assignment. A corporate strategic foresight agency within the federal Government of Canada, the organization’s paramount responsibility is providing timely and integrated perspectives and advice on emerging policy issues for the deputy minister and policy communities. The position reports to an Assistant Deputy Minister within the Government of Canada and will serve as a trusted counselor, advisor and dissident to a committee of Deputy and Assistant Deputy Ministers. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience leading and growing innovative, collaborative organisations, along with strong analytical skills and experience in examining potential mid and long range policy challenges of current and emerging issues. The Executive Director must be able to champion highly complex, integrated processes, build key relationships, and influence with and without direct authority.

Positions to be filled: 1

Information you must provide

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.

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

Bilingual - Imperative

Information on language requirements

Please consult the Interchange web site (http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/icec/ao-pa/Welcome-eng.aspx).

Other information

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.