Manager, IT (Various positions)

Important messages

You must clearly demonstrate on your application, via the screening questions, how you meet each of the essential merit criteria. Failure to do so may result in the rejection of your application.

When responding to screening questions, please be sure to provide comprehensive examples from your work experience that clearly demonstrate how you meet the identified experience criteria. Your answer should clearly identify your role in the noted example. A job title alone, does not demonstrate that you have requisite level of experience, so be sure to explain relevant responsibilities and/or actions that you took. Failure to complete the questionnaire or failure to provide sufficient details to the questions will result in your elimination from this process.

Duties

Manager, IT (Various positions: IT BLS, Planning, Enterprise Architecture, IT Security, Application Development, Infrastructure & Operations)

You will be managing teams of IT Professionals in the Public Service. At the Public Service Commission, managers are two levels below the CIO level. As such, access to the senior management cadre is unique and managers have direct impact on the IT division’s success.

The manager’s main duties include planning, organizing and prioritizing workload, as well as direct and indirect supervision (including setting up performance expectations for own employees, evaluating performance, approving leave and schedules, recommending overtime, labour relations matters, etc.).

You will be responsible to manage your own group’s operations, as well as some projects under your responsibility and will be accountable for your results.

You will be directly contributing to the IT vision and direction through your leadership and strategic advice and will be asked to provide effort and costs estimates, as well as to optimize work and processes through creative thinking. You will be an active change agent in the organization and may be directly involved in preparing deliverables for the Treasury Board Secretariat. You may also represent the Public Service Commission at GC-wide committees and meetings.

Work environment

The PSC is located in a brand new building at 22 Eddy Street, in the heart of downtown Gatineau. Our location is easily accessible and is located near Terrasses de la Chaudière and just a few kilometers away from downtown Ottawa. Our facilities meet the new 2.0 office concept and is WI-FI ready throughout the building. Our employees also have access to showers, changing rooms and reserved spaces for bicycles, which is ideal for those wishing to travel to work by bike, running or walking while using the nearby bike paths. Moreover, the PSC launched in March, a pilot project for active workstations, which now enables our employees to work while walking on treadmill or pedaling on stationary bike.

PSC strongly support and encourage professional development and higher level of education and want our staff to reach their full potential.

Intent of the process

The results of this process will initially be used to staff this position indeterminately. A pool of qualified candidates may be established to staff identical or similar positions on an indeterminate or term basis with various linguistic profiles within the Public Service Commission in the National Capital Region.

IMPORTANT: Other Federal organizations will have access to this pool only once the PSC will have made his choice of candidates.

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)

Graduation with a degree* from a recognized post-secondary institution with acceptable specialization in computer science, information technology, engineering, information management or another specialty relevant to the position to be staffed.

Degree: A baccalaureate or higher level degree, as established by educational authorities, unless the type of credential is specified in the relevant Qualification Standard
Degree equivalency

Degree equivalency

E1: Experience providing advice to *senior management on strategic and **complex IM/IT issues (within the last five years).
E2: Experience in planning and managing the work of a team and reporting on progress, status and results (at least two full years within the last five years).
E3: Experience in managing and supervising (i.e. performance expectations and evaluations, approving leave and schedules, recommending overtime, labour relations matters) an IT work team (at least two full years within the last five years).
E4: Experience in planning, monitoring and managing IT projects.

*Senior Management is Director level (or equivalent) and above.
** A complex IM/IT issue is defined as an IT or an IM issue that spans many stakeholder groups, requiring research and analysis.

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

AEd1: Master’s degree from a recognized university in computer science, information technology, information management, business administration, engineering, or another specialty relevant to the position to be staffed.

AEd2: Valid and current professional certification such as Project Management Professional (PMP), Projects in Controlled Environments, version 2 (PRINCE2), CISSP, CISA, CISM, TOGAF, COBIT, ITIL, or other professional certifications relevant to the position to be staffed.

Degree equivalency

AE1: Significant** Experience in working in the following specialized IT domain: IT Security
AE2: Significant** Experience in working in the following specialized IT domain: Enterprise Architecture
AE3: Significant** Experience in working in the following specialized IT domain: Databases
AE4: Significant** Experience in working in the following specialized IT domain: Enterprise Data Warehouse
AE5: Significant** Experience in working in the following specialized IT domain: Application development
AE6: Experience in the preparation and management of IT contracts such as RFP, TBIPS, SBIPS
AE7: Experience with the planning and execution of various type of selection processes and recruitment vehicles such as: Internal and external advertisement, CO-OP, FSWEP, FIN, PSR etc.
AEX8. Demonstrated passion in project management or leadership through active involvement in communities of practice; or through active participation in groups, committees and non-profit organizations dedicated to the subject; Or teaching in post-secondary institutions, etc.
** Significant experience refers to a depth of experience in the indicated area that would normally be acquired over a period of approximately three (3) years within the last ten (10) years.

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

Bilingual - Imperative (CBC/CBC)

Information on language requirements

K1: Knowledge of the current IM/IT trends, environment and associated challenges and opportunities for IT organizations.
K2: Knowledge of management practices (project, human resources and finance).
K3: Knowledge of best practices and methodologies in IM-IT project management.

COMP1: Demonstrating integrity and respect
COMP2: Thinking things through
COMP3: Working effectively with others
COMP4: Showing initiative and being action oriented
COMP5: Reliability
COMP6: Innovation

A1: Ability to communicate effectively orally
A2: Ability to communicate effectively in writing

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

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

Information on employment equity

Ability and willingness to work overtime on short notice.

Conditions of employment

Secret security clearance - The initial position to be staffed requires a secret level. In the event of subsequent appointments, some positions may require a reliability level.

Other information

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.

Asset qualifications could be used for screening or selection purposes.
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.

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.