IM/IT Manager **Amendment to closing date**

Intent of the process

A pool of partially or fully qualified candidates may be established to staff similar or identical positions at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) with various linguistic profile (French essential, English Essential, Bilingual Imperative BBB/BBB,CBC/CBC, CCC/CCC) and/or requirement as well as tenures and/or the security clearance (reliability or Secret), which may vary according to the position being staffed.

“The pool could be used to offer acting appointments under exceptional circumstances in order to protect employee’s indeterminate status.”

Positions to be filled: Number to be determined

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:

Successful completion of two (2) years of an acceptable post-secondary educational program in computer science, information technology, information management or another specialty relevant to the position to be staffed.

NOTES:

1. Indeterminate period incumbents of positions in the CS group on May 10, 1999, who do not possess the education prescribed above, are deemed to meet the minimum education standards based on their education, training, and/or experience whenever this standard is called for when staffing positions in the CS group.

2. It is the recognized educational institution (e.g. community college, CÉGEP, or university) that determines if the courses taken by a candidate correspond to two years of a post-secondary education at the institution.

3. At the manager's discretion, an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience may serve as an alternative to the minimum post-secondary education stated above. Whenever the minimum education is met using this alternative, it is met for the specific position only and must be re-assessed for other positions in which the manager has specified this alternative.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCES:

Minimum of eight (8) years of experience in the IM/IT field.

Significant* and recent** experience in managing an IM/IT enterprise-wide portfolio in one or more of the following areas: business systems development; data service management; data management; enterprise data warehouse; Business Intelligence (BI); analytics; or, Application Architecture.

Significant* and recent** experience collaborating or coordinating with third parties (e.g., business clients, service providers) to deliver expected program or project results.

Significant* experience managing human resources for an IT program or project, including assigning work, monitoring progress, and assessing performance.

Recent** experience developing IT project work estimates and cost analyses.

Experience in providing recommendations to senior management (Director and above).

NOTES:

*Significant experience is understood to mean the depth and breadth of experience normally associated with having performed a broad range of complex activities related to this task, which are normally acquired over a period of three (3) years.

**Recent experience is understood to mean within the last five (5) years.

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

EDUCATION ASSET:

University or College degree or certification in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Management or another specialty relevant to the position(s) to be staffed.

OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATION:

CAP – Certified Analytics Professional.
CBAP – Certified Business Analyst Professional.
CBIP – Certified Business Intelligence Professional.
CCBA – Certification of Capability in Business Analysis.
CDMP – Certified Data Management Professional.
CIMP – Certified Information Management Professional.
CISSP – Certified Information Systems Security professional.
ITIL – Information Technology Infrastructure Library.
MDM – Master Data Management.
PMP – Project Management Professional.
PMI.PBA – PMI Professional in Business Analysis.
TOGAF – The Open Group Architecture Framework.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCES ASSETS:

Experience managing contracts for the acquisition of products or services that support the delivery of IM/IT.

Experience in managing a budget ensuring project or program expenses are in accordance with financial and procurement authorities.

Experience managing or leading a multidisciplinary team (3 or more individuals) in a matrix environment.

Experience managing or leading one or more of the following: data modellers; ETL developers; DBAs; testers or maintenance support resources; business analysts; or project managers.

Experience managing or leading a team in the development of one or more of the following areas: business intelligence (BI), or analytics, or Geographic Information System (GIS) solution(s).

Experience managing or maintaining the solution infrastructure of a production BI reporting, or analytics or GIS environment(s).

Experience working on business intelligence (BI), analytics, or GIS projects, activities or initiatives.

Experience working to design, develop or support an enterprise data warehouse (EDW) environment.

Experience working on data visualization projects, activities or initiatives.

Experience working with IBM Cognos Business Intelligence (BI) suite of products.

Experience working with IBM InfoSphere suite of products.

Experience working with ESRI software architecture (ARC GIS).

Experience working within the discipline of enterprise architecture in one or more of the following domains: business architecture; data architecture; application architecture; or, technology architecture.

Experience making design and architecture recommendations for the infrastructure and configuration of BI, analytics or GIS systems.

Experience working directly with clients to ensure satisfaction with IT enabled business solutions.

Experience working with data to support IT enabled business solutions including, but not limited to, ETL (extraction, transform, load); data modelling; data quality; data storage; or, data security.

Experience in planning, chairing, and facilitating multi-disciplinary stakeholder meetings.

Experience designing, developing and maintaining data models (logical and physical) that integrate data from multiple sources.

Experience working in a data related capacity to support, design, develop, and maintain IT enabled solutions that meet business requirements.

Experience establishing standards and best practices in data management.

Experience in working to implement and maintain one or more of the following: enterprise data management; meta-data management; master data management; or open data.

Experience in performing threat and risk assessments.

Experience using Sparx Enterprise Architecture to develop EA models.

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

Bilingual - Imperative (BBB/BBB)

Information on language requirements

KNOWLEDGE:

Knowledge of trends and best practices that affect the management and delivery of IM/IT services.

Knowledge of project management methodologies, tools and techniques.

ABILITIES:

Ability to analyze complex issues, formulate options or solutions, and make recommendations.

Ability to communicate effectively orally.

Ability to communicate effectively in writing.

Ability to plan, prioritize, organize, and assign workload effectively to meet deliverables on time.

Ability to negotiate and influence.

PERSONAL SUITABILITIES:

Team Leadership.
Integrity and Respect.
Results Oriented.
Initiative.
Judgement.
Interpersonal Relations.

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

CURRENT AND/OR FUTURE ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS
(Not essential, but preference may be given to candidates who possess the organizational needs)

Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada is committed to having a skilled and diversified workforce representative of the population we serve. In support of our strategy to achieve our employment equity goals, selection may be limited to candidates self-identifying as belonging to one of the following Employment Equity groups: Women, Aboriginal Persons, Visible Minorities, and Persons with Disability.

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

Willingness and ability to travel, on occasion.
Willingness and ability to work overtime, if required.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

Other information

(1) Reference checks may be sought.

(2) An interview may be administered.

(3) A test may be administered.

(4) An acting appointment requires approval of your supervisor.

(5) You must provide proof of your education credentials.

(6) Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language or official languages of their choice.

(7) Communication for this process will be sent via email. It is the responsibility of the candidate to ensure accurate contact information is provided and updated as required.

(8) Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent; we will contact candidates when the screening process is completed.

(9) Please note that asset qualifications may be used at the screening stage or any stage during the process.

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.