Officer, Parliamentary Relations

Update: Amendment to closing date.

Important messages

It is the responsibility of the candidate to clearly outline that they meet each of the screening criteria (i.e. Education and Experience Qualifications, both Essential and Assets) by RESPONDING TO THE SCREENING QUESTIONS IN THE ONLINE APPLICATION. Please note that it is not sufficient to only state that the requirement is met or to provide a listing of current responsibilities, rather the candidate must provide concrete examples that illustrate how they meet the requirement. Lack of EXAMPLES and DETAILS may result in your application being rejected as the Assessment Board will have insufficient information to determine whether or not you meet the qualifications.

Work environment

The Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) is a key player in public safety. We are responsible for the supervision and reintegration of offenders serving sentences of two years or more. On a typical day, we manage approximately 15,000 offenders placed within our 43 institutions and more than 8,500 offenders under supervision in the community.

We are building a strong, vibrant, and diverse team of professionals. CSC has been widely recognized as an international leader in correctional justice. CSC supports professional growth, career development opportunities and we believe in continuous learning throughout your career.

Intent of the process

This is an anticipatory selection process. This process will be used to establish a pool of candidates that may be used to staff similar positions with various language proficiencies (Bilingual Imperative CBC/CBC, Bilingual Imperative BBB/BBB, English Essential and French Essential) and various tenures (Indeterminate, Term, Casual) within the National Headquarters of Correctional Service Canada.

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

- A secondary school diploma OR an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE

- Experience conducting research and analysis of legislation, policies and/or political or media issues.
- Experience providing advice or guidance to management* on matters related to communications, government policy or parliamentary affairs.
- Experience coordinating official responses on behalf of an organization, such as, but not limited to, responses to citizens, clients, outside stakeholders, Parliament, and/or the media.

*Management is defined as manager level and above.

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

ASSET QUALIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION

- A degree from a recognized post-secondary institution.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE

- Experience in the preparation and/or coordination of parliamentary returns or Question Period Notes.

- Experience in monitoring the activities of Parliament.

- Experience in the preparation of communication products or briefing materials for use by management* or spokespeople.

- Experience in reviewing and providing advice on access to information and privacy matters.

- Experience in researching or analyzing legislation and policies related to the criminal justice system.

*Management is defined as manager level and above.

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

Various language requirements
English or French Essential
Bilingual Imperative BBB/BBB
Bilingual Imperative CBC/CBC

Information on language requirements

KNOWLEDGE

- Knowledge of the Parliament of Canada, including the legislative process and the responsibilities of Standing Committees.
- Knowledge of the roles and responsibilities of the Correctional Service of Canada.

ABILITIES

- Ability to analyze and summarize information from multiple sources.
- Ability to provide communications advice.
- Ability to work under pressure, manage competing priorities, and meet tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to communicate effectively orally.
- Ability to communicate effectively in writing.

PERSONAL SUITABILITY

- Effective interpersonal skills
- Judgment
- Initiative
- Reliability
- Integrity

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

ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS:

Placement of Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) employees affected by workforce adjustment.

Increased representation of Employment Equity groups: Achieving a representative workforce has been identified an Organizational Need and may be applied in this appointment process. Applicants must complete the Employment Equity portion of the CREATE/MAINTAIN PROFILE identifying themselves as a person of that EE group in their application through GC Jobs in order to be considered to meet the Organizational Need in this process.

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

Ability to work overtime on short notice.
This position may require work outside the normal office environment, participation in meetings or special events, and could involve travel to urban and remote government and non-government locations.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

Must be willing and able to work from 7:30 am to 3:30 pm (subject to operational needs).

Other information

A written exam and interview will be administered. References will be sought.

Asset qualifications could be used at the screening stage. A person may be appointed even though he/she does not meet any or all of the asset qualifications. However, it may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed.

A top down selection of candidates may be used in the determination of those to be given further consideration in the assessment process.

For this selection process, we will be communicating with candidates by email. Candidates who apply to selection processes should include an email address that accepts email from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email). It is the candidates’ responsibility to inform us of a change of contact information during the course of this selection process and to regularly verify your incoming emails.

LEAVE/ABSENCES DURING THIS SELECTION PROCESS: It is the responsibility of the candidate to notify the Human Resources Advisor of any pre-approved leave throughout the duration of the process in order to facilitate scheduling of evaluations. An alternate date will be possible if requested for the following reasons: 1) Medical reasons with doctor’s certificate; 2) Death in your immediate family; 3) Confirmation of pre-approved travel plans or training plans (made before the advertisement posting date); 4) Religious reasons.

In addition to all assessment methods such as the application, exam, interview, please note that correspondence and communication in relation to this selection process may also be used to assess certain qualifications.

The Correctional Service of Canada is dedicated to supporting inclusive, barrier-free selection processes for all candidates. At any time during a selection process, candidates may request an accommodation to facilitate their assessment in a fair and equitable manner. Information received relating to accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially. Please visit https://www.canada.ca/en/public- servicecommission/jobs/services/publicservice-jobs/informationcandidates/ accommodations.html for additional information on accommodation in a selection process. Alternatively, you may direct any specific enquiries to the departmental contact identified on this advertisement. For general information when applying on a selection process, visit: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-service-commission/jobs/services/gcjobs/
information-candidates.html.

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.