Your Market Information Officer opportunity!

Duties

The Animal Market Information Section collects and disseminates red meat, dairy and poultry sector data providing accurate, unbiased, reliable and timely market information. Its Market Information Officers compile, analyze and report sector data in support of stakeholder needs.

Intent of the process

A pool of qualified candidates may be established and may be used for similar permanent or temporary employment for the location indicated for this process.

Positions to be filled: 2

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)

**PLEASE NOTE: You must complete SCREENING QUESTIONS in which you must clearly demonstrate how you meet the EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE criteria in the essential qualifications and asset (other) qualifications.

EDUCATION:

Successful completion of two (2) years of a post-secondary school program with acceptable specialization in social science, statistics, library/archival work, law-related field or business administration.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE:

Experience in compiling, analysing, and organizing statistical information for reports/studies.
Experience in database functionality, in searching, and in exporting and importing data from other databases.
Experience in using various applications such as: Excel, Access, and PowerPoint.

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

ASSET (OTHER) QUALIFICATIONS:

ASSET (OTHER) EDUCATION:

Degree from a recognized post secondary institution in Agriculture.
Degree from a recognized post secondary institution in Economics.

Degree equivalency

ASSET (OTHER) EXPERIENCE:

Experience working with animal industry stakeholders.

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

Various language requirements
Bilingual - Imperative BBB/BBB or English Essential

Please be advised that the first 2 positions to be staffed are bilingual. Please confirm if you wish to be considered/assessed for these initial positions by answering yes to the designated screening question.

Candidates already possessing a valid SLE result WILL be required to provide a copy when requested. A copy can be requested, with no charge to the candidate, at the following link:
http://www.psc-cfp.gc.ca/ppc-cpp/test-examen-result/result-eng.htm

Information on language requirements

Second Language Writing Skills Self-Assessment
In order to help you decide if you should apply to a bilingual position, an optional self-assessment of your writing skills in your second official language is available for you to take before completing your application.

For more information, please consult:
Unsupervised Internet Test of Second Language Writing Skills

KNOWLEDGE:

Knowledge of procedures to ensure validation, verification and consistency of data.
Knowledge of Canada's food animal industry.

COMPETENCIES:

Initiative
Client Focus

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

ORGANIZATIONAL NEED:

Placement of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) employees affected by workforce adjustment.

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

Incumbent may be required to travel.
Incumbent may be required to work overtime with minimal notice.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

Other information

Applications submitted by email will not be accepted. You must apply on-line through www.jobs.gc.ca.

Persons with disabilities preventing them from applying on-line are asked to contact 1-800-645-5605.

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.

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. Candidates who apply to this selection process should include an email address that accepts email from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email).

All communication relating to this process, including email correspondence, may be used in the assessment of qualifications.

Appointment decisions may be based on one or more of the following criteria:

- Matching of the individual's experience or qualifications to the strengths and weaknesses of the work team.
- Matching of the individual's experience or qualifications to the specific duties of the position being staffed.
- Depth, breadth, type of work-specific experience.
- Level/degree of one or more competencies/qualifications.

-Interested persons must meet each essential qualification in order to be in the pool and subsequently appointed to a position. However, a person may be appointed to a position even though he/she does not meet any or all of the asset qualifications, operational requirements or organizational needs. However, meeting these criteria is desirable and may be a deciding factor in choosing a person to be appointed.

-Applicants from outside the federal public service are responsible for travel expenses related to this process.

-A top down selection and/or random selection may be applied at any stage of the selection 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.