Bioinformatician AMENDEMENT TO CLOSING DATE

Important messages

***VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: 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.

Intent of the process

Although the immediate intent of this Job Opportunity Advertisement is to staff indeterminately, applicants should be aware that a pool of qualified candidates (fully assessed or partially assessed) may be established and may be used to staff similar positions at this group and level with various language requirements listed in the Language Requirements section. In addition, this process may be used for various tenures (acting appointments, assignment, deployment, indeterminate, specified period, secondment), security requirements and conditions of employment within Health Canada. As a result of the potential and possible use of the selection process and subsequent pool by hiring managers, we encourage all employees seeking this type of opportunity to apply.

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)

Education:

Graduation from a recognized post-secondary institution with a Master of Science degree in a natural, physical or applied science with acceptable specialization* in bioinformatics, computing science related to health sciences, genetics or molecular biology, or in a field relevant to the duties of the position.

*The courses for the specialization must be acceptable and must have been taken in a recognized post-secondary institution but not necessarily within a degree program in the required specialization.

Degree equivalency

Experiences :

Experience working on research projects to perform metagenomics analysis, comparative genomics, transcriptome analysis, data analytics or bioinformatics.

Experience coding and developing new applications related to toxicogenomics or whole genome sequencing data.

Experience working in a LINUX, UNIX-like environment and with the most relevant LINUX-based open source bioinformatics tools.

NOTES FOR ALL EXPERIENCES :

“Experience” normally means experience gained during graduate studies or remunerated work for approximately two (2) years.

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

Asset Experiences :

Experience managing and administering high power computers or clusters.

Experience using Linux-based resource manager such as SLURM or Grid Engine.

Experience working with transcriptome datasets

NOTES FOR ALL EXPERIENCES :

“Experience” normally means experience gained during graduate studies or remunerated work for approximately two (2) years

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

Various language requirements
English Essential
Bilingual Imperative BBB/BBB

Information on language requirements

Knowledge:

Knowledge of various programming languages relevant to bioinformatics, including but not limited to, Perl, JAVA, PYTHON and R.

Knowledge of open source bioinformatics tools, including but not limited to, BWA, Mothur, SPAdes, Deseq2 and RAxML.

Knowledge of the following bioinformatics techniques: assembly, reference mapping, gene prediction and annotation.

Abilities :

Ability to communicate effectively orally

Ability to communicate effectively in writing

Ability to program in one of the following computing languages: Perl, JAVA or PYTHON

Ability to develop novel tools for data analysis and data visualization

Ability to work effectively in multi-disciplinary scientific teams or working groups

Personal Suitability :

Initiative

Judgment

Reliability

Thoroughness

Respectful of diversity

Conditions of Employment:

Security requirements: Reliability status

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

Asset Abilities:

Ability to perform RNAseq analyses

Other information

If you do not fully complete the screening questions as instructed, you may be screened out.

A written examination may be administered.

An interview may be administered.

Reference checks may be sought.

Candidates must meet the essential qualifications to be appointed to a position.

Candidates may be required to meet the asset qualifications or the organizational needs, depending on the requirements of the specific position being staffed. Meeting one or many of the asset qualifications may be a deciding factor in appointing a particular candidate amongst the qualified candidates. Please note that some or all of the asset qualifications could be used at the screening phase.

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

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.

For this selection process, we may find that email is the most efficient way to communicate with you. 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 e-mails.

Candidates with foreign credentials must provide proof of Canadian equivalency. Consult the Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials for further information at http://www.cicic.ca/

Successful candidate(s) must meet and maintain the Conditions of Employment throughout their employment.

Candidates must provide their proof of education credentials, in the form of a diploma or official transcripts (original documents only) at a later time in the process.

It is the candidate’s responsibility to have access to a computer, to the Internet in working order and MS Word software or a compatible software as the written exam will be in MS Word format. Computer problems will not be accepted as a reason for not completing the exam on time unless there is an Information Technology specialist who can attest to the malfunction of the computer or its software. Any written exams received after the scheduled return time will not be accepted without a reason acceptable to the managers of this 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.