Innovation Officer

Update: Experience

*Recent is defined as within the last 3 years.
** Significant is defined as experience associated with having performed a broad range of related activities which would normally be acquired over a period of approximately 2 years and will be assessed on the basis of scope, quantity, complexity, diversity and degree of autonomy.

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 with a degree from a recognized university

Degree equivalency

Experience
• Experience in creating tools, products and services to provide easily accessible information to businesses
• Significant** experience in developing content and materials for business community
• Recent* and significant** experience in researching, analyzing business issues and synthesizing information to produce plain language tools
• Significant** experience in managing projects composed of multi-disciplinary teams

*Recent is defined as within the last 3 years.
** Significant is defined as experience associated with having performed a broad range of related activities which would normally be acquired over a period of approximately 2 years and will be assessed on the basis of scope, quantity, complexity, diversity and degree of autonomy.

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

Various language requirements
Official Language Proficiency
Various language requirements and linguistic profiles (BBB, CBC or CCC)

Information on language requirements

Knowledge
• Knowledge of all phases of design process
• Knowledge and principles, and/or theories and/or practices of project management

Abilities
• Ability to communicate effectively in writing and orally
• Ability to conceptualize ideas and develop design solutions
• Ability to advise on matters of graphic design and receive feedback constructively and personally
• Ability to organize workload, set priorities, meet deadlines and work under pressure
• Ability to develop and maintain collaborative working relationships with internal and external stakeholders

Personal Suitability
Initiative
Effective interpersonal relations
Attention to detail
Creativity
Judgement

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

• Experience in working in or with small and medium-sized enterprises
• Experience in creating tools, products and services to help businesses understand intellectual property

• Overtime periodically required

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance - • Enhanced reliability clearance

• Willingness to travel

Other information

You will be required to show how you meet the EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE requirements for both the ESSENTIAL and ASSET QUALIFICATIONS, if applicable, for the initial screening through your résumé and in answering online screening questions. It is your responsibility to PROVIDE CLEAR AND CONCRETE EXAMPLES. It is NOT sufficient to only state that the qualifications are met or to provide a listing of current or past responsibilities. Rather you must clearly demonstrate HOW, WHEN, and WHERE the qualification was met through substantiation by examples.

Resumes may be used as a secondary source to validate the experience described in the online screening questions. As such, information on your described experience, etc. provided in the screening questions should be supported by your résumé.

Failure to provide the above information in the format required may result in your application being rejected from the process.

All written and verbal communication obtained throughout the selection process, from the time of application to close of process, may be used to evaluate the candidates. For instance, screening questions and résumés may be used to assess the following essential merit criteria: Ability to communicate effectively in writing.

Candidates are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice. Candidates are asked to indicate their preferred official language in their application.

Proof of education credentials will be requested later in the process. Candidates with foreign credentials will be required to provide proof of Canadian equivalency. Please consult the Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials for further information at http://www.cicic.ca/.

Depending on the number of candidates, CIPO’s needs and CIPO Human Resource plans, volume management strategies such as, but not limited to, top-down selection process, cut-off scores, random selection and/or assessment may be used for the purpose of managing applications/candidates. Preference may be given to candidates based on the depth and breadth of their experience.

Please note that only those candidates selected for further consideration will be contacted. Candidates who are screened in to this selection process will be sent further information regarding what to expect during subsequent phases of this selection process.

Where an e-mail address is provided, the Selection Board may choose to communicate with candidates by e-mail to provide or request information and to invite candidates to attend any portion of the assessment. Please include a valid e-mail address that you check frequently, if you have one. Failure to respond to communications may be construed as a withdrawal from this process.

Travel costs for the assessment are the responsibility of the candidate.

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.