Various Senior Communications Positions

Important messages

When submitting your application, you will also have to answer questions regarding the essential and asset education and experience requirements. You MUST CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE by answering the online screening questions. It is NOT sufficient to only state that the qualifications are met or to only provide a listing of current or past responsibilities. You must clearly explain HOW you acquired each qualification by giving concrete examples. Information on your described education and experience in the screening questions must be supported in your resume.

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

Work environment

Please note that the Defence Team members in the National Capital Region (NCR) have begun to relocate to the new National Defence Headquarters - Carling Campus in Ottawa’s west end. This organization, ADM(PA), will be part of phase 2 which is scheduled to move in the Spring of 2019. The Campus is a great new home with many benefits, from a beautiful setting and buildings designed to make maximum use of natural elements, to a full range of facilities, services and retail outlets. The design features of the Campus will enhance collaboration, innovation and efficiency, making our new home an ideal place for current and future employees.

This position will be located at 45 Boulevard Sacré-Coeur, Gatineau, Québec until the relocation to the National Defence Headquarters at Carling Campus in 2019.

Intent of the process

The results of this process will be used to create a pool of qualified candidates to staff current and future positions in ADM (Public Affairs).

Once ADM (Public Affairs) has made their initial appointments, other organizations within National Defence may use this pool to staff their vacancies in the National Capital Region (NCR).

Positions to be filled: 3

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

A covering letter in 500 words (maximum)

Contact information for 3 references.

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

ED1: A degree from a recognized post-secondary institution.

Notes:
1. Based on their education, training and/or experience, indeterminate incumbents of positions in the IS classification are deemed to meet the minimum education standard whenever a bachelor's degree without specialization is called for in a position classified as IS.
2. At the manager's discretion, an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience, may serve as an alternative to the minimum education standard.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE

EX1: Recent and extensive experience in providing strategic advice to senior management in a communications setting.

EX2: Recent and extensive experience in developing and implementing strategic plans, products, and/or activities in a communications setting, in support of key organizational priorities.

EX3: Recent experience in managing multiple projects simultaneously in a communications setting.

DEFINITIONS:
- Recent: Experience acquired over the past two (2) years.
- Extensive: Having the depth and breadth of experience that would normally be acquired over two (2) years or more.
- Senior Management: Management director and above.
- Communications Setting: The following communications fields: program/policy communications, marketing, web or social media, outreach or stakeholder relations, media relations, ministerial events, issues management, internal communications, public opinion research, or speech writing.

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

Bilingual - Imperative
Bilingual imperative BBB/BBB; Bilingual imperative CBC/CBC; or Bilingual imperative CCC/CCC.

Information on language requirements

KNOWLEDGE

K1: Knowledge of the Department of National Defence’s (DND) new Defence Policy.
K2: Knowledge of the Government of Canada Policy on Communications and Federal Identity.

ABILITIES

A1: Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously with competing deadlines in a communications setting.
A2: Ability to identify and strategically assess sensitive and emerging issues, and provide advice and recommendations.
A3: Ability to communicate effectively in writing.
A4: Ability to communicate effectively orally.
A5: Ability to develop communications plans in support of key organizational priorities.

PERSONAL SUITABILITIES

PS1: Teamwork
PS2: Effective interpersonal relationships
PS3: Leadership
PS4: Initiative

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

ASSET EDUCATION

AED1: A degree from a recognized post-secondary institution with a specialization in Communications, Marketing, Public Relations or a related field.

Degree equivalency

ASSET EXPERIENCE

AEX1: Experience in leading a team.

AEX2: Experience in managing financial resources.

AEX3: Experience liaising with a minister’s office or senior departmental officials.

AEX4: Experience working in a regional setting.

AEX5: Experience coordinating web renewal projects.

AEX6: Experience coordinating video productions.

AEX7: Experience conceptualizing video productions.

AEX8: Experience coordinating public opinion research projects.

AEX9: Experience developing internal communications plans.

AEX10: Experience developing and implementing marketing plans.

AEX11: Experience developing and implementing advertising plans.

AEX12: Experience in drafting speeches for senior management.

AEX13: Experience in developing social media plans and strategies.

Conditions of employment

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

- Reliability Status, or Secret Security Clearance.
- Ability to work overtime on short notice.
- Ability to occasionally travel on short notice.

Candidates must meet and maintain the above condition of employment throughout their employment.

ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS

As an equal opportunity employer, the Department of National Defence is committed to achieving a skilled, diversified workforce reflective of Canadian population. We encourage members of the following designated groups to apply and also to self-identify: women, members of visible minority groups, Aboriginal people and persons with disability.

Preference may be given to candidates who are members of an Employment Equity group for the first appointments.

Other information

1. Our intention is to communicate with candidates via email. Candidates who apply on this selection process must include in their application a valid e-mail address and have to make sure that this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email). It is the candidate’s responsibility to provide any changes to their personal information to the contact person indicated on this job advertisement.

2. Only applications submitted online via the jobs.gc.ca site will be accepted. To submit an application online, please select the button "Apply Online" below.

3. Please identify clearly your Personal Record Identifier (PRI), your substantive group and level and your employment status on your resume and/or your application, if applicable.

4. Persons 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.

5. Candidates’ qualifications will be assessed by written exam, interview and references.

6. Asset qualifications may be invoked for selection purposes.

7. Reference checks will be conducted. It is your responsibility to provide information where requested in the screening questionnaire.

8. Foreign educational credentials must be assessed by a recognized credential assessment service. If you have been educated outside of Canada, it is your responsibility to have your certificates and/or diplomas assessed against Canadian educational standards. Candidates must be prepared to submit electronic proof of a Canadian equivalent education at the time of application.

For more information, please see the Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials (CICIC) a http://www.cicic.ca/415/credentialassessment-services.canada.

9. Please note that all information received throughout the staffing process and all communications relating to this process, including email correspondence, may be used in the assessment of qualifications.

10. Throughout the selection process, it is your responsibility to make yourself available for all testing and interview dates for which you are invited. If you fail to attend any of the scheduled testing or interview sessions, you will be deemed to be no longer interested in this selection process and as a result, you will not be considered further.

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.