Stream 1: Senior Analyst - Stream 2: Project Lead/Supervisor - Stream 3: Manager

Important messages

Please note :

- The essential Research competency will be assessed in a question in your application. If the competency question is not answered, it will result in your application being screened out as this is an essential criterion and we will not be able to assess it.

- Depending on the number of applicants, Department needs and HR plans, volume management strategies such as random selection, application of one (1) or more assets, top-down approach, and/or cut-off scores MAY be used for the purpose of managing applications/candidates.

Work environment

If you get excited by business, innovation or scientific discovery, then our department is for you.

More specifically, we work with Canadians in all areas of the economy and in all parts of the country to improve conditions for investment. We enhance as well Canada’s innovation performance, increase Canada’s share of global trade and build a fair, efficient and competitive marketplace.

We also manage Canada’s airwaves and oversee Canada’s bankruptcy, incorporation, intellectual property and measurement systems; we provide financing and industry research tools to help businesses develop, import and export; we support scientific research; and we protect and promote the interests of Canadian consumers.

Intent of the process

A pool of qualified or partially qualified candidates may be created to staff similar positions with various tenures (indeterminate, deployment, specified period, assignment, secondment), various security requirements and various language profiles. By default and in the interest of the greater public service, pools created as a result of collective staffing processes at ISED will be shared with other government departments.

Positions to be filled: 5

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
Streams 1, 2 and 3:
- Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution with acceptable specialization in Economics, Sociology or Statistics.

* Acceptable specialization is at least one full year course or two half-year courses in in Economics, Sociology or Statistics.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE
Streams 1, 2 and 3
Experience where you:

- Prepared and provided complex verbal and written briefings / reports, strategic advice and decision documents to senior management.

- Established and maintained harmonious relationships and networks of contacts, and built consensus with partners, and represented your organization by participating in various fora/committee.

- Led or coordinated various stages of a complex initiative or project.

- Led project teams, working groups and/or working level discussions of a multi-disciplinary nature to reconcile different viewpoints, to integrate and influence strategies and plans, and to recommend options to decision makers.

- You have at least two (2) years’ experience where you synthesized complex ideas, developed options and provided strategic advice and recommendations based on research or analysis to senior management.

COMPETENCIES AND KNOWLEDGE
Streams 1,2 and 3:
- Knowledge of relevant subject matter, as defined by duties of the position, such as legislation, policies and/or practices – demonstrates an understanding of relevant government legislation, and business, economic, social, legal and policy issues and practices, within the role of Industry Canada, related departments, other government organizations, and private sector stakeholder/partners.

- Achieving Results – organizing and carrying-out work to accomplish established objectives in the most effective, efficient and timely manner.

- Strategic Thinking – brings awareness of the organization’s business framework, considerations and perspectives to ensure completeness and integration in the assessment of business situations / issues; ensures thorough analysis generates new ideas, challenges the status quo, and supports innovative solutions / recommendations that provide reasonable and creative alternatives; while addressing need for strategic risk considerations.

- Leadership – Motivates and engages members of a group, on a formal or informal basis, e.g. project, committee; provides guidance, support, and direction; builds on diverse ideas and perspectives, and creates consensus in promoting the organization’s vision; while being responsible and accountable for the group’s achievement of organizational goals and objectives.

- Effective Interactive Communication – expressing and transmitting information orally with consistency and clarity, using active listening techniques in order to effectively understand provided feedback, summarizing information according to the audience in order to promote engagement and increase understanding.

- Written Communication – ability to produce clear, concise, logical and grammatically correct written material to effectively exchange information and ideas with others.

- Research – ability to acquire greater understanding of a subject under study through the application of research methodologies such as those used in the applied and social sciences or the fields of economics, sociology, law, statistics, or business.

COMPETENCY
Streams 2 and 3 only:
- Management Excellence: Optimizing Human and Financial Resources - maximize productivity of an organization, e.g. improve outcomes / add value, by optimizing the effective use of its resources, i.e. human and financial, through diligent and prudent management practices in accordance with established legislation, policy, regulations, and /or procedures.

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

Various language requirements
Bilingual imperative - BBB/BBB, CBC/CBC, CCC/CCC, English or French essential, or other possible language requirements.

Information on language requirements

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

EDUCATION
Asset qualifications for streams 1, 2 and 3:
- Graduation with a Master’s degree from a recognized post-secondary institution in economics, sociology, statistics, business/commerce, political science, public policy, mathematics or a related field.

- Bachelor’s degree in law.

- Bachelor’s degree in a STEM related field (such as engineering or information technology).

- Doctoral degree in Economics.

- Master degree in Economics.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE
Asset qualifications for streams 1, 2 and 3:
- Experience in managing a team of professionals.

- Experience in one or more of the following policy / program areas:
• International trade or affairs
• Fiscal
• Competition or Consumer
• Industrial (related to aerospace, defense, auto, marine, science and research, life sciences)
• Innovation
• Technology

- Experience working with partners within and across Federal sector portfolios to advance initiatives.

- Experience working with partners within and across Provincial, Territorial or Private sector portfolios to advance initiatives.

- Experience in developing or proposing solutions or policy approaches to technology issues in areas such as: Information Communications Technology (ICT), the Internet, Critical Infrastructure resilience, cyber security, telecommunications.

- Experience in applying data visualization and design techniques for effective communication of information that supports evidence based decision making.

- Experience in large scale data management, Data Base Development, Data Mining or Data Analytics using tools such as SAS, SPSS, Python, SQL or R.

- Experience in conducting comparative analysis to provide advice and guidance.
- Experience in interpreting and implementing legislation or regulations.

- Experience in writing or coordinating the preparation of documents related to development or amendment of legislations or regulations.

- Experience in intellectual property.

- Experience in international affairs such as liaising, negotiating, working with stakeholders or representing an organization/company in international fora.

- Experience in developing economic models.

Conditions of employment

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
Depending on the position to staff, operational requirements could apply such as:

- Reliability security clearance
- Secret security clearance
- Top secret security clearance
- Willingness and ability to work overtime on short notice.
- Willingness and ability to travel occasionally.

Other information

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.