Senior Officer Information Management

Important messages

**PLEASE NOTE THAT IF YOU HAVE ALREADY APPLIED TO THIS PROCESS: (2018-SVC-IA-HQ-309226), YOU DO NOT NEED TO REAPPLY FOR THIS PROCESS: (2018-SVC-EA-HQ-310025).**

Work environment

Did you know that Public Services and Procurement Canada was selected as one of Canada's Best Diversity Employers for 2017? We invite you to join an organization that is committed to ensuring an inclusive workplace and respect for all!

Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) helps the Government of Canada serve Canadians. With a strong focus on quality customer service, we provide innovative common services such as real estate and building management, purchasing, banking, pay and pensions, and translation to other government departments, agencies and boards. By providing these centralized services to departments and agencies, we enable them to focus on what they do best: providing their programs and services to Canadians.

As an organization, PSPC strives to give all its employees opportunities to achieve organizational, professional and personal goals in a respectful and inclusive workplace, mobilized and supported by leadership at all levels. For more information on PSPC's People Management Philosophy and Our Commitments please see the following link: http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/apropos-about/pepc-eng.html.

Intent of the process

The initial intent is to staff one position on an indeterminate basis. Also, a pool of partially qualified candidates may be established and may be used to staff identical or similar positions with various tenures within Public Services and Procurement Canada.

Positions to be filled: 1

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:

A secondary school diploma or employer-approved alternatives. Employer-approved alternatives to a secondary school diploma: an acceptable combination of education, training and experience.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE:

-Experience in the coordination, planning and implementation of Department Integrated Information Management (IM) projects.
-Experience in assessing and analyzing effectiveness of Department Information Management.
-Experience managing a team.
-Experience reviewing and initiating end user requests to applications and systems.
-Experience working in partnership with IT Stakeholder or Company/Business IT specialists.

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

Bilingual - Imperative (CBC/CBC)
Self-assessment tests:

https://www.canada.ca/en/public-service-commission/services/second-language-testing-public-service/self-assessment-tests.html

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 principle, techniques and processes of IM.
-Knowledge of the Government Security Policy relating to IM.
-Knowledge of the Library and Archives retention periods.

ABILITIES:

-Ability to communicate in writing.
-Ability to communicate orally.
-Ability to prioritize and meet tight deadlines.
-Ability to solve problems.

PERSONAL SUITABILITIES:

-Client service oriented
-Working effectively with others
-Showing initiative
-Judgment
-Dependability

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

ASSETS:

EXPERIENCE:

-Experience in participating actively in Working Groups relating to Information Management.
-Experience managing IT Hardware/Software such as, but not limited to: USB Keys, Blackberry, cellular and software.
-Experience using and working with GCDOCS.
-Experience in managing Information Management Project.
-Experience delivering GCDOCS training.

KNOWLEDGE:

Knowledge of the Access to Information Act & Privacy Act

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENT:

Willing and able to do overtime on a short notice.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

Other information

A written examination will be administered.

An interview will be administered.

Reference checks will be sought.

Candidates may be required to meet the asset qualifications or the organizational needs, depending on the requirements of the specific position being staffed.

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 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).

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.