Senior Program Advisor

Important messages

You must clearly demonstrate on your application, via the screening questions, how you meet each of the essential and asset merit criteria (education and experience).

When responding to the screening questions, please be sure to provide comprehensive examples from your work experience that clearly demonstrate how you meet the identified education and experience criteria. Your answer should clearly identify your role in your example. A job title alone does not demonstrate that you have the requisite level of experience, so be sure to explain relevant responsibilities and/or actions that you took. Failure to complete the questionnaire or failure to provide sufficient details to the questions will result in your elimination from this process.

**ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY IN WRITING will be evaluated throughout the screening questions. **

Work environment

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Intent of the process

This is an anticipatory process.

A pool of partially qualified candidates will be established from this selection process and may be used to staff similar positions with different tenures (acting, assignment, deployment, indeterminate, secondment, specified period), with various linguistic profiles (such as Bilingual Imperative level BBB/BBB, CBC/CBC, CCC/CCC or English Essential) and various security clearances (Reliability or Secret) within the Department of Canadian Heritage in the Ontario Region.

**Ontario Region Offices are located in Toronto, Sudbury and Ottawa (at 1030 Innes Road).**

Positions to be filled: Number to be determined

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:

Degree (baccalaureate or higher level degree) from a recognized post-secondary institution OR an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE:

(EX1) One (1) year or more of experience working with the arts, heritage, official language minority community, Indigenous communities, or multicultural sectors in Ontario within the past five (5) years.

(EX2) Experience in building or maintaining partnerships with voluntary organizations, not-for-profit organizations, government organizations or other stakeholders.

(EX3) Experience in preparing briefing materials or providing strategic advice to supervisors.

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

Various language requirements
Bilingual Imperative BBB/BBB
Bilingual Imperative CBC/CBC
Bilingual Imperative CCC/CCC
English Essential

Information on language requirements

KNOWLEDGE:

(K1) Knowledge of key issues related to the arts, heritage, official languages, multicultural or Indigenous communities in Ontario and how they relate to Canadian Heritage’s programs.

ABILITIES:

(A1) Ability to evaluate funding requests and make sound recommendations.

(A2) Ability to build or maintain partnerships with voluntary organizations, not-for-profit organizations, government organizations or other stakeholders.

(A3) Ability to manage conflicting priorities and meet deadlines.

(A4) Ability to communicate effectively in writing.

(A5) Ability to communicate effectively orally.

PERSONAL SUITABILITY:

(PS1) Initiative

(PS2) Reliability

(PS3) Judgement

(PS4) Effective Interpersonal relationships

(PS5) Attention to Detail

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

ASSET QUALIFICATIONS:

(ASSET1) One (1) year or more of experience in preparation of grant applications (applying for funding) or delivering grants and contributions programs (delivery of funding) with community or government organizations.

(ASSET2) Experience in working with or for voluntary organizations, associations, not-for-profit or government organizations related to the programs and mandate of Canadian Heritage, such as Official Languages, Indigenous communities, Multicultural sector, Arts or Heritage in Ontario.

(ASSET3) One (1) year or more of experience working with, for, or on behalf of Indigenous organizations or governing bodies.

(ASSET4) One (1) year or more of experience in evaluating audited financial statements and organizational business plans.

(ASSET5) One (1) year or more of experience in the planning or implementation of capital (construction) projects.

Selection may be limited to members of the following Employment Equity groups: Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, visible minorities, women

Information on employment equity

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Willingness and ability to travel occasionally.

• Willingness and ability to occasionally work overtime, sometimes on short notice.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

Other information

**Ontario Region Offices are located in Toronto, Sudbury and Ottawa (at 1030 Innes Road).**

A written exam will be administrated.

An interview will be administered.

Reference checks will be sought.

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

Candidates may be required to meet the asset qualifications as they may be used at the prescreening phase or at the appointment.

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

For candidates from the federal public service, please identify clearly your substantive group and level and your employment status on your resume and/or application form and please ensure that your Personal Record Identifier (PRI) is included in your application.

You must be prepared to provide the original, or a certified copy, of your educational credentials.

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 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).

The Assessment Committee reserves the right to contact references other than those provided by the candidates (within the Public Service only), if found necessary, in order to adequately assess the candidates.

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.