Senior Economic/Socio-Economic Advisor

Duties

At a high level, your goal as a senior advisor will be to impact our business in a way that demonstrates integrity, innovation and strategic thinking, that adds value to our team, client departments and agencies, and Canadians.

This is an exciting opportunity to expand and grow your proven track record of credible, innovative and practical strategic analysis and advice to leaders, in support of a Program for environmental remediation of multiple federal property sites across the Prairies and North including the largest contaminated site currently in Canada – Giant Mine.

Specifically, you will work in a dynamic environment to lead the strategic thinking, briefings and development of written and presentation materials to support advancing the work of the region and our clients. You will often represent Public Service and Procurement Canada in structured governance meetings and on-going relationship building with our client departments and external organizations. Your enjoyment of meaningful, sustainable engagement with our staff and stakeholders will support your success.

The leadership team in Western Canada will benefit from your intellectual leadership, bringing new ideas into program and project discussions and contributing to setting the agenda and supporting Government of Canada transformation initiatives.

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!

Environmental Services and Contaminated Sites Management (ESCSM) is a team of experienced environmental professionals dedicated to assisting federal departments and agencies in addressing a variety of environmental challenges in the Prairies and the North. The group routinely undertakes the role of environmental project managers, conducts a wide range of environmental project work and provides advice on regulatory and technical issues that protects health, safety and quality.

Intent of the process

This process will be used to staff an indeterminate position in Edmonton. A pool will be created to staff similar EC-06 positions in the Western Region and similar or identical positions with various tenures within the Department of Public Services and Procurement Canada.

Positions to be filled: 1

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

A covering letter in 2,000 words (maximum) "Please address the 4 essential experience factors"

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 post-secondary institution with acceptable specialization in economics, sociology or statistics.

Note: Candidates must always have a degree. The courses taken for the specialization must be acceptable and may have been taken at a recognized post-secondary institution but not necessarily within a degree program in the required specialization. The specialization may also be obtained through an acceptable combination of education, training, and/or experience.

Degree equivalency

Experience:
- Experience in independently preparing, with minimal guidance through to final versions, briefing materials, presentations, reports and other documents for senior management within short deadlines and in situations where clarity is lacking.
- Experience in verbally briefing senior management clearly and credibly on complex matters.
- Experience in establishing and maintaining strategic external and internal working relationships.
- Experience in leading research and analysis on program and policy issues in order to support the development of options, recommendations, and advice to senior management.

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

English essential

Information on language requirements

Knowledge:
- Knowledge of the economic, social, jurisdictional and environmental conditions in the Western Canada (comprised of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba) and particularly in Canada’s North (comprised of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut).
- Knowledge of the priorities and objectives of Public Services and Procurement Canada and how those relate with the priorities and objectives of the Government of Canada.

Competencies:
– Values and Ethics - upholding integrity and respect
– Strategic Thinking - creating vision and strategy & promoting innovation and guiding change
– Engagement - collaborate with partners and stakeholders
– Management Excellence – mobilizing people & achieving results
- Client Service – ensuring high-quality client service

Abilities:
- Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines
– Ability to research, analyse issues and develop options and recommendations.
- Ability to communicate in writing.
- Ability to communicate orally.

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

Education:
– Graduation with a Master’s degree from a recognized post-secondary institution with a specialization in science, business, economics or other related fields.

Degree equivalency

Experience:
– Experience consulting or collaborating with leadership in Indigenous organizations.
– Experience on contaminated site projects or programs
- Experience providing oversight on project status or program performance to ensure compliance and audit readiness.

Conditions of employment

Secret security clearance

Conditions of Employment:
Willing and able to travel in Canada
Willing and able to work overtime, often on short notice, as required.

Other information

Candidates MUST provide a cover letter and resume. You must provide concrete and detailed examples to clearly demonstrate how you meet the education and experience requirements listed in the essential qualifications and asset qualifications section. The screening board cannot make any assumptions about your experience. It is not sufficient to say that you have the required qualifications or to list your current duties. One effective approach would be to use the wording of each experience criterion as a heading and then write one or two paragraphs demonstrating that you have the required experience and ensure that clear and accurate details are provided. The resume may be a secondary source to confirm the experience described in the screening questions. APPLICATIONS THAT DO NOT CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE THAT THE CANDIDATE MEETS THE SCREENING CRITERIA WILL NOT BE GIVEN FURTHER CONSIDERATION.

In addition to a resume, you must answer all screening questions demonstrating how you meet the education and experience requirements as well as the asset qualifications. Please describe in detail using concrete examples, how you meet the experience and education required.

All job applications must be submitted through jobs-emplois.gc.ca. Do not fax, email or mail hard copy documents as these will not be accepted. To submit an application online, please click on the button "apply now".

Applicants who apply to this selection process must include in their application a valid e-mail address and make sure this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users.

Please note that in addition to all assessment methods, correspondence and communication in relation to this selection process may also be used to assess certain qualifications.

A written exam may be administered.

Interviews will be conducted.

Reference checks will be conducted.

Candidates must meet the essential qualifications to be appointed to a position. Candidates must obtain the required pass mark for each qualification in order to be given further consideration in the selection process.

Candidates invited to an interview will be required to bring proof of their education credentials, in the form of a diploma or official transcript.

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.

Applicants with disabilities: Should you require a technical aid or an alternative method of assessment to ensure an equitable assessment of your qualifications, please indicate so in your application.

Candidates with foreign credentials must provide proof of Canadian equivalency. Consult the Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials for further information at http://www.cicic.ca/

Candidates from outside the federal public service may be required to pay for their own travel and relocation expenses.

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.