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We are currently looking to staff a PROJECT LEADER / TECHNICAL ADVISOR, PLANNING position.

When answering the screening questions, remember that the assessment board cannot make assumptions about your experience. It is insufficient to say that you have the required qualifications or to list your current or past duties. Rather, using this tool, candidates must demonstrate how they meet the education and experience criteria listed in the job opportunity advertisement by providing clear and concrete examples.

Clear and concrete examples are defined as illustrations in which you fully explain the actions, considerations and steps you completed in order to gain the experience you are describing. This detailed contextual information will be used by the board members reviewing your submission to assess whether you have sufficient experience in a relevant field to complete the tasks which will be assigned to you should you be considered for this position. This is similar to what would be expected of you when asked to provide a concrete example of a particular situation in the context of an interview. Such examples usually require a minimum of ½ page to describe and a maximum of 2 pages. In order to facilitate this process, you may wish to start your submissions with a sentence similar to: “A clear and concrete example of a situation where I did X is a situation which occurred on Y date and my role in this activity was to...”.

Resumes will be used as a secondary source of information and strictly to validate the concrete examples you will have described in this tool.

Also, when reading the experience criteria for staffing processes, please pay close attention to action words contained within and ensure the examples you choose to include speak to all of them. Similar attention should be given to punctuation and connector words such as commas, “and” and “or” as these have a different function when used to describe an experience criterion. As such, action words or activities separated with a “,” and connected with an “and” must all be demonstrated with concrete examples as in this case, they are all deemed essential by the hiring manager. Conversely, when action words or activities are separated with a “,” and connected with an “or”, candidates may provide concrete examples for only one of the activities listed in the criterion as in this case, the hiring manager is looking for someone who has experience in at least one of the activities but not necessarily all of them.

For example, when responding to a criterion which reads: “Experience reading, writing and publishing instructions for a competitive process.” you must provide concrete examples of situations where you read instructions, concrete examples of situations where you wrote instructions as well as concrete examples of situations where you published instructions for a competitive process. These may be part of the same example however, you must ensure to provide sufficient details to cover the three actions as they are all critical.

On the other hand, when responding to an experience criterion which reads: “Experience reading, writing or publishing instructions for a competitive process” you must provide concrete examples for a minimum of one situation where you either read, wrote or published instructions for a competitive process as experience in a minimum of one activity is critical. This being said, when this structure is used, you may also provide concrete examples for all action words or activities as this approach will provide board members with additional information to assess the breath of your experience.

Finally, if the examples you provide speak of experience that was acquired in a team setting, please be specific as to your exact role within this team as it is your experience the board will be looking to assess and not that of your team.

Work environment

The Information Management & Technology Services (IM&TS) directorate provides Information Management (IM) and Information Technology (IT) services to employees within Fisheries and Oceans across Canada.

The future promises to offer exciting opportunities associated with the digital transformation and the delivery of Information Management and Information Technology (IM/IT) services at DFO. The IM/IT Planning team operates within IM&TS, accountable for leading the delivery of departmental IM/IT plans, strategies and reports in support of Government of Canada (GC) and departmental direction.

We are looking for team members who are DYNAMIC and enjoy working in a FAST-PACED ENVIRONMENT. We offer a supportive and encouraging environment with opportunities for career development, leadership and growth.

Intent of the process

The immediate need is a bilingual - imperative (BBB/BBB) position located in Ottawa, Ontario.

However, a pool of partially qualified candidates may be established through this process and may be used to staff identical or similar positions with various language requirements (English Essential, English or French Essential, Bilingual) and profiles (BBB/BBB, CBC/CBC and CCC/CCC) and various security requirements within all federal organizations listed in Schedules I, IV and V of the Financial Administration Act. These positions may be staffed on an indeterminate or temporary basis (term, acting, assignment, secondment).

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
Successful completion of two (2) years of an acceptable post-secondary educational program in computer science, information technology, information management or another specialization relevant to the position being staffed.

Notes:
1. Indeterminate period incumbents of positions in the CS group on May 10, 1999, who do not possess the education prescribed above, are deemed to meet the minimum education standards based on their education, training and/or experience. They must be accepted as having met the minimum education standard whenever this standard is called for when staffing positions in the CS group.
2. It is the recognized educational institution (e.g. community college, CÉGEP or university) that determines if the courses taken by a candidate correspond to two years of a post-secondary program at the institution.
3. At the manager's discretion, an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience may serve as an alternative to the minimum post-secondary education stated above. Whenever the minimum education is met using this alternative, it is met for the specific position only and must be re-assessed for other positions for which this alternative has been specified by the manager.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE
EX1 - Extensive* and recent*** experience in delivering IM/IT products or services using defined methodologies and best practices.
EX2 - Significant** and recent***experience contributing considerably**** to at least two (2) IM/IT projects or activities with multi-disciplinary teams.
EX3 - Significant** and recent*** experience in developing and implementing IM/IT plans to achieve stakeholders or management objectives.
EX4 - Significant** and recent*** experience in developing and implementing IM/IT policies, directives, guidelines or standards.

DEFINITIONS
- Extensive* is understood to mean the depth and breadth of experience normally associated with having performed a broad range of related activities over a period of five (5) years.
- Significant** is understood to mean the depth and breadth of experience normally associated with having performed a broad range of related activities over a period of three (3) years.
- Recent*** is defined as experience that has been obtained within the past eight (8) years.
- Considerably**** refers to playing a key role or having been responsible for a key deliverable throughout the project/activity.

If you possess any of the following, your application must also clearly explain how you meet it (other qualifications)

EDUCATION
AEDU1 - A diploma from a 3-year program offered by a recognized college with specialization in computer science, computer engineering or any other field related to the position.
AEDU2 - A bachelor's degree from a recognized post-secondary institution with specialization in computer science, computer engineering or any other field related to the position.

Degree equivalency

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
OPE1 - Willingness and ability to work overtime.

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

Bilingual - Imperative (BBB/BBB)
We are currently seeking to staff one (1) Bilingual - Imperative (BBB/BBB) position. However, a pool of qualified candidates may be established and may be used to staff similar positions with various tenures, language requirements and security requirements.

Information on language requirements

KNOWLEDGE
K1 - Knowledge of current IM/IT trends in the Government of Canada and how they might impact the DFO priorities.
K2 - Knowledge of Government of Canada policies related to IM and IT.
K3 - Knowledge of IM/IT project management methodologies or techniques.
K4 - Knowledge of Government of Canada and IM/IT planning frameworks.

COMPETENCIES
CO1 - Analytical Thinking
CO2 - Client Focus
CO3 - Communication
CO4 - Influence
CO5 - Planning & Organizing
CO6 - Teamwork

ABILITIES
AB1 - Ability to communicate effectively orally.
AB2 - Ability to communicate effectively in writing in a non-technical style.
AB3 - Ability to work under pressure.
AB4 - Ability to take initiative.

Other information

The hiring Department will only accept applications using the Public Service Resourcing System (PSRS).

It is your responsibility to ensure that your email and contact information are maintained with the hiring board AND in your Public Service Resourcing System (PSRS) account. As all of the communication for this process will be conducted via the email address provided in your application AND via your PSRS account, it is your responsibility to ensure that you check for messages regularly and to ensure that your email address accepts messages from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email or filter them to a junk mail folder). Failure to respond to key messages may result in your being eliminated from this process.

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.