Stream A: Senior Analyst, Planning and Analysis / Stream B: Management Services Coordinator

Important messages

Candidates must clearly demonstrate in the Screening questionnaire how they meet the education and experience criteria listed in the essential and asset qualifications. Please note that stating that the requirement has been met, and/or listing past or current responsibilities, does not represent adequate substantiation. Rather, you must provide concrete examples that clearly illustrate how you meet the requirement. Résumés may be used as a secondary source to validate the qualifications described; comments such as "refer to my attached resume" will not be accepted and may result in your application being rejected. Failure to provide this information in the requested format may result in your application being rejected.

Intent of the process

The immediate need is two (2) bilingual imperative CBC/CBC position located in Ottawa, Ontario.

However, a pool of partially-qualified candidates may be established and may be used to staff similar positions with various tenures, language requirements and security requirements. All federal organizations listed in Schedules I, IV and V of the Financial Administration Act may use this staffing process to appoint a candidate to its organization in a similar position if a pool is created.

Positions to be filled: 2

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)

Stream A : Senior Analyst, Business Planning and Analysis
Stream B : Management Services Coordinator

EDUCATION - Streams A & B
EDU - A secondary school diploma or an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience in a field relevant to the position.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE - Streams A & B
EX1 - Experience interpreting administrative OR financial policies.
EX2 - Experience in liaising and consulting with various stakeholders.
EX3 - Significant** experience providing administrative support.

EXPERIENCE - Stream A
EX4a - Recent* and significant** experience budgeting, forecasting and consolidating financial data for Director (or above) decision making.
EX5a - Experience in retrieving data from automated data or an Enterprise Resource Planning System (such as SAP or Oracle).
EX6a - Experience in preparing financial reports at the intent of the Director (or above).

EXPERIENCE - Stream B
EX4b - Recent* and significant* experience in managing the office of Director Level (or above).
EX5b - Experience editing briefing notes at the intent of the Director (or above).

* Recent experience is defined as within the previous five (5) years.
** Significant experience is defined as two (2) years of experience.

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

EDUCATION - Streams A & B
AEDU1 - Successful completion of two (2) years of an acceptable post-secondary educational program relevant to the position to be staffed.
AEDU2 - Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE - Streams A & B
AEX1 - Experience with cost recovery in the Federal Government.
AEX2 - Experience in Procurement for IT goods or services.
AEX3 - Experience in performing a variety of activities for the preparation of multi-year investment plans, including strategic and financial, and project prioritization.
AEX4 -Experience in financial management including both operating and capital fiscal planning cycles.
AEX5 - Experience in providing HR management services.

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS - Streams A & B
Willingness and Ability to work occasional overtime as required.

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

Bilingual - Imperative (CBC/CBC)
We are currently seeking to staff two (2) bilingual imperative CBC/CBC positions, but a pool of partially-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

ABILITIES - Streams A & B
AB1 - Ability to work under pressure.
AB2 - Ability to communicate effectively in writing.
AB3 - Ability to communicate effectively orally.
AB4 - Ability to manage staff.
AB5 - Ability to use complex functions of MS Excel (or similar tools) such as, creating a pivot table, filtering data, creating charts and data validation.

ABILITY - Stream A
AB6a - Ability to make recommendations to management as it relates to financial matters.

ABILITY - Stream B
AB6b - Ability to make recommendations to management as it relates to administrative matters and the management of a Director General’s office.

PERSONAL SUITABILITY - Streams A & B
PS1 - Initiative
PS2 - Effective interpersonal skills
PS3 - Attention to details
PS4 - Judgment
PS5 - Dependability
PS6 - Analytical Thinking

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

KNOWLEDGE - Streams A & B
AK1 - Knowledge of the Financial Administration Act (FAA).
AK2 - Knowledge of government administrative policies and procedures (i.e. TB Travel and hospitality policies).
AK3 - Knowledge of Government of Canada’s Financial Management Framework.

Conditions of employment

SECURITY AND RELIABILITY - Stream A
Reliability Status security clearance

SECURITY AND RELIABILITY - Stream B
Secret security clearance

This factor is not used at the pre-selection stage. The hiring department is responsible for the security clearance process.

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.