Senior Communications Advisor

Important messages

Environment and Climate Change Canada will accept applications online only. All job applications must therefore be submitted through the Public Service Resourcing System. Persons with disabilities or residing in locations that prevent them from applying on-line are asked to contact 1-800-645-5605.

Candidates will be asked, as per the application process, to answer screening questions for each essential and asset criteria (education and experience). Candidates will have to provide concrete examples, for each screening question demonstrating how they have acquired the education and experience criteria in 400 words or less. Please note that it is not sufficient to only state that the qualification is met or to provide a listing of current or past responsibilities. Resumes will be used as a secondary source to validate your answers to the screening questions. Failure to clearly demonstrate in your answers how you meet the screening criteria (education and experience) may result in the rejection of your application.

Note: A cover letter will not be required as the screening questions will be used for screening purposes.

If employees or persons currently employed by the public service are selected, the acting appointment, deployment, assignment, secondment or Interchange Canada mechanisms could be used depending on the situation and their eligibility

Intent of the process

The intent of this process is to staff two (2) Senior Communications Advisors indeterminate bilingual imperative positions, one CBC/CBC and one BBB/BBB. A pool of qualified candidates may be established to staff similar positions within Environment and Climate Change Canada with various linguistic profiles as well as various tenures and various security clearance levels according to the position being staffed.

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)

EDUCATION:

A degree from a recognized post-secondary institution.

Notes:
1. Based on their education, training and/or experience, indeterminate incumbents of positions in the IS classification are deemed to meet the minimum education standard whenever a bachelor's degree without specialization is called for in a position classified as IS.
2. At the manager's discretion, an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience, may serve as an alternative to the minimum education standard.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE:

Experience in developing various communications products such as news releases, communications plans, backgrounders, media lines, and web content.

Experience in media relations.

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

EXPERIENCE:

Experience in developing and implementing stakeholder engagement and/or outreach initiatives.

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

Various language requirements
Bilingual Imperative: CBC/CBC or BBB/BBB

Information on language requirements

KNOWLEDGE:

Knowledge of the Government of Canada Communications Policy.

Knowledge of the broad spectrum of communications tools and techniques and procedures.

ABILITIES:

Ability to organize and manage press conferences or media technical briefings.

Ability to provide strategic communications advice to clients.

Ability to develop various communications products.

Ability to meet tight deadlines under pressure.

PERSONAL SUITABILITIES:

Judgment
Initiative
Effective interpersonal skills

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

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

Ability and willingness to travel on short notice.

Ability and willingness to work overtime on short notice.


CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:
Various security levels (Reliability and secret).

Other information

The Public Service of Canada is committed to developing inclusive, barrier-free selection and appointment processes and work environments. If contacted in relation to this process, please advise the organization's representative of your need for accommodation measures which must be taken to enable you to be assessed in a fair and equitable manner.

Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent. We will contact candidates when the screening process is completed. Candidates must clearly demonstrate how they meet the "area of selection" ("open to") for the process. If you are already an employee of the Federal public service, please clearly identify your substantive group and level, your employment status and tenure, your federal organization and your Personal Record Identifier (PRI) in your application. As applicable, please clearly indicate in your application if you are a person with a "priority entitlement".

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.

Our intention is to communicate with the candidates by email. Candidates who apply to this selection process must include in their application a valid email address and make sure that this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email).

Indeterminate and determinate employees at the same group and level or equivalent MAY be considered for Deployment, assignment or secondment. A preference MAY be given to deployments, assignments or secondments.

Candidates must meet the essential qualifications to be appointed to a position. Asset qualifications may be used in choosing the person to be appointed.

Qualifications may be assessed by a variety of tools and methods. Therefore, a written exam, an interview, reference checks or other assessment methods may be used in this process. Candidates are expected to make a reasonable effort to make themselves available for assessments as scheduled. Pass marks will be established for each qualification.

You must provide proof of your education credentials and you would have to show an original copy of these documents later in the process. Candidates with foreign credentials must provide proof of Canadian equivalency. Please consult the Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials for further information at http://www.cicic.ca/.

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.