Advisory and System Analyst

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When submitting your application, you must answer all questions. You must clearly demonstrate how you meet each of these requirements by answering the online questions. It is not sufficient to only state that the qualifications are met or to only provide a listing of current or past responsibilities. Rather you must clearly demonstrate when (month-year to month-year), where and how you acquired each qualification by giving concrete examples. Information provided in your answers related to your education and experience must be supported in your resume. Failure to provide the above information in the format required may result in your application being rejected from the process. Content of the covering letter must be linked with the resume.

Failure to provide the above-mentioned documentation will/may result in your application being screened out of the process.

Duties

Develops, researches and delivers business requirements and procedures; conducts research and special studies on compensation issues and advises on the application of legislative requirements to determine the impact on compensation systems and to improve government wide compensation applications, systems, processes and client services; manages a multi-disciplinary team and/or provides functional direction to other stakeholders; plans, develops and implements test plans, test scenarios and test cases.

Develop and/or revise complex documents.

Work environment

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Intent of the process

The intent of this appointment process is to staff four (4) AS-05 positions at BBB/BBB level. A pool of partially qualified candidates may be established through this process to staff identical or similar positions (such as Indeterminate, Assignments, Secondments, Specific Periods and Acting Assignments with various languages profiles English or French Essential, Bilingual imperative BBB/BBB and CBC/CBC) and various security requirements (Reliability and Secret)within Public Services and Procurement Canada.

Positions to be filled: 4

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

A covering letter in 9,999 words (maximum) ""In addition to answering the screening questions, please describe in your cover letter, why you will be the ideal candidate for this position.""

Contact information for 3 references.

In order to be considered, your application must clearly explain how you meet the following (essential qualifications)

Education:

Secondary school diploma or an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCES:

EX1 - Experience in establishing and maintaining relationships with clients and key stakeholders.

EX2 - Experience reviewing, interpreting and applying policies, procedures or legislation;

EX3 - Experience validating the quality and integrity of system data by conducting quality assurance processes;

EX4 - Recent* and Significant** experience implementing and supporting a PeopleSoft Human Resources Management System and/or a Pay management system. (Implementing and supporting is defined as the experience acquired by performing requirements gathering, analysis, writing functional specification documentation and testing);

EX5 - Experience working on a project team and being responsible for the execution of various deliverables.

DEFINITION:
(*) Recent experience: is defined as experience within the last two (2) years.

(**) Significant is defined as the breadth, depth, and complexity of experience normally associated with full time performance of duties for a period of approximately two (2) years.

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

Various language requirements
Bilingual imperative BBB/BBB; CBC/CBC

Information on language requirements

KNOWLEDGE:

K1 - Knowledge of systems development life cycle activities;
K2 - Knowledge of Oracle/PeopleSoft Human Resources and/or Pay System, version 8.9 or higher.

ABILITIES:

A1 - Ability to provide recommendations and solve complex issues;
A2 - Ability to manage conflicting priorities;
A3 - Ability to supervise staff;
A4 - Ability to communicate effectively orally;
A5 - Ability to communicate effectively in writing.

PERSONAL SUITABILITIES:

PS1 - Client Focus
PS2 - Effective interpersonal relationships
PS3 - Initiative
PS4 - Judgement

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

ASSET QUALIFICATION:

AED1 - Business Analyst certification;

AEX2 - Experience working with/supporting compensation related functionality and/or experience in the implementation/support of Phoenix;

AEX3. Experience supervising staff.

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENT:
- Willingness and ability to work overtime, often on short notice for some positions.

Conditions of employment

Various security clearance levels: Secret or Reliability Status.

Note: Those selected must meet and maintain the required security clearance throughout their employment.

Other information

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled and diverse workforce that reflects the Canadians we serve. We promote employment equity and encourage you to indicate if you belong to one of the targeted groups when you apply.

Information on employment equity

Reference checks may be sought.

An interview may be administered.

A written examination may be administered.

You must provide proof of your education credentials.

All written communication obtained throughout the selection process, from the time of application to close of process, may be used to evaluate the candidate.

Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent.

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

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.