Policy Analyst - Disclosure of Wrongdoing and Reprisal Complaints

Important messages

We are committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free work environment, starting with the hiring process. If you need to be accommodated during any phase of the evaluation process, please use the Contact information below to request special accommodation. All information received in relation to accommodation will be kept confidential.

Information on accommodation for persons with disabilities

You will be required to show how you meet the education and experience requirements for both the essential qualifications and the asset qualifications, if applicable, for the initial screening through your résumé and in answering online screening questions. The screening board cannot make any assumptions about your experience.

If you do not fully complete the screening questions as instructed, you will be screened out.

Duties

Reporting to the Senior Policy and Chief Results Advisor, the successful candidates will:

Provide project leadership and expertise in the conduct of research and analyses of policy issues through the monitoring of the incidence, nature of enquiries, the analysis of case decisions and precedents from which conclusions may be derived relative to policy development priorities.

Conducts statistical analyses and produces statistical reports based on data from the PSIC Case Management System.

Work environment

THE OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR INTEGRITY COMMISSIONNER OF CANADA: A SMART CAREER MOVE!

The Office of the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner of Canada is a small organization with an important mandate, and we are always looking for talented and skilled individuals to join our team.

Specifically, the Office of the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner of Canada enhances and improves oversight of government operations by providing public servants and members of the public with a process for receiving and investigating disclosures of wrongdoing in the federal public sector. It reports founded cases of wrongdoing to Parliament and makes recommendations to chief executives on corrective measures. The Office also provides a mechanism for public servants and former public servants to make complaints of reprisal. It investigates and can refer cases to the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Tribunal.

We are an employer that fosters employee well-being, provides an open and respectful workplace, competitive benefits and flexible work schedules that promote work-life balance.

Are you looking for an environment that offers many challenges with the opportunity to work on high profile issues?

If you wish to bring your expertise, knowledge and initiative to the job, we may have the job opportunity that you are looking for!

Intent of the process

The intent of this selection process is to staff one position on an indeterminate basis. A pool of partially qualified candidates may be established to staff similar positions with various language requirements, security requirements, and various tenures (indeterminate, term, deployment, acting, secondment or assignment).

Positions to be filled: 1

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

Contact information for 3 references.

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.

Part A Notes:

1. Candidates must always have a degree. The courses 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.

2. An indeterminate incumbent of a former ES position on June 30, 1967 who became an EC on June 22, 2009, who does not possess the minimum level of education as indicated for Part A above is deemed to meet this minimum educational standard based on his/her education, training and/or experience.

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

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE:

EX1: Experience in developing policies.

EX2: Experience in providing recommendations to management.

EX3: Recent* and significant** experience in conducting statistical analysis and in producing statistical reports.

NOTE:
(*) Recent experience is considered experience acquired within the last five (5) years.
(**) Significant experience is defined as the depth and breadth of experience normally associated with having performed a broad range of various, complex related activities which are normally acquired over a minimum full-time period of three (3) years. The amount, the complexity and the diversity of activities, as well as the autonomy level will also be taken into consideration.

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

ASSET QUALIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION:

AEDU: Graduation with a Master’s degree from a recognized post-secondary institution with acceptable specialization in economics, sociology or statistics.

Degree equivalency

ASSET QUALIFICATIONS:

EXPERIENCE:

AEX: Experience using statistical and/or data visualization software such as Tableau.

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

Bilingual - Imperative (CBC/CBC)

Information on language requirements

Second Language Writing Skills Self-Assessment
In order to help you decide if you should apply to a bilingual position, an optional self-assessment of your writing skills in your second official language is available for you to take before completing your application.

For more information, please consult:
Unsupervised Internet Test of Second Language Writing Skills

COMPENTIENCIES:

C1: Written Communication
C2: Oral Communication
C3: Analytical Thinking
C4: Team Player
C5: Action Management

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

Selection may be limited to members of the following Employment Equity groups: Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, visible minorities, women

Information on employment equity

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

Willing and able to work overtime occasionally.

Conditions of employment

Secret security clearance - Successful candidate(s) must meet and maintain the Condition(s) of Employment 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

PLEASE APPLY ONLINE: All applications must be submitted through the Public Service Resourcing System (PSRS). We request that you DO NOT fax or mail in hard copy documents.

Communication for this process will be sent via email. It is the candidate’s responsibility to ensure accurate contact information is provided and updated as required; Candidates who apply to this selection process should include an email address that accepts email from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email).

Various methods of assessment may be used (i.e.: written examination, interview, reference check, presentation, role play, recent and past performance evaluation, etc.)

Please identify clearly your substantive group and level and your employment status on your resume and/or application form, where applicable. Employees at the same group and level or equivalent may be considered first for deployment purposes.

Depending on the number of candidates, volume management strategies such as, but not limited to, invoking one or more of the asset qualifications for right fit decisions, top-down selection process, cut-off scores, random selection and/or assessment may be used for the purpose of managing applications/candidates.

Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent; we will contact candidates when the screening process is completed.

Please ensure that your Personal Record Identifier (PRI) is included in your application.

Appointment decisions may be based on organizational needs. We therefore encourage candidates to self-declare their membership to any of the four employment equity designated groups in order to be considered should the organizational need be invoked during the appointment process.

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.

Persons without Internet access may also review jobs open to the public through InfoTel at 1-800-645-5605. The InfoTel number for persons using a TTY/TDD is 1-800-532-9397.

Candidates may have to travel to a specific location for the assessment/interview at their own cost.

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.

We thank all those who apply.

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.